PTI forms 23-member political committee, excludes Ali Amin Gandapur

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reconstituted a 23-member new political committee, issuing a formal notification that notably excludes former Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur from the new structure.

According to the party, PTI founder Imran Khan tasked Secretary General Salman Akram Raja with forming a new political committee. Acting on these directions, a notification carrying the signatures of Raja and senior leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi announced the committee’s formation.

The notification states that 23 senior leaders have been included in the restructured body. PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan and Secretary General Raja are among its members.

Other figures named in the committee include Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Sheikh Waqas Akram, K-P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, nominated Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, nominated Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Mahmood Khan Achakzai, and former opposition leader Omar Ayub.

Former Senate opposition leader Shibli Faraz, Punjab Assembly opposition leader Moin Qureshi, former Punjab opposition leader Malik Ahmed Khan Bachhar, Overseas Chapter Secretary Sajjad Burki, and Punjab’s chief organisers Alia Hamza, Junaid Akbar, Haleem Adil, and Dawood Kakar have also been added.

Representation from Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan includes Khalid Khurshid and Sardar Qayyum Niazi. Former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, National Assembly chief whip Amir Dogar, Senate coordinator Fauzia Arshad, Women’s Wing President Kanwal Shauzab, and Minority Wing President Lal Chand Malhi are also part of the committee.

According to the notification, the political committee will function as the party’s apex decision-making forum, responsible for shaping decisions, formulating policies and preparing guidelines for parliamentary wings.