CM hitting it off with Opp MPAs riles many beyond the parties divide.

Byline: Mansoor Malik

LAHORE -- The move of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government to woo the opposition parties' MPAs with offers of development funds for their constituencies has not only sparked reaction in the opposition parties but also within the ruling party.

Six MPAs belonging to the PML-N and one from the PPP called on Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Thursday and apprised him of the problems of their constituencies.

The CM assured the MPAs of resolving the problems of their constituencies.

'The government will fully ensure that genuine issues of the elected representatives are resolved,' he said.

Those who met the CM were: PML-N MPAs Mian Jalil Ahmed Sharaqpuri, Nishat Ahmed Khan Daha, Muhammad Ghiasuddin, Azhar Abbas, Faisal Khan Niazi and Chaudhry Ashraf Ali Ansari and PPP MPA Ghazanfar Ali Khan Langah. The MPAs have met the chief minister for the second time. They had met the CM in March this year.

Buzdar pledges uplift funds for opposition members

Mr Daha says Usman Buzdar is a chief minister of whole province and he does not find any problem in meeting him for the resolution to the problems of his voters.

The PML-N and PPP leadership have criticised their MPAs meeting with CM Buzdar, terming it a violation of the party discipline.

Reacting sharply, PML-N Punjab spokesperson Azma Bokhari said the party had decided to take strict disciplinary action against all the MPAs who met the CM.

Stating that these MPAs had met the CM earlier also and were served with show cause notices, Ms Bokhari said the MPAs had sought apology from the party leadership and assured that they would not meet the CM again.

'The MPAs found violating the party manifesto and directions of the party leadership will not be given party ticket in the next elections,' asserted Ms Bokhari.

PPP parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly Hassan Murtaza termed his party MPA Ghazanfar Langah a turncoat for meeting CM Buzdar. Stating that Mr Langah had insulted the mandate of the people and confidence of the party leadership, he said the turncoat would be held accountable according to the democratic norms in the Punjab Assembly. He said the party leadership would take action against the delinquent MPA.

Mr Murtaza also chided the CM for...