Chaudhry Shujaat reiterates support for Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in upcoming Punjab CM’s election

ISLAMABAD, July 20 (SABAH): President Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Wednesday reiterated his support for his cousin Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in upcoming election for the Punjab chief minister.

In a policy statement issued by the PML-Q, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said that Parvez Elahi was the party’s candidate for the top office, adding that “those who won the mandate have the right to govern.” The PML-Q president pointed out that he had made similar statements multiple times in the past as well.

In response to reports that Co-Chairperson PPP Asif Ali Zardari had asked Shujaat to write a letter instructing PML-Q MPAs not to vote for Elahi, Shujaat said there was “no question” of issuing a letter.

“I do not need to clarify. The solution to the country’s problems lies in not getting involved in cycles of counting [votes],” he said while referring to the election for the chief minister.

“Whoever succeeds in solving the problems of the poor will have completed his numbers in the true sense,” Shujaat said in his statement.” Those who are elected should serve the people.” He said that solution to the country’s problems was to either let the incumbent government stay for a year or more till the general elections or hold fresh elections immediately.