LAHORE / KARACHI ( Web News )
PTI’s Secretary General, Umar Ayub, signed a notification and terminated the party memberships of 22 individuals due to their violations against the party’s policies.
Among those whose membership was terminated are Mahmood Khan, Zia Ullah Khan Bangash, and Shaukat Ali, while the membership of Muhammad Yaqoob Sheikh, Ehtesham Javed Akbar, and Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur was also revoked.
Furthermore, PTI expelled Muhammad Iqbal Wazir, Zahoor Shakir, Wilson Wazir, and Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar from the party. Syed Iqbal Mian and Syed Ghazi Ghazan Jamal Orakzai also faced the termination of their party membership.
Sher Akbar Khan, Shah Faisal Khan, Saleh Muhammad, and Mufti Obaidullah Khan were among those whose party membership was terminated, and the same fate befell Nadeem Khyal Khan, Mohammad Shafiq Afridi, and Mohammad Didar.
Additionally, Mohibullah Khan, Ibrahim Khattak, and Ahmed Hussain Shah were expelled from PTI.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has issued show-cause notices to party MPAs in Sindh for violating the party policy.
As per details, the notification was issued after the approval of PTI secretary general Omer Ayub. It stated that a show-cause notice was issued to the Sindh MPAs for violating party policy and voting for the MQM-P opposition leader.
The MPAs include Umar Umairy, Imran Ali Shah Sanjay Gangwani, Sachind Lakhwani, Rabia Azfar, Muhammad Ali Aziz, Kareem Bakhsh Gabo and Bilal Ahmed.
All the members who received the show-cause notice are bound to submit the explanation within three days and if their response is unsatisfactory the party will take action against them.
It is pertinent to mention here that Rana Ansar MPA of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) was elected the Leader of Opposition in the Sindh Assembly to replace PTI’s Haleem Adil Shaikh.
Rana Ansar bagged 39 members’ support from 69 opposition members, including 20 MQM-P, 10 GDA members and nine PTI dissidents.
Sindh Assembly’s Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani while felicitating the new opposition leader said, “You are the first woman who has been elected as the leader of this house”.
New opposition leader thanked the party and Speaker Sindh Assembly. “A woman feels the agony of Sindh. The people of Sindh have elected me to this house, we have required water, gas and infrastructure”, she said.
Earlier Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has served show-cause notices to its Gilgit-Baltistan members Fateh Ullah Khan and Hashmatullah Khan alleging that it came to the notice of the party leadership that these members had lobbied and conspired against the PTI’s GB government.
Issuing the notices, PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan stated that in view of those reported activities, they were hereby called to explain themselves in writing within three days of the notice.
It was said that if their replies were unsatisfactory or they did not respond, further action would be taken as per the party policy and rules.
It is worth mentioning that there were 22 members of PTI in the GB Assembly, which had a total of 33 members.