- Awaam Pakistan will be launched on “July 6 with Abbasi as coordinator.”
- New party in contact with several politicians from all over the country: Miftah.
- “Several PML-N leaders to join AP party: former finance czar”.
Former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Miftah Ismail on Thursday announced the launch date of his new political party, Awaam Pakistan (AP), whose convener would be former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
The former finance minister, speaking to Geo News over phone, announced that Awaam Pakistan would be launched next month and Abbasi would be its first convener. The inauguration ceremony of AP will be held in Islamabad on July 6.
Clarifying the new party's manifesto, the politician said that its goal is to change the country's entire system of government with the masses as the central sources of decision-making.
Regarding the inclusion of political heavyweights, he also revealed that his party had been in touch with several politicians across the country.
He announced that former PML-N leaders Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi, Javed Abbasi, Syed Zaeem Hussain Qadri, Rana Zahid Tauseef, Zahid Binnouri and Sardar Anwar Soomro will be part of the Awaam Pakistan party.
Additionally, Dr Zafar Mirza and Sheikh Salahuddin will also join the Abbasi-led party.
Two months ago, Abbasi, senior vice president of the PML-N, approached the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to request registration of a new political party.
Abbasi, the seasoned politician who broke away from the Nawaz-led party after having differences over the last one year, has submitted relevant documents to the election organizing authority's office for registration of a new political party under the Election Act, 2017. .
Abbasi, the former prime minister, held the top position from August 2017 to May 2018.
He also announced that he would participate in the upcoming elections under the banner of his new party.
Before Abbasi's big move, two Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) bigwigs, Jahangir Tareen and Pervez Khattak, formed their own political parties along with a large number of politicians who had been part of the party founded by Imran Khan.
Tareen officially launched his party, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), in June last year. Barely a month after Tareen, Khattak also launched his party under the name PTI Parliamentarians in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), which was joined by a large number of defectors from the former ruling party.
