Imran Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), refused to meet with the party’s defecting former Punjab Assembly members on Sunday. Imran Khan refuses to meet former dissident MPAs.
According to media reports, PTI workers are protesting in the constituencies of the defecting MPs in Punjab. Former legislators approached the party’s chairman to present their case, but he refused to meet with them.
Furthermore, PTI MPs Faisal Cheema, Momina Waheed, and Khurram Leghari were absent from the Punjab Assembly during Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi’s vote of confidence.
The members were issued show-cause notices by the party and the PTI chief had instructed them to appear before the party Secretary General Asad Umar and present an explanation.
Last year, 25 MPAs of the PTI were de-seated by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for defying party directives and voting for Hamza Shehbaz for the post of the Punjab Chief Minister.
The dissident lawmakers included Raja Sagheer Ahmed, Malik Ghulam Rasool Sangha, Saeed Akbar Khan, Mohammad Ajmal, Abdul Aleem Khan, Nazir Ahmed Chohan, Mohammad Amin Zulqernain, Malik Nauman Langrial, Mohammad Salman, Zawar Hussain Warraich, Nazir Ahmed Khan, Fida Hussain, Zahra Batool, Mohammad Tahir, Aisha Nawaz, Sajida Yousaf, Haroon Imran Gill, Uzma Kardar, Malik Asad Ali, Ijaz Masih, Mohammad Sabtain Raza, Mohsin Atta Khan Khosa, Mian Khalid Mehmood, Mehar Mohammad Aslam and Faisal Hayat.
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