Ruling PTI and allied MWM forms six-member coordination committee

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its allied party Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) have formed a joint coordination committee comprising of six members to explore prospects for collaboration aimed at realising common goals and objectives.

The six-member coordination committee has been established with the consent of PTI chief and Prime Minister Imran Khan and MWM chief Allama Nasir Abbas.
Syed Nasir Abbas Sheerazi, Syed Asad Abbas Naqvi and Syed Mohsin Shehryar will represent the MWM in the committee where PTI will be represented by Naeemul Haq, adviser to the PM on political affairs, Ijaz Chaudhary, central deputy secretary general, and Syed Ali Zaidi, federal minister for maritime affairs.
The two parties had an electoral understanding for last year’s general election, enabling an MWM candidate to make it to the Punjab Assembly on one of the seats reserved for women.
The joint coordination committee has been formed to find elements common to the two parties’ election manifestoes and work out a plan for their implementation. Among the key issues highlighted by the MWM and already taken up by the PTI-led government were resolution of problems faced by pilgrims at Taftan border with Iran and measures for their security on the Quetta–Taftan road.
Now the MWM has been campaigning in favour of Gilgit-Baltistan constitutional status and has been assured by the PTI-led government in this regard. Restriction on azadari congregations and processions particularly in Punjab is another thorny issue being raised by MWM leadership.