Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI)'s former Joint Secretary Punjab and ticket holder from NA-97 Gujranwala Dr Zain Ali Bhatti called on Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi at his residence here on Tuesday and announced to join the party along with his supporters reposing full confidence in the party leadership.

Welcoming them Dr Zain in the fold of the party, Elahi said that his party gains strength with joining of the youth. He said the so-called 'Khadam-e-A'ala' has completely failed due to his inefficiency, while situation in health, education and law and order side has deteriorated.

Elahi held Shahbaz responsible for deaths of poor patients on floors and doors of hospitals. He alleged that utilisation of funds of all departments on Orange Line and Jangla bus have destroyed health sector completely and that was the reason that neither there are medicines nor beds for patients in the hospitals. PML-Q Secretary General Tariq Bashir Cheema, Chaudhry Zaheeruddin Khan, Muhammad Basharat Raja, Dr Azeemuddin Lakhvi and others were present.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2017