{"id":23291,"date":"2024-01-20T20:24:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T15:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=23291"},"modified":"2024-01-20T20:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T15:24:13","slug":"pml-n-expels-mehtab-abbasi-for-violating-party-discipline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pml-n-expels-mehtab-abbasi-for-violating-party-discipline\/","title":{"rendered":"PML-N expels Mehtab Abbasi for \u2018violating party discipline\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(N)\">Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz<\/a> (PML-N) took a decisive step on Saturday by expelling its veteran leader, Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, citing continuous violations of party discipline. The party also revoked Abbasi&#8217;s basic membership.<\/p>\n<p>PML-N Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal stated that the disciplinary action was initiated due to Mehtab Abbasi&#8217;s persistent violation of party rules and regulations. He emphasized that the decision was made under the instructions of the party president, Shehbaz Sharif.<\/p>\n<p>This move followed Mehtab Abbasi&#8217;s declaration of support for an independent candidate, Ali Khan Jadoon, backed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the NA-17 constituency of Abbottabad. In response, the PML-N terminated Abbasi&#8217;s party membership and expelled him from the party.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, Sardar Mehtab Abbasi announced his intention to contest the upcoming election as an independent candidate in the NA-16 constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Mehtab Abbasi, a former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governor, had severed ties with the PML-N in December of the previous year. At that time, he expressed concerns about the provincial leadership and criticized the party&#8217;s internal dynamics. Abbasi highlighted differences with Nawaz Sharif on principles but clarified that he had no issues with Maryam Nawaz.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pml-q-issues-party-tickets-for-na-pa-seats.html\">PML-Q issues party tickets for NA &amp; PA seats<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In his departure from the PML-N, Abbasi emphasized the need for democracy within political parties and criticized what he perceived as a lack of democratic values within the PML-N. He also expressed skepticism about the leadership&#8217;s ability to address the economic challenges facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>This recent expulsion of Sardar Mehtab Abbasi underscores the internal dynamics within the PML-N and adds a new dimension to the political landscape in the lead-up to the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/nawaz-sharif-the-architect-of-progress-maryam.html\">Nawaz Sharif the architect of progress: Maryam<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) took a decisive step on Saturday by expelling its veteran leader, Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, citing continuous violations of party discipline. The party also revoked Abbasi&#8217;s basic membership. PML-N Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal stated that the disciplinary action was initiated due to Mehtab Abbasi&#8217;s persistent violation of party rules and regulations. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":23292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,147],"tags":[10851,609,253,194],"class_list":["post-23291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-mehtab-abbasi","tag-pakistan-muslim-league-nawaz","tag-pmln","tag-pti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}