Jalil Sharaqpuri, a dissident PML-N MP, has decided to resign

Punjab Assembly member Jalil Ahmed Sharaqpuri of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) announced his resignation on Monday.

Sharaqpuri will formally join PTI after announcing his resignation.

According to sources close to the situation, Sharaqpuri would announce his resignation at a news conference alongside Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership and then hand it over to Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Elahi.

Sharaqpuri was elected from the PML-Sheikhupura N’s district PP139.