• Sheikh Waqas Akram met Chairman PTI Imran Khan and joined PTI.
• Imran Khan extended a warm welcome to the former federal minister.
• He lost to PTI candidate Ghulam Bibi Bharwana in general elections of 2018.

LAHORE: Former federal minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sheikh Waqas Akram along with his supporters has joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Sheikh Waqas, who served as federal minister during the tenure of the PML-N government from 2013-18, met with PTI Chairman Imran Khan and joined PTI along with his companions.

الحمداللہ تحریک انصاف میں شمولیت pic.twitter.com/n8HeGTuxoA

— Sheikh Waqas Akram (@SheikhWaaqas) March 11, 2023

The former premier extended a warm welcome to the former minister on joining PTI.

Former federal ministers Aamir Kayani and Fawad Chaudhry were also present during the meeting with former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Earlier, Sheikh Waqas Akram announced his support for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates in the Jhang by-elections. The by-elections were held in Jhang on the constituencies PP-125 and PP-127 in June 2022.

In the 2018 general elections, Waqas Akram contested the NA-115 Jhang seat as an independent candidate but remained unsuccessful. He lost to PTI candidate Ghulam Bibi Bharwana.

Waqas Akram’s father Sheikh Muhammad Akram won the 2013 election from the platform of the PML-N.

The father and son duo remained loyal to the PML-N and Waqas was considered very close to the PML-N leadership.