Joining PTI is an option: Hashmi

MULTAN: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) firebrand leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has said that joining Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) is an option for him, Geo News reported.

In an exclusive talk with Geo News at his residence in Multan, Hashmi said that he would decide on it after consulting with his comrades here in his constituency.

A meeting in this regard had been called at 7:00 AM in the morning, he said, adding there were still 4-5 hours before he took a decision.

Hashmi told Geo News that he and Imran Khan were in talks on the same.

To a question regarding his party’s reaction on this development, a disillusioned Hashmi said that he had conveyed his reservations to the party leadership.

"I have given them my piece of mind", said he.

He told Geo News that he had talked to Mian Nawaz Sharif on the phone and Kulsoom Nawaz in person to discus his change of mind.

To a query, he said that PTI could bring about a big change in the country, but how big a change would it be was hard to comment on beforehand.

"Actioning the change was more important than chanting the change", Hashmi said.

Hashmi also called himself a rebel who was sick and tired of the decadent system, which did everything but deliver.

"I also long for a change, and that's exactly what I was up to now", said he.

He said he never practised the 'politics of/for power', rather 'politics of/for people', adding he was not considering joining PTI for securing a 'commanding position' or a ‘prominent portfolio’.


Commenting on Shah Mehmood Qureshi, he said that if he and Qureshi were on the same side they could work miracles.