A spokesperson for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s spouse Bushra Bibi, Mashal Yousafzai, claimed on Friday that photographs have been fired and a chemical-like substance was thrown on the previous first girl’s car throughout the police crackdown to disperse the social gathering’s “closing name” protest in Islamabad.
The protest, geared toward securing Khan’s launch who has been behind bars for greater than a 12 months, is at present underneath scrutiny by the previous ruling social gathering over its choice to achieve D-Chowk in Islamabad versus holding a rally at Sangjani.
Bushra and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur are going through robust criticism for his or her choice to push ahead with the protest at D-Chowk.
Talking on Geo Information programme “Naya Pakistan”, Yousafzai narrated the tense scenario on the protest venue following a police crackdown and Bushra’s agency stance to not go away the PTI protesters.
She claimed: “Photographs have been fired straight at Bushra’s car and a chemical-like substance was thrown on the windscreen of the bulletproof car which blurred every little thing.”
Her assertion got here after Islamabad’s police chief’s denial relating to the usage of stay ammunition by regulation enforcers throughout the operation.
Yousafzai went on the say that the PTI founder’s spouse couldn’t journey in the identical car, subsequently, folks together with her requested her to alter the car and guaranteed her that she could be taken again to the sit-in venue.
Bushra’s spokesperson added that she was not sure what precisely occurred after Bushra modified her car as she obtained separated from the previous first girl because of a stampede.
Expressing shock at how PTI chief Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and KP CM’s aide Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif managed to satisfy Khan at Adiala Jail, she claimed that Bushra obtained an “oblique message” relating to Khan’s purported message to stage a sit-in at Sangjani.
Yousafzai claimed that Bushra needed to substantiate about Sangjani immediately from Khan which was not inconceivable as there’s a landline quantity obtainable on the Adiala Jail.
To a query, she confirmed that nobody held a gathering with Bushra after she returned from the protest and she or he met her after two days. Bushra Bibi has neither attended any assembly nor held any assembly with anybody, Yousafzai added.
Previous to this assertion, Yousafzai mentioned that the social gathering founder could be the one to hold out accountability for the demonstration — that failed to realize its goal of securing his launch.
“She [Bushra] reached the D-Chowk as per Khan’s instructions [whereas] social gathering management wasn’t there […] no matter occurred Khan sahib will maintain [people] accountable,” mentioned Mashal Yousafzai in a put up on X.
The Imran Khan-founded social gathering’s much-hyped protest in Islamabad, which began on November 24, was “postponed” abruptly within the wee hours of Wednesday, November 27, with practically 1,000 supporters being arrested by authorities.
The aftershocks of the protest haven’t solely led to requires an inside inquiry however have additionally led to the social gathering’s secretary normal Salman Akram Raja and Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza’s resignation — with the latter quitting from the PTI’s political and core committees.
Other than the inner turmoil, the previous ruling social gathering now additionally faces exterior challenges together with a ban in addition to governor’s rule within the KP.