PTI’s internal rifts deepens as Qaiser, Shibli clash over Marwat

ISLAMABAD: Differences among the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) continue to deepen as senior leaders Asad Qaiser and Senator Shibli Faraz exchanged heated words over the expulsion of Sher Afzal Marwat from party’s political committee during a meeting, sources told Geo News on Tuesday.
According to the sources, Qaiser, during the PTI’s political committee meeting, said that Marwat’s expulsion from the party’s political committees was an “injustice”.
Faraz questioned Qaiser who is he to speak on party policy issues. To this, the latter said: “You have joined a party for a few years. I have been with the PTI founder since 1995.”
“Who are you to talk to me like this? The way the political committee was used against Sher Afzal Marwat is an injustice,” Qaiser said after which the political committee members pressured Faraz to apologise.
The sources further revealed that Faraz apologised for the way he talked and how he acted during the meeting.
They added that Qaiser left the meeting over Faraz’s behaviour.
On May 9, PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan said that Marwat has been expelled from the party’s core and political committees on the directives of party founder Imran Khan. –Agencies