PML-Q decides against seat adjustment with PML-N over ‘double standards’

 

On Friday, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) announced that it chose not to pursue seat adjustment with the PML-N for the upcoming February 8 general election due to perceived "double standards."

PML-N's Seat Allocation Sparks Tensions: PML-Q Rejects Seat Adjustment, Vows to Compete Independently

A day after news surfaced that PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, instrumental in the PML-N-led coalition's removal of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2022, received only four seats from the PML-N—two for the National Assembly and two for the Punjab Assembly—the party left NA-64 and PP-31 Gujrat open for Shujaat's sons, Salik and Shafey. The PML-N declined to accommodate PML-Q's Wajahat Hussain and his son Musa Elahi for National Assembly seats in Gujrat.

The Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP), housing PTI deserters, faced a setback as the PML-N assigned them only a limited number of seats for the upcoming general elections.

In an official statement released by the PML-Q today, it was revealed that Shujaat chaired an emergency meeting.

PML-Q Rejects Seat Adjustment with PML-N, Vows to Compete Independently in Protest

"The PML-Q has always played a role in the development and prosperity of Pakistan and its people and will continue to do so," the party asserted. Alleging that the PML-N had issued tickets to candidates competing against PML-Q’s candidates, it declared that the party had decided not to let its candidates become victims of such "double standards" and would not engage in seat adjustment with the PML-N.

Shujaat's son Salik stated that the PML-N should issue tickets to its candidates from Gujrat—a recognized PML-Q stronghold—against him and his brother. He emphasized that PML-Q’s candidates stood with the party, and if the PML-N chose to compete against them, the party would stand by them.

"We are ready to compete without any seat adjustment," he affirmed.

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