PTI leader Arbab Mohammad Ali has been issued a legal notice by Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah Farman, on Wednesday, for blaming him to be involved in selling the Peshawar ticket.
The spokesperson of the Governor House confirmed the development today.
Arbab who is the nephew of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Establishment Arbab Shehzad, and the brother of PTI National Assembly member Arbab Sher Ali, claimed that Farman had sold the Peshawar mayor’s ticket for Rs70 million.
A day earlier, KP Higher Education Minister Kamran Bangash had also handed Arbab a notice seeking Rs500 million for accusing Bangash of selling a ticket for Peshawar city mayor to a wealthy businessman and receiving Rs20 million in return.
It is pertinent to note that Arbab had applied for the PTI ticket for the Peshawar city mayor slot, but despite being an influential figure and the former nazim of Town-III Peshawar, he wasn’t considered by the party and the ticket was given to an Abu Dhabi-based businessman Rizwan Bangash — who lost to the joint candidate of JUI, PML-N, and QWP.
As per the details, Arbab Ali had been reportedly enraged by the refusal of the party ticket, and circulated a video in which he had made some allegations against some senior PTI leaders, including Governor Shah Farman and Bangash, accusing them of selling the party ticket to Rizwan Bangash for Rs70 million.
As per the preliminary investigations by top PTI leadership, it has been found that they lost the city mayor elections due to the alleged negative role of Arbab Shehzad’s family.
Some unknown people started an organised campaign on social media a few days ago, saying the prime minister has decided to appoint Arbab Shehzad as KP governor to replace Shah Farman, an old friend of the PTI chief. Though it was not clear who was behind this media campaign, obviously it was not favourable to Arbab Shehzad.
Sources further claimed that PM Imran Khan was well aware of these developments and he was planning to soon relieve Arbab Shehzad of the responsibility.
