- Most party leaders express reservations about the call for civil disobedience.
- Sources say the leaders are discussing the possibility of discussing the matter with Imran Khan.
- Ali Muhammad says leaders will meet Imran for further directives.
ISLAMABAD: The latest call for civil disobedience by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding president Imran Khan came as a surprise to party leaders, most of whom believe it is not feasible.
Most party leaders, in their internal WhatsApp chats, express their reservations over the call for civil disobedience made by their party leader.
For them, such a call is neither practical nor timely. Party sources said News which they discuss to take up the issue with Imran and get it canceled.
The sources claim that even top party leaders like PTI President Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, General Secretary Salman Akram Raja, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Asad Qaiser have taken notice of the call for civil disobedience thanks to Imran’s message on “X”.
“It is not feasible,” a source said, adding that neither overseas Pakistanis will stop sending money to their families in Pakistan, nor will anyone stop paying their electricity bills and gas.
Even PTI leaders cannot do this, because for parliamentarians, participating in such civil disobedience means their disqualification.
One of the PTI leaders said that anyone advising Imran on these lines is doing a disservice to both the party and the founding president.
The latest protest call on November 24 was also made by Imran without consulting his party leadership.
Several senior PTI leaders were not happy with the November 24 protest call and wanted to meet Imran to review his decision, but this could not happen as the authorities did not allow the leaders to meet their leader imprisoned.
When approached, senior PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan said the party leadership would meet Imran for further instructions on what the founding president announced. Ali added that in the meantime, the committee constituted by Imran would begin its work.
Originally published in News