{"id":25877,"date":"2024-02-14T22:22:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=25877"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:22:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:22:26","slug":"six-independent-candidates-from-punjab-pledge-allegiance-to-pml-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/six-independent-candidates-from-punjab-pledge-allegiance-to-pml-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Independent Candidates from Punjab Pledge Allegiance to PML-N"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: In a significant political development, six independent candidates who secured victories in Punjab Assembly seats during the 2024 General Elections have announced their decision to join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).<\/p>\n<p>The declaration came during a meeting with the PML-N&#8217;s Chief Organizer, Maryam Nawaz, held in Lahore on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The newly-elected members, including Sultan Bajwa from PP-132 Nankana, Shazia Tareen from PP-225 Lodhran, Mahmood Qadir Laghari from PP-289 Dera Ghazi Khan, Hanif Pitafi from PP-288 Dera Ghazi Khan, Taimoor Ali from PP-94 Chiniot, and Ali Asghar from PP-283 Layyah, expressed their intention to align with the PML-N, citing their unwavering trust in Nawaz Sharif and confidence in the party&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming the independent candidates into the PML-N fold, Maryam Nawaz emphasized that their inclusion would bolster the party&#8217;s endeavors to enhance the prosperity of Punjab&#8217;s populace. She reaffirmed the party&#8217;s dedication to overcoming past challenges and ensuring a promising future for the people.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pti-announces-alliance-with-mwm-in-centre-punjab.html\">PTI announces alliance with MWM in centre &amp;\u00a0 Punjab<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This development follows a similar trend observed earlier this week, as five victorious independent candidates from the February 8 elections also pledged their allegiance to the PML-N. Notable among them were Sardar Shamsher Mazari, who secured the NA-189 seat, and Imran Akram, victorious in PP-195. Additionally, Sohail Khan from PP-240, Khizar Hussain Mazari from PP-297, and Sahibzada Muhammad Gazain Abbasi from PP-249 also joined the PML-N ranks after meeting with the party&#8217;s president, Shehbaz Sharif.<\/p>\n<p>With these additions, the PML-N continues to solidify its presence in Punjab, furthering its vision of inclusive governance and commitment to serving the interests of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: In a significant political development, six independent candidates who secured victories in Punjab Assembly seats during the 2024 General Elections have announced their decision to join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The declaration came during a meeting with the PML-N&#8217;s Chief Organizer, Maryam Nawaz, held in Lahore on Wednesday. The newly-elected members, including Sultan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,147],"tags":[10362,8003,253,189],"class_list":["post-25877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-election-2024","tag-punjab-govt","tag-pmln","tag-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25877","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=25877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}