Estranged uncle eyes Moonis seat for next election.

GUJRAT -- Former Gujrat district nazim Chaudhry Shafaat Hussain, the youngest brother of PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, plans to contest the next general election from NA-69 (Gujrat city-Kunjah), the constituency currently being held by his nephew Moonis Elahi.

Due to his differences with the PML-Q leadership as well as the family, Shafaat is currently campaigning as an independent candidate.

Talking to Dawn, he said he had yet not decided to join any party.

'Right now I am doing politics on my own and will decide about joining any party at any appropriate time.'

He said the areas under NA-69 had mainly been the same where his late father Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi would use to contest in the past.

Shafaat Hussain is currently campaigning as an independent

Asked if he had some sort of coordination with other family member as Shujaat's son Shafay Hussain too wanted to contest from the city constituency, he responded that his nephew (Shafay) wanted to contest from city's Punjab Assembly seat while he would go for the NA seat.

Sources close to him said Shafaat Hussain could decide his future political affiliation once election scene was clear.

Shafaat Hussain had distanced himself from the family elders in 2016 local body elections over the nomination of a woman member of the family as a PML-Q candidate for the Gujrat district council chairperson. The decision, he said, was against the family tradition of keeping...