Two party heads step down after getting a drubbing in Pakistan general elections

Updated On: 12 February, 2024 06:40 PM IST | Islamabad | mid-day online correspondent

Jahangir Tareen, the Patron-in-Chief of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), and Sirajul Haq, the Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), have resigned from their respective top positions after the parties got a drubbing in the Pakistan general elections held on February 8

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IPP Patron-in-Chief Jahangir Tareen (left) and JI Emir Sirajul Haq. — Facebook/@JahangirKTareen/@SirajOfficial/File

Jahangir Tareen, the Patron-in-Chief of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), and Sirajul Haq, the Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), have resigned from their respective top positions after the parties got a drubbing in the Pakistan general elections held on February 8.

Tareen, a prominent political figure and former close aide of incarcerated ex-prime minister Imran Khan, faced disappointment as his newly-formed IPP secured only two seats in the National Assembly and one in the provincial assembly.