ISLAMABAD: Prominent lawyer and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Babar Awan on Friday left for the United Kingdom amid the party leaders’ mass exodus following a countrywide crackdown in the backdrop of the May 9 mayhem and attack on the civil and military installations.
According to details, the counsel of PTI Chairman Imran Khan has left for London from Islamabad International Airport via a foreign airline at 1pm yesterday.
Awan is a close aide and legal advisor of the PTI chairman. His family, however, said that Awan’s London trip was already scheduled, adding that he would return soon.
In a tweet, Awan confirmed the news, saying he is abroad due to his scheduled personal engagements. “All of my medicines are Pakistani and [I receive] treatment by Pakistani doctors,” he added. He said: “Earlier, Imran was a friend, now he is my leader; PTI is my extended family and Pakistan is my destination.” –Agencies
