Imran directs PTI MPs to resign from parliamentary committees: Aleema

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan has instructed party members to resign from all parliamentary committees, his sister Aleema Khan said on Tuesday.

“He [PTI founder] has ordered party members to tender their resignations from all standing committees in the National Assembly,” she said while speaking to journalists outside Adiala jail after meeting her brother.

She said the PTI founder also issued directives to PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar and general secretary Salman Akram Raja regarding the upcoming by-elections. “He [Imran] said contesting the by-elections would only give legal justification to those polls,” Aleema added.

Earlier, it was reported that Aleema had opposed participation in the by-elections, saying that the decision was totally against Khan’s clear instructions.

Raja, however, reportedly conveyed the political committee’s position and voting breakdown to her. According to sources, 13 members of the committee favoured contesting the by-elections, while 9 were opposed.

The disagreement reportedly left Raja disheartened, ultimately prompting his decision to tender resignation from the key party role.

Sharing details of the meeting today, Aleema said the PTI founder expressed distress over his wife Bushra Bibi’s situation and was informed about the arrests of Shershah and Shahrez.

“Imran said that such punishments and disqualifications have never taken place before in Pakistan,” she noted.

Meanwhile, PTI leader Salman Akram Raja on Tuesday asserted that party founder Imran Khan had refused to accept his resignation from party’s secretary general post.

Sources within PTI revealed that Raja tendered his resignation following disagreement with Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan over the party’s participation in the upcoming by-elections.

Sources added that Aleema opposed participation in the by-elections, saying that the decision was totally against Khan’s clear instructions.