- Says PTI founder decides to write another letter to CJP Afridi on jail issues
RAWALPINDI: Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan on Tuesday directed PTI members who are serving in government roles to relinquish party positions.
“The move aims to assist Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter president] Junaid Akbar in getting a free hand to reorganise the party,” PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said while speaking to journalists after meeting the former prime minister in Adiala jail.
Raja also rebuffed concerns regarding Imran’s health issues, saying the former premier was in good health.
“Imran had said the jail administration was under the control of unseen forces,” Raja said, announcing Khan’s decision to write to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on issues within the prison system.
The secretary-general noted that the delegation apprised Khan of their recent visit to Sindh, including the resistance against the construction of dams. “Imran has vowed that PTI will fight for the rights of Sindh,” he added.
Quoting the former premier, he said PTI was doing politics for the people of Pakistan and lambasted the Punjab government for its “continued fascism”.
In response to a question, Raja said the party met the chief justice with Imran’s permission as he “ordered us to apprise the top judge of the country’s overall situation”.
“We are stakeholders of Pakistan…we will knock on doors of every institution,” he said, adding that there was no room in the PTI for those “who voted in favour of the 26th Constitutional Amendment”.
“The fates of those who were absent or were out of touch during the passage of the 26th amendment will be decided one by one,” Raja added.
Responding to a question regarding Pakistan’s debacle in the ICC Champions Trophy, he said Imran is “very sad” about the condition of national cricket. “The people of Pakistan have a strong connection with cricket,” he said, adding that this sport has been made a joke in the last few years.
