{"id":53485,"date":"2024-10-21T16:48:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T11:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=53485"},"modified":"2024-10-31T11:12:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T06:12:20","slug":"inside-story-of-zain-qureshis-betrayal-over-constitutional-amendments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/inside-story-of-zain-qureshis-betrayal-over-constitutional-amendments\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside story of Zain Qureshi&#8217;s alleged betrayal over &#8216;constitutional amendments&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Following the allegation of betrayal, PTI lawmaker Zain Qureshi on Monday denied rumors about his presence in the National Assembly during voting for the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/constitutional-amendment-bill-became-law-following-president-zardaris-assent\/\">constitutional amendments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a video message shared on X, Zain debunked reports of backing the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/how-many-pti-mnas-defected-to-vote-for-constitutional-amendments-heres-complete-list\/\">constitutional tweaks<\/a>, calling it baseless propaganda.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/how-many-pti-mnas-defected-to-vote-for-constitutional-amendments-heres-complete-list\/\">How many PTI MNAs defected to vote for constitutional amendments? Here\u2019s complete list<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I disappeared on the orders of my father Shah Mehmood Qureshi, senior party leader, and I could never think of voting for this constitutional amendment,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur\">\u0622\u0626\u06cc\u0646\u06cc \u062a\u0631\u0645\u06cc\u0645 \u06a9\u06d2 \u062d\u0648\u0627\u0644\u06d2 \u0633\u06d2 \u0645\u06cc\u0631\u06d2 \u062e\u0644\u0627\u0641 \u062c\u06be\u0648\u0679\u0627 \u067e\u0631\u0648\u067e\u06cc\u06af\u0646\u0688\u06c1 \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u0633\u0645\u0628\u06a9\u06cc \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0645\u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f\u06af\u06cc \u06a9\u06cc \u063a\u0644\u0637 \u062e\u0628\u0631 \u06a9\u06cc \u062a\u0631\u062f\u06cc\u062f \u06a9\u0631\u062a\u0627 \u06c1\u0648\u06ba\u060c \u062e\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0633\u0627\u062a\u06be \u062a\u06be\u0627\u060c \u06c1\u0648\u06ba \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u0631\u06c1\u0648\u06ba \u06af\u0627\u06d4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QgenHQoasG\">pic.twitter.com\/QgenHQoasG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zain Hussain Qureshi (@ZainHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZainHQ\/status\/1848147152058372484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His clarification came hours after several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders claimed that Zain Qureshi sold his conscience. &#8220;Qureshi was present in the government lobby and was kept on stand-by and if it was needed, Zain could have voted in favor,&#8221; the party parliamentarian including opposition leader Omar Ayub said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am at a safe place,&#8221; Zain in a video statement, which was shared by another account before his own added doubts among PTI leadership that the video might be pre-recorded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53489\" style=\"width: 773px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53489 \" src=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/zain.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/zain.png 799w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/zain-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/zain-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/zain.avif 799w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/zain-300x214.avif 300w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/zain-768x548.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshots of Zain Qureshi and Farhan Virk&#8217;s tweets showing the time when shared \u2014 author<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A senior party member, who talked with <em>Daily Ausaf<\/em> on condition of anonymity, said that Zain Qureshi was kept in a safe place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from where he left by himself on October 10, 2024, without telling anyone.<\/p>\n<p>He then stayed in Sargodha and informed party leadership that he was completely safe, the party official said, adding that party leadership became incommunicado with Zain after 2 pm on October 16, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>According to close family sources, Zain Qureshi told the family that the party asked him to go underground and not contact anyone before constitutional amendments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After that Shah Mehmood Qureshi&#8217;s son disappeared from the public scene and on the same day his wife was also abducted,&#8221; family sources said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Qureshi&#8217;s sister\u00a0Mehr Bano stated that the family lost contact with him on the morning of October 16. &#8220;We are praying for his safety and hope he is in hiding as per the party\u2019s policy, but I fear he has been kidnapped,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Informed sources within the party said Qureshi sold his vote and expressed doubts about the abduction of Zain Qureshi&#8217;s wife. The party official said that Zain Qureshi might be involved in this matter, adding that Qureshi&#8217;s wife and his sister knew nothing. The party official also said that Zain had not attended any party meeting or rally for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>The senior member of PML-N, <em>in a talk with Daily Ausaf<\/em>, also confirmed that Zain Qureshi would have voted in favor of the amendment if needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Following the allegation of betrayal, PTI lawmaker Zain Qureshi on Monday denied rumors about his presence in the National Assembly during voting for the constitutional amendments. In a video message shared on X, Zain debunked reports of backing the constitutional tweaks, calling it baseless propaganda. 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