ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday served a show-cause notice on party leader Sher Afzal Marwat over his remarks against former chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan.
The PTI, in the notice, asked Marwat to submit an apology within two days, lest action would be taken against him as per party policy.
“A tense situation has arisen due to your statement,” said the former ruling party in its statement.
A day earlier, Marwat claimed that Barrister Gohar Khan was “removed” as the chairman of the former ruling party over “unsatisfactory” performance.
His remarks came a day after Gohar announced that the PTI’s nominee for the next chairman is Barrister Ali Zafar in the intra-party elections scheduled for March 3.
Talking to a private TV, Marwat said: “Incompetence and poor performance are the reasons behind Gohar’s removal as chairman. Barrister Gohar is a gentleman but his performance was not satisfactory.”
Responding to a question, the PTI leader said that Gohar failed to meet the workers’ expectations. “To run a party office, one has to be active all the time, but this did not happen.”
Following the election results, the party leadership’s approach was not commendable, he said, adding that Gohar should have led the party after the polls, but he failed.
