LAHORE/TOBA TEK SINGH: Pakistan Muslim League-Zia chief Ijazul Haq on Sunday called on Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan at his Zaman Park residence and announced merging his party into the PTL Mr Haq, along with his party leaders, visited Imran and expressed complete trust in his leadership, PTI manifesto and the `H ageeqi A zadi` agenda.

`We decided to merge Muslim League-Zia into the PTI for a bigger cause of real independence,` Mr Haq said and added that he would perform any duty assigned by the party chief.

After Ijazul Haq`s joining the PTI, there are rumours in Toba Tek Singh that he could be the PTI candidate from district (NA-112).

He was elected as the MNA from the same constituency (erstwhile NA-72) in 1990 by defeating PPP` GhiasuddinJanbaz (late) but as Ijaz was also elected from Rawalpindi, he vacated the Toba seat.

In 2013, he had contested election from Bahawalnagar on the ticket of his own PML-Zia.

Political observers say that he could be a PTI candidate fromBahawalnagar or Toba Tek Singh or contest on both seats.

Talking to Dawn`s correspondent in Toba Tek Singh, Ijazul Haq said he would abide by the party (PTI) decision regarding his constituency in the election. He said `there were three options, first, he might contest simultaneously from three NA seats of Rawalpindi, Toba Tek Singh and Bahawal-nagar; second, there is a possibility of him contesting election on two seats of Toba Tek Singh and Bahawalnagar while the third option is that he might contest from any one seat of Toba Tel< Singh or Bahawalnagar`. Dawn Report