{"id":17913,"date":"2023-07-17T16:42:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=17913"},"modified":"2023-07-17T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:42:21","slug":"ex-imran-khan-aide-pervez-khattak-forms-pti-parliamentarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ex-imran-khan-aide-pervez-khattak-forms-pti-parliamentarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Imran Khan aide Pervez Khattak forms &#8216;PTI Parliamentarians&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former prime minister Imran Khan&#8217;s aide Pervez Khattak has formed a new party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Parliamentarians, days after being thrown out of PTI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Mahmood Khan and ex-lawmakers Shaukat Ali and Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar are among 57 ex-assembly members who have joined the party, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The development comes as the Khan-led PTI remains embattled, with its chairman facing several cases and a threat of disqualification, while several party leaders leaving him following May 9 \u2014 the day PTI workers wreaked havoc on the country and attacked army installations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Former Khan aides have also dented his party in Punjab as Jahangir Tareen, Aleem Khan, and other people considered close to the PTI chief had formed the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party in June.<\/p>\n<p>Khattak said he condemned the May 9 incidents \u2014 for which several suspects are set to face stern punishments as the government and army remain determined to try them in military courts.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pm-castigates-imran-khan-promises-change-with-nawaz-sharif-in-power.html\">PM castigates Imran Khan, promises change with Nawaz Sharif in power<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our existence is directly linked to that of Pakistan. PTI is now completely finished in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,&#8221; the former provincial chief minister, who holds an important position in the province&#8217;s politics, said.<\/p>\n<p>Khattak, who served as the PTI&#8217;s secretary general and chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the PTI government, quit the post of PTI KP president soon after the May 9 mayhem.<\/p>\n<p>However, earlier this week, the party sacked him over his failure to respond to a \u201cshow cause notice\u201d issued to him.<\/p>\n<p>According to the media reports Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had also contacted Khattak and asked him to join their parties.<\/p>\n<p>However, Khattak has decided to form his own political party instead of joining any other.<\/p>\n<p>The move is a major setback for the PTI as it seeks to regain power and form government in the upcoming general election.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that his government&#8217;s term would end in mid-August, and they plan to leave earlier than their stipulated term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former prime minister Imran Khan&#8217;s aide Pervez Khattak has formed a new party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Parliamentarians, days after being thrown out of PTI. Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Mahmood Khan and ex-lawmakers Shaukat Ali and Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar are among 57 ex-assembly members who have joined the party, the sources said. 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