Nowshera: Former provincial president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Pervaiz Khattak on Saturday said that he repeatedly advised the party chairman to have a “positive mindset” but later he did not listen to his advice.
Khattak’s comments came during an interaction with media persons at his residence in Manki Sharif area of Nowshera, where many people had come to wish him Eid-ul-Adha.
Seemingly unfazed by the show-cause notice issued to him, the former defense minister remarked that he was not a civil servant but a politician.
He said that it is part of his profession to keep in touch with political activists and supporters to get their support.
“Our province has its own traditions. We do not indulge in hostilities over political differences,” Khattak said, adding that he has met his party’s MNAs and MPAs for consultation and will continue to do so. Will continue to do.
The PTI issued a show-cause notice to Pervez Khattak on June 22, seeking an explanation for allegedly inciting members to quit the party.
The notice issued by PTI Secretary General Umar Ayub Khan asked Khattak to explain his position on the anti-party move within seven days of the notice.
The notice also clarified that if their response is found unsatisfactory or they do not respond, further action will be taken as per party policy and rules.
The senior leader of Nowshera has not responded yet.
Furthermore, the former PTI provincial president said that the May 9 attacks were carried out as part of a well-thought-out conspiracy to weaken the army and desecrate the martyrs.
He said that the former prime minister did not take the leadership of the party into confidence and consulted only a few people.
He added that a handful of activists motivated by “revolutionary thinking” had done a lot of damage to the country – something even its enemies could not do in the last 75 years.
“I reject this revolutionary thinking,” Khattak remarked, adding that he believed in non-violence and peace. He said that disrespecting national institutions is not his style of politics.
On his plans, he said he is consulting former legislators across the province to come up with a strategy to get the country out of the current crisis. Pervaiz Khattak said that the country cannot afford revolutionary politics.
