- Raja did not mention any reason for his resignation: Raoof.
- Expresses hope that Hamid Raza will withdraw his resignation.
- The SIC chief also decides to resign from his post as an MP after meeting Khan.
Amid reports of internal divisions within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf top leadership, Salman Akram Raja resigned as the party’s general secretary, while the second resignation came from the Sunni Council chairman Ittehad (SIC), Sahibzada Hamid Raza, who left the political and political core of the party. composition of committees.
The resignations of senior PTI leaders came after the Imran Khan-founded party’s high-profile “do or die” protest in Islamabad was abruptly “postponed” in the wee hours of Wednesday, following a crackdown by security forces. the order with nearly 1,000 people. supporters arrested.
Sources said Geo News that the SIC chief has also decided to quit his National Assembly and would formally tender his resignation after meeting the incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan.
Raoof Hasan, senior PTI leader, speaking on the Geo News “Capital Talk” on Thursday confirmed the development and said the party’s political committee would discuss the resignation of Raja and Raza to make a final decision.
He said the PTI general secretary did not mention any reason for his resignation but would continue to serve the former ruling party as head of its legal committee.
Hasan added that despite his resignation, Raja still enjoys “overwhelming support” from the party leadership.
The SIC chairman, in a detailed article on
He categorically declared that the SIC’s alliance with the former ruling party would continue and he resigned from the said committee “to stay out of PTI’s internal conflicts”.
Whether the PTI founder accepts or rejects his resignation, Raza vowed to stand firmly with the former prime minister.
Regarding the SIC chief’s decision, Hasan expressed hope that Raza would also withdraw his resignation.
Responding to a question regarding a ‘PTI ban’, Hasan said it would not be easy to oust the former ruling party from politics.
He was referring to the resolution passed by the Balochistan Assembly earlier in the day, seeking a ban on the PTI following the recent “violence” during its three-day protest.
Minister of Communications and Public Works Mir Saleem Ahmad Khosa, along with provincial ministers Mir Sadiq Umrani, Mir Asim Kurd Gelo, Raheela Hamid Khan Durrani, Bakht Mohammad Kakar and parliamentary secretaries tabled the joint resolution in the assembly on the protests and violent actions of the PTI. .
The opposition, however, staged a walkout to protest the mistreatment of the former ruling party.
Hasan, who heads the PTI’s political think tank, said his party would take legal action if there was a move to ban the political party.
The politician urged the federal government to resolve political differences through dialogue, also supported by the PTI founder a few days ago.
PTI leadership adds to Khan’s woes: Yousafzai
Earlier in the day, PTI leader and former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister Shaukat Yousafzai slammed the party leadership for mishandling the Islamabad march, saying that due to the party leadership’s mistakes, Khan’s difficulties grew worse.
“All responsibility (for this) lies with the central leadership,” the PTI leader said in a statement.
Yousafzai said God gave them a great opportunity which they wasted. If they had consulted among themselves, the results would have been different today, he added.
To a question, he replied that Bushra Bibi was right to take to the streets to try to free her husband from prison. “The question arises: what did the rest of the management do? Where was the central management?” he asked.
It is worth noting that earlier Yousafzai had also questioned the leadership of lawyer Gohar Khan and Salman Akram Raja.
He also asked where Sher Afzal Marwat and Punjab leaders were during the protest.
In a statement quoted by The News on Thursday, Yousafzai expressed his frustration, saying: “Gandapur has become a scapegoat. (Imran) Khan had accepted Sangjani, but Bushra’s (Bibi) insistence on D-Chowk cost the party.”
“Will the party be led by Bushra Bibi or the leadership? If the leadership lacks authority, they should resign. The D-Chowk incident is deeply unfortunate,” he said.
Party leaders, especially PTI founder’s wife Bushra and CM Gandapur, are facing heavy criticism for their decision to continue the protest at D-Chowk despite Khan’s agreement to hold a rally at Sangjani.