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- KP CM doing alright at a time when PTI founder is in jail: Yousafzai.
- Former minister says get together will “undoubtedly” maintain Sept 8 rally in ICT.
- Refutes rumours alleging variations throughout the former ruling get together.
With the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) embroiled in ‘inside turmoil’ and challenges on authorized and political fronts, senior chief and former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) minister Shaukat Yousafzai has rebuked the rumours claiming the ex-ruling get together was “disturbed” over its founder Imran Khan’s detention.
“There is not any substance in rumours suggesting that the PTI was disturbed because of Imran Khan’s incarceration […] the PTI’s vote financial institution is not going wherever,” Yousafzai mentioned whereas talking on Geo News‘ programme “Geo Pakistan” on Thursday.
The PTI chief’s remarks come because the Khan-founded get together has been witnessing a relatively public tug-of-war amongst its management on points starting from corruption and unhealthy governance in KP below Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to the get together management’s incapability to carry a public rally.
The get together’s founder and former prime minister, who was faraway from energy by way of a parliamentary vote in April 2022, has been behind bars for greater than a yr in addition to a number of different key leaders reminiscent of Shah Mahmood Qureshi are both behind bars or in hiding owing to the nationwide crackdown launched towards the get together after the final yr’s May 9 riots.
Earlier this month, Khan had summoned PTI’s KP leaders Atif Khan and Junaid Akbar for a gathering at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail after the duo voiced help for former KP minister for communication and works Shakeel Ahmad who had stepped down over alleged corruption and unhealthy governance by the CM Ali Amin Gandapur-led authorities within the province.
Another concern the get together faces is its incapability to carry a significant powershow as mirrored within the Islamabad rally saga which has been dragging on for months with the native administration time once more denying or revoking permission for a rally within the federal capital.
Last week, the PTI postpone its public gathering in Islamabad and rescheduled it for September 8 with Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan saying that the powershow was postponed following a celebration management’s assembly with Imran Khan in Adiala jail.
Gohar together with National Assembly Opposition Leader Omar Ayub claimed that the rally was rescheduled on Khan’s directions.
The postponement of the Islamabad rally did not sit properly with Aleema Khan, the PTI founder’s sister, who expressed a insecurity within the present management and mentioned that they’d no “actual intention” of liberating the previous prime minister from jail.
Can’t say something about leaders in hiding
Speaking on the alleged rift between get together management, Yousafzai mentioned that there have been no variations throughout the get together and that motion was taken towards PTI members in accordance with the get together’s self-discipline tips.
“Atif Khan has not been expelled from the get together [….] KP CM Gandapur is doing alright in gentle of the truth that we’ve to run our marketing campaign whereas the founder is in jail,” the previous provincial minister mentioned.
“The KP chief minister has been given a process by assigning him the mentioned publish,” he added.
Reiterating that the get together will “undoubtedly” maintain the September 8 rally in Islamabad, the PTI chief mentioned that the most important success of the get together has been preserving its staff charged.
It is to be famous that Islamabad Advocate General Ayyaz Shaukat has assured the get together of granting permission to carry its rally within the federal capital on the mentioned date, The News reported on Thursday.
Touching upon the get together’s leaders who had been in hiding, he mentioned that he could not say something about them.
“I do not know something about Murad Saeed,” he mentioned whereas referring to the whereabouts of the previous minister who has been in hiding since final yr.
