PML-N MPA Farooq Cheema joins PTI
The provincial lawmaker from Sargodha made the announcement after meeting PTI chief Imran Khan
A provincial lawmaker of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Faisal Farooq Cheema, announced on Monday to have joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
The development followed Cheema's meeting with PTIChairman Imran Khan.
Former PTI secretary general Jahangir Tareen was also present in themeeting.
Cheema was elected to the Punjab Assembly from Sargodha in the 2013General Elections and hails from an influential political family of the area.
Earlier today, Geo News reported that PML-N MPA from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Arbab Waseem Hayat, joined the PTI.
Hayat had bagged the PK-8 by-election in Peshawar in 2016 from a PML-N ticket.
On Saturday, PML-N's Nasir Moosa Zai and Bilal Virk jumped ship and joined the PTI.
Virk was elected MNA on aPML-N ticket in the last elections from Sheikhupura whereas Moosa Zai was a PML-N leader in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.