LAHORE – A lawmaker from Punjab invited a storm in her hometown as she quit the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to join the opposition party – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) – just a month before next general elections.
Dr. Nadia Aziz had joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after holding a meeting with PTI chairman Imran Khan on Monday.
Following her announcement, angry workers of the ruling party displayed panaflex posters featuring the MPA and a lota, a round water pot of plastic, used to personify a ‘turncoat’ in Pakistan.
The banners, which kept on hanging across the city for hours, also carried words in Urdu, calling her “opportunist”.
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They were later removed by the staff of Parks and Horticulture Authority on the orders of Aziz, who holds the office of PHA chairman in Sargodha.
A PHA officer told the media that “(even after stepping down as MPA) Nadia Aziz is still a PHA Chairperson; the implementation of her orders is our duty.”
Nazia Aziz was elected MPA from PP-34 Sargodha after bagging 33,853 votes in 2013 general elections.
Interestingly, she faces criticism from the voters of both PML-N and PTI, who have been staging demonstrations against her since she Monday.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/three-more-pml-n-lawmakers-defect-to-pti/
Recently, several members of the ruling party have jumped to Imran Khan’s party ahead of the polls.
They include ex-MNA Rana Sohail Noon from Shujabad, Sardar Jaffar Khan Leghari, Mazhar Abbas among others.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/ptis-naeem-ul-haq-slaps-pml-ns-daniyal-aziz-in-a-tv-show/
