{"id":47711,"date":"2024-09-07T17:35:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T12:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=47711"},"modified":"2024-09-07T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T12:35:46","slug":"imran-khan-accepts-omar-ayubs-resignation-as-ptis-secretary-general-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/imran-khan-accepts-omar-ayubs-resignation-as-ptis-secretary-general-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan accepts Omar Ayub\u2019s resignation as PTI\u2019s secretary general: Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/imran-khan-seeks-acquittal-in-190m-case-after-nab-amendments-case-verdict\/\"> Imran Khan<\/a> has accepted the resignation of party secretary general Omar Ayub.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to the media, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/omar-ayub-criticises-election-law-amendment-calls-for-fresh-elections\/\">Omar Ayub<\/a> said that I had requested to present my resignation to the founding chairman during the meeting with the Senate opposition leader.<\/p>\n<p>The former secretary general of PTI said that I am grateful for accepting the resignation of the founder chairman.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he had earlier submitted his resignation on June 22 but it was not accepted at that time.<\/p>\n<p>The burden of being the Leader of the Opposition, handling legal matters, serving as the PTI General Secretary and overseeing constitutional matters was overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>The former secretary general concluded by saying, &#8220;I will continue to work with the founding chairman as a PTI worker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Omar Ayub is likely to be replaced by Salman Akram Raja<\/h2>\n<p>According to sources, Salman Akram Raja is likely to be made the new Secretary General.<\/p>\n<p>The decision is reportedly due to a lack of consensus within the party led by Omar Ayub, who will continue to serve as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition Leader Omar Ayub and Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/shibli-faraz-asks-masses-to-use-as-little-fuel-as-possible-to-avoid-price-hike\/\">Shibli Faraz<\/a> will lead the parliamentary team.<\/p>\n<p>A think tank headed by Rauf Hasan will be formed to monitor government performance and issuance of white papers on electoral issues.<\/p>\n<p>Sources indicated that the notification of these decisions will be issued after the party meeting.<\/p>\n<p>However, Barrister Gohar said that he was not aware of the nomination of Salman Akram Raja as Secretary General.<\/p>\n<p>He further clarified that the responsibility of Additional Secretary General is assumed after the nomination of the new Secretary General.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has accepted the resignation of party secretary general Omar Ayub. Talking to the media, Omar Ayub said that I had requested to present my resignation to the founding chairman during the meeting with the Senate opposition leader. The former secretary general of PTI said that I am grateful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":36201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,147],"tags":[10132,11867,194],"class_list":["post-47711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-salman-akram-raja","tag-omar-ayub","tag-pti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47711"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47713,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47711\/revisions\/47713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}