- Ali questions why Aleema Khan gave protest name.
- PTI chief confirms to Geo Information that audio was his.
- Says celebration ought to have adopted PTI founder orders.
A contemporary audio clip that includes Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Ali Muhammad Khan has come to the fore, hinting at widening rifts throughout the celebration management after its “do-or-die” protest fiasco within the federal capital.
The audio was leaked days after PTI abruptly postponed its march following a authorities crackdown on protesters making an attempt to achieve D-Chowk, sparking widespread condemnation throughout the former ruling celebration.
Questions are rising throughout the PTI parliamentary management about why supporters have been instructed to go to D-Chowk as an alternative of staging a sit-in in Sangjani, as the previous prime minister had ordered.
Within the audio, which Ali confirmed was his throughout a chat with Geo Information, the PTI chief claimed that celebration founder Imran Khan had ordered the leaders to arrange a protest camp in Islamabad’s Sangjani space, not at D-Chowk within the Pink Zone.
“The PTI founder had not requested to return to D-Chowk, however to Islamabad. Khan Sahib had mentioned that the ultimate sit-in location could be confirmed after the celebration members reached Islamabad,” mentioned Ali within the audio leak.
The senior PTI chief, within the audio leak, questioned who ordered [the party workers] to go to D-Chowk when Khans’ directions have been clear. “The PTI founder had mentioned this within the presence of Barrister Gohar, Faisal Chaudhry, and others,” he added.
Elevating questions over the function of Khan’s sister, Aleema Khan, Ali requested: why the latter made the decision as an alternative of the celebration chairman Gohar.
“The PTI founder had mentioned that there was no place for hereditary politics in our celebration, so why did Aleema Khan name the protest herself?” he questioned, including that Khan had mentioned that the celebration management would give the decision.
Ali, within the audio, may be heard saying that the celebration’s intention was to carry negotiations by way of the protests on the orders of the PTI founder.
He added that the PTI founder was unaware of Bushra Bibi’s presence within the protest and was knowledgeable of this by Barrister Gohar.
“The PTI chairman and secretary common ought to have introduced that the sit-in could be held in Sangjani,” mentioned Ali, including that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur had additionally agreed to it.
“We should always have adopted our chief’s orders and stopped in Sangjani. Nobody, together with Bushra Bibi, has the suitable to override the founder-chairman’s determination,” he added.
“When Barrister Saif had conveyed the message of the founding chairman, we should always have acted on it,” he mentioned.