ISLAMABAD: As the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) struggles with rifts within the party, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and senior leader Asad Qasier reached out to their former colleague Fawad Chaudhry, requesting the ex-minister to refrain from criticising the party.
KP CM Gandapur, sources told Geo News Thursday, contacted Fawad and stressed the redressal of existing misunderstanding and has asked the former minister to not speak against the party’s current leadership.
Whereas Qasier also confirmed reaching out Fawad and stressed that all leaders have been requested to keep quiet for the time being, the sources added.
The move comes after PTI incarcerated founder Imran Khan admitted to rifts and grouping within the party and is set to meet “both factions” today in Adia jail.
Speaking to reporters in a courtroom at the Adiala facility, the former PM reports of any forward bloc within the PTI and stressed that there were no major differences within the party.
However, all is not good within the former ruling party’s ranks as it has been gripped with internal turmoil with leaders often engaging in public criticism against one another.
In June, sources told Geo News that 27 PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) lawmakers deliberated on the option of resignation from the National Assembly in protest against the party’s top leadership. –Agencies
