'Young leadership' to replace outgoing PTI leaders: Babar Awan
Pakistan
Prominent PTI leaders part ways with party
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Babar Awan said on Thursday young leadership would replace those who left the party.
His statement comes as prominent PTI leaders including former federal minister for national health services Aamer Mehmood Kiani and former federal minister for environment Malik Amin Aslam announced quitting the party citing the party’s involvement in May 9 attacks on “security installations” as reason.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote, “Leaders are born out of resistance to thorny politics. Political struggle is all about ups and downs. PTI saw rise of hundreds of brave young men in difficult times.”
— Babar Awan (@BabarAwanPK) May 18, 2023
Mr Awan had joined the PTI in 2017, ending two-decades long association with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Malik Amin Aslam, Dr Amjad quit PTI
Earlier, billion-tree tsunami lynchpin Mr Aslam said an "agenda" had hijacked the party and that everyone should be held accountable for it. "After seeing everything on TV, I was stunned” he stated.
He siad he could not continue with this agenda anymore, adding that people who were behind this had thrown the party into a deep ditch.
On the other hand, PTI deputy secretary information Dr Amjad also left the party.
Aamer Mahmood Kiani, two Sindh MPAs jump ship
A day ago, Mr Kiani jumped the ship as well as politics saying attacks on public properties including military installations were “unfortunate, painful, and terrible,” adding that such acts spoiled youngsters. “The country is already grappling with crises, thanks to the PDM [led government],” he added.
It was extremely disappointing that my 27-year long political career is going to end this way, he said.
Former minister said he could no longer be a part of such politics, adding that he would not like to be nominated in such cases in the future. “I have been nominated in Mianwali attacks," he added. Pakistan’s survival was linked, he said, to its state institutions.
Following Mr Kiani, two PTI MPAs in the Sindh Assembly including Sanjay Gangwani and Karim Gabol also parted ways with the party.
PTI Sindh vice president Mehmood Moulvi parts ways
On Tuesday, PTI Sindh senior vice president Mehmood Moulvi parted ways with the party and resigned as Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from NA-245 (Karachi East-IV) as well.
Mr Mehmood said even India could not have vandalised the martyrs’ graveyards, adding that the attacks on them disappointed him. “It is not suitable to fight the army,” he added. He was not a part of the team, he said, that attacked security installments.
“I am not blaming Mr Khan as he is not responsible for everything”, he said, adding that whoever advised so was PTI’s enemy. “We cannot [even] collect 25000 people for a protest in Karachi and then claim that people are with us,” he criticised.
