Mashal Yousafzai, a spokesperson for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s spouse Bushra Bibi, asserted on Friday that the previous first woman was not prepared to depart D-Chowk regardless of “pictures being fired at her car and a chemical-like substance was thrown on the windscreen” throughout the occasion’s “do-and-die” protest in Islamabad.
The protest, aimed toward securing Khan’s launch who has been behind bars for greater than a 12 months, is at the moment beneath scrutiny by the previous ruling occasion over its resolution to succeed in D-Chowk in Islamabad versus holding a rally at Sangjani.
Bushra and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur are dealing with robust criticism for his or her resolution 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 depart the PTI protesters.
She claimed: “Pictures 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 using reside ammunition by legislation enforcers throughout the operation.
Yousafzai went on the say that the PTI founder’s spouse couldn’t journey in the identical car, due to this fact, folks along with her requested her to alter the car and guaranteed her that she can 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 bought separated from the previous first woman resulting from a stampede.
Expressing shock at how PTI chief Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and KP CM’s aide Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif managed to fulfill Khan at Adiala Jail, she claimed that Bushra acquired an “oblique message” relating to Khan’s purported message to stage a sit-in at Sangjani.
Yousafzai claimed that Bushra needed to verify about Sangjani instantly from Khan which was not unattainable as there’s a landline quantity out there 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 stated that the occasion founder can 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] occasion management wasn’t there […] no matter occurred Khan sahib will maintain [people] accountable,” stated Mashal Yousafzai in a publish on X.
The Imran Khan-founded occasion’s much-hyped protest in Islamabad, which began on November 24, was “postponed” abruptly within the wee hours of Wednesday, November 27, with almost 1,000 supporters being arrested by authorities.
The aftershocks of the protest haven’t solely led to requires an inner inquiry however have additionally led to the occasion’s secretary basic 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 interior turmoil, the previous ruling occasion now additionally faces exterior challenges together with a ban in addition to governor’s rule within the KP.