Deposed premier Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League has expelled four dissidents from the party for their failure to respond to the show cause notices on the charges of masterminding takeover of the PML house in Islamabad. Their membership has been terminated as they failed to respond to the show cause notices within the stipulated period, Party Secretary General Saranjam Khan told reporters in Islamabad on Friday. The expelled leaders include senior Vice President Ijazul Haq, former Governor Punjab Mian Azhar, former Interior Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and PML Labour wing President Faqir Hussain Bukhari.
They had been served with show cause notices on November 20 on the charge of forcible takeover of the PML house in Islamabad, ahead of the party's Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting held to settle the contentious issue of joining the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), the PML functionary said. The dead line for responding to the show-cause expired on Friday, Saranjam said.
However, expelled leaders could rejoin the party after making a public apology, he added.

Bureau Report