LAHORE: Six more independent candidates who secured victory in Punjab Assembly seats during the 2024 General Elections have announced to join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

The newly-elected members declared their intention to join the PML-N during a meeting with the party’s Chief Organizer, Maryam Nawaz, here on Wednesday.

Among the independent candidates who have joined the PML-N are Sultan Bajwa from PP-132 Nankana, Shazia Tareen from PP-225 Lodhran, Mahmood Qadir Laghari from PP-289 Dera Ghazi Khan, Hanif Pitafi from PP-288 Dera Ghazi Khan, Taimoor Ali from PP-94 Chiniot, and Ali Asghar from PP-283 Layyah.

Expressing their unwavering trust in Nawaz Sharif, the newly-elected members of the Punjab Assembly expressed their confidence in the party’s leadership.

Maryam Nawaz, while welcoming the victorious independent candidates into the PML-N, said that their inclusion would bolster the party’s efforts towards enhancing the prosperity of the people of Punjab.

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This development follows a similar pattern from Monday, where five independent candidates who emerged victorious in the February 8 elections also joined the PML-N.

Among them were Sardar Shamsher Mazari, who clinched the NA-189 seat, and Imran Akram, who secured victory in PP-195. Sohail Khan from PP-240, Khizar Hussain Mazari from PP-297, and Sahibzada Muhammad Gazain Abbasi from PP-249 also joined the PML-N after meeting with the party’s president, Shehbaz Sharif.