ISLAMABAD: According to reports, PTI founder Imran Khan asked senior vice chairman Sher Afzal Marwat to cease all political activity on Wednesday due to conflicts between the latter and party executives.
Imran has requested Marwat to return to Islamabad and has instructed him to cease any active political activities until further notice.
The directives came a day after the PTI leader, in a significant twist, stated that he was suspending the Sindh polls campaign after claiming to have been “attacked” by party leaders Raoof Hasan and Hamid Khan, only to subsequently say that he would continue the campaign.
In a post on social networking platform X, Marwat stated that he would not be distracted and asked PTI activists to “deal [with] all the satanic forces” independently. On Sunday, Marwat inaugurated the PTI’s election campaign in Sindh, but subsequently said that it would be called off due to statements made against him by “sick-minded people” such as Hamid and Hasan.
“Why are these individuals targeting me? Did I ever say anything against them? I am very discouraged and dejected. We were going to have conventions in Sanghar and Nawabshah today, but after being assaulted by my own party’s high leadership, I am cancelling all of my plans and events,” he said on X.
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However, he previously referred to PTI President Arif Alvi as a “wrong number”. In social media videos, he said that Alvi’s son had applied for a PTI ticket, but he had rejected the decision. Marwat said that Alvi “conspired” against the party.
In reaction to this comment, PTI’s Raoof Hasan, speaking to a private TV news channel the day before, asserted that Marwat did not reflect the party’s views and had no place inside it. He further claimed that the PTI “did not own” Marwat’s words.
Hasan further denied that Marwat visited with Imran in jail, claiming that the deposed prime was only allowed to see his legal team, sisters, and wife.
