PTI 'offered' Punjab president post after merger: CM Parvez Elahi.

LAHORE -- In a fresh revelation, Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan offered him the slot of party's president in the province if Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) merged with his party, media reported Wednesday.

Last week, the chief minister hinted at the possibility of a merger between the PTI and PML-Q. The proposal for the merger was shared by Khan in a meeting last Friday.

Speaking to media persons at a ceremony in Lahore, CM Elahi made it clear that his party had to consult its voters and workers before taking any such decision.

The chief minister stated that the PML-Q had 10 members of the provincial assembly (MPAs) in Punjab and they had to consult the people of their constituencies first. No decision had been taken in this regard as of yet, he said.

CM Elahi, while responding to a question related to the show cause notice served on him by PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, said Imran Khan was their benefactor whom they could never forget.

On January 16, the PML-Q suspended the basic party membership of Elahi for talking about the possibility of his party's possible merger with the PTI.

A show-cause notice served to Elahi mentioned that Shujaat called an urgent meeting of the senior leaders, where it was noted that the provincial president - Elahi - did not have the authority to merge the party with PTI.

"Your [Elahi] party membership is suspended until the explanation," the notice, a copy of which has also been...