LAHORE: After Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, another Muslim League leader and well-known politician Ejazul Haque also announced to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
He met PTI Chairman Imran Khan at his Zaman Park residence on Sunday and announced the merger of his party Pakistan Muslim League Zia (PMLZ) with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf.
Ejaz-ul-Haq vowed to remain loyal to Imran Khan and pledged to fulfill his responsibilities as leader.
The politician, son of Pakistan’s military ruler General (retd) Zia-ul-Haq, belongs to Bahawalnagar district. He is more likely to get a National Assembly ticket from his home district, although he was elected MNA from Rawalpindi three times (1990-1993-1997), and was elected from Bahawalnagar in 2002. Ejaz-ul-Haq started his political career. In 1990, he was elected MNA from Rawalpindi on the ticket of Islamic Democratic Alliance (IJI). The Pakistan Muslim League was one of the nine parties of the IJI alliance, which included right-wing forces, united on a platform against the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Ejaz-ul-Haq got a PML-N ticket in the 1993 general elections and was elected as a member of the National Assembly from Rawalpindi. He was a close associate of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. In 1997, Ejaz-ul-Haq again got a PMLN ticket, and won the seat. He was also a federal minister in Nawaz Sharif’s cabinet.
In 1999, when the PMLN was in crisis, Ijaz-ul-Haq parted ways with Nawaz Sharif. In 2002, he founded his own party Muslim League Zia. He won a National Assembly seat from Bahawalnagar and later all factions of the Muslim League, except the PML-N, joined the government, becoming the QL. He held portfolios like Minister of Overseas Pakistanis, Religious Affairs etc. at different times. His brother Dr. Anwar Haq served as a provincial minister in Ghulam Haider Wayan’s cabinet from 1990 to 1992.
