Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor Sardar Mehtab Abbasi on Friday parted ways with Pakistan Muslim League-N, announcing that he will contest the elections as an ‘independent candidate. In a statement, the former KP governor said that he was parting ways with PML-N and would contest the election as an independent from NA-16 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Expressing concerns about the provincial leadership of the PML-N, Sardar Mehtab Abbasi said that the leadership only thinks of itself and its structure in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is over. Furthermore, he said he had differences with Nawaz Sharif on principles but nothing with Maryam Nawaz. “There should be democracy in political parties, hypocritical thinking and attitude have become important in PML-N,” he claimed.
