Abbasi Quits PML-N, Registers New Party to Contest 2023 Polls After Fallout with Leadership
- Former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi approaches Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to register new political party
- Abbasi resigned as PML-N Senior Vice President after Maryam Nawaz was appointed to that role
- New party being registered under Election Act 2017, will participate in next elections
- Move comes after other PTI leaders Jahangir Tareen and Pervez Khattak formed their own parties
- Abbasi hinted forming new party after differences with PML-N leadership, will not contest 2024 elections