Lahore/Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi will lead the party in case of disqualification by the court. “If I am disqualified, Shah Mahmood Qureshi will run the party,” Khan said in a meeting with journalists and lawyers at his residence in Zaman Park in Lahore on Saturday, adding that in case of my arrest. Senior leaders like Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Pervez Khattak will handle the party affairs.
The PTI chief has been facing multiple cases ranging from corruption to terrorism since he was ousted from power in April last year. Commenting on the mass exodus of leaders from his party over the May 9 vandalism, the PTI chief put up a brave face, saying the situation would change soon. He added that I will give a big surprise in the coming days. Imran claimed that the difficult time for Tehreek-e-Insaaf is going to end soon.
Khan said that some party leaders are leaving the party under compulsion while some have been exposed.
Terming the youth as his party’s biggest asset, Khan said that the party ticket is their right and added that PTI will win the next general elections despite massive defections.
He also demanded a referendum to gauge his party’s popularity among the people.
Amid rumors of the PTI-backed president’s resignation, Khan said Arif Alvi would continue to work according to the constitution.
The PTI chief claimed that there was a conspiracy to arrest, disqualify and even kill me.
Responding to allegations that he directed his party workers to attack military installations, the PTI chief rejected the claims, saying he never issued instructions for violence and vandalism.
“I swear that I never encouraged violence or vandalism among my workers. It was all a trap to trap me,” he said. could not have occurred, indicating that no such event occurred when they were shot.
“Everything was arranged against us. Why would we resort to vandalism when we were winning in public?” Imran asked.
He also maintained that he had no conflict with the army, saying: “No fight with the army, this army is mine.” The former prime minister criticized the coalition government for “destroying” the country’s economy and reiterated that the solution to the current crisis is not other than elections.
In response to a question, Imran said that the PTI leadership was making efforts to release the detained workers. He said a meeting was scheduled with lawyers on Sunday to discuss the release measures.
Meanwhile, without any offer or indication from the government, the PTI unilaterally formed a seven-member negotiating committee on Saturday.
A notification bearing the signatures of PTI Secretary General Umar Ayub was issued by the central media department of the party in Islamabad, which said that on the instructions of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, the party will hold talks. A committee has been formed for this.
The members of the committee include Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pervaiz Khattak, Asad Qaiser, Haleem Adil Sheikh, Aoun Abbas, Murad Saeed and Hammad Azhar.
The PTI chairman on Friday offered an olive branch to the decision-makers in the country, saying that now is the time for all institutions to sit together with the ‘biggest federal party’ and try to find solutions to the problems because Pakistan is moving forward. fast towards destruction.
He made the offer during a video link address to his supporters and warned: “If we don’t act now, it will get to a point where nobody can do anything, the way things are.” are coming Out of control.” However, the offer was apparently not heeded by the government.
Earlier, the PTI chairman had issued a notification appointing Umar Ayub as the party’s secretary general in place of Asad Umar, who resigned from the post on the second day. Similarly, he made Rauf Hassan the Central Information Secretary of PTI, as Farrukh Habib was notified as the Regional President.
Meanwhile, senior PTI leader Hammad Azhar alleged that the PDM government had destroyed the country’s fast-growing economy and was relying on only bilateral support from China to avoid default. The news has been described as alarming.
In a statement, the senior PTI leader described reports that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told businessmen that the IMF program was off the table and China would be relied upon to avoid the risk of default. He said that bilateral cooperation alone is not enough to meet our external debt obligations.
