• Five-member bench of the ECP announced the verdict.
• Shujaat Hussain challenged decision to remove him.
• The PML-Q has divided into two groups.

ISLAMABAD: The decision to remove Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as President of the Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) has been annulled.

The three-member commission under the chairmanship of the Chief Election Commissioner has announced the decision on the issue of removing Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain from the presidency of Pakistan Muslim League-Q.

The ECP announced its verdict on a petition filed by the former premier amid an ongoing tussle with his cousin Pervaiz Elahi over the party leadership.

A five-member bench of the ECP, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, announced the verdict.

The Election Commission has annulled the decision to remove Chaudhry Shujaat and Tariq Bashir Cheema from the party positions of the Central Working Party of Pakistan Muslim League-Q.

The Election Commission has reinstated Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as the President of the Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam while Tariq Bashir Cheema has been reinstated as the Secretary General of the party.

It should be noted that Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had challenged the Central Working Committee PML-Q’s decision to remove him from the party presidency in the Election Commission.

Earlier, Former chief minister Punjab Pervaiz Elahi’s group had decided to remove Shujaat and General Secretary Tariq Bashir Cheema from the party’s top position. However, Ch Shujaat filed an application with the ECP challenging the decision.

The PML-Q got divided into two groups over the issue of joining hands with the PTI and PML-N. Pervaiz Elahi and his son Moonis Elahi joined hands with Imran Khan while Chaudhry Shujaat, his son Ch Salik and former federal minister in the PTI government supported the PML-N.

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