Tanveer Ilyas blames Pervez Khattak for PTI govt\u2019s ouster in AJK
\n LAHORE
\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to sit on opposition benches in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly as Khawaja Farooq will be leading the Opposition in the house.
\nThe decision was taken at a meeting held with PTI chief Imran Khan in the chair. The meeting was attended by senior PTI leaders on Monday. It was also decided to take stern action against party men who violated party discipline.
\nDuring the meeting, a detailed discussion was held on the situation emerging after the election of the new AJK Prime Minister. On the occasion, PTI leadership decided that the PTI would sit on opposition benches in AJK Legislative Assembly and Khawaja Farooq was nominated as Leader of Opposition in the house.
\nKhawaja Farooq would call a meeting of the PTI parliamentary party meeting immediately and only the members of the Legislative Assembly participating in the parliamentary party meeting called by Khawaja Farooq would be considered as part of PTI.
\nIt was decided that only the members sitting on the opposition seats under the leadership of Khawaja Farooq would be able to remain a part of PTI and process for expulsion from the party would be initiated against the violators of the party discipline.
\nDuring the meeting, it was decided that former AJK PM Abdul Qayyum Niazi, who was entrusted with the responsibility of the PTI AJK President, would soon complete the party organization process in the AJK.
\nIn the wake of expelling the members of the Legisla\u00adtive Assembly who violated the party discipline, the process of determining the candidates at the constituency level would also be completed.
\nAccording to the sources, PTI announced its separation from the newly-elected Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar Haq while Sardar Tanveer Ilyas was also removed from the PTI presidency.
\nFormer prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Sardar Tanveer Ilyas, has pinned blames of the ouster of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government on party stalwart Pervez Khattak.
\nIn a video statement from Muzaffarabad, the former AJK premier said the party lost its government twice in the region, the president, and the speaker were re-elected, but never did the PTI lose even a single seat.
\n\u201cWe got a clear majority in the local body elections,\u201d Ilyas said.
\nMr Ilyas, who was disqualified from holding any public office in a contempt case, made the statement after he was removed as president of the PTI\u2019s AJK chapter and PTI forward bloc and opposition\u2019s joint candidate Chaudhry Anwarul Haq became new prime minister of the region.
\nThe former premier claimed that it was for the first time that a government in AJK was toppled and it all happened due to interventions by Mr Khattak. He added that the PTI government was weakened through a pre-planned conspiracy.
\nMr Ilyas said he would bring the issue in knowledge of party Chairman Imran Khan, adding that there would be differences with party fellows but \u201cwe are united under PTI\u2019s flag\u201d.
\nTaking a dig at the ruling coalition, he said those trying to establish their government in the region will also face defeat.
\nEarlier, no member of the assembly got sick or suffered from Covid-19, he claimed, adding all the dots related to the situation existed, and he will bring them to the fore.
\nEarlier this month, Sardar Tanveer Ilyas was disqualified by the Azad Kashmir High Court in a contempt case.
\nHe was charged with using \u2018threatening tone\u2019 against the judiciary. The clips featuring the premier finding fault with the judiciary were played during the proceeding.
\nPTI losing strength in Azad Kashmir
\nThe Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s manoeuvring for cementing its strength has failed to bear fruit.
\nThe PTI was all set to meet in Zaman Park with ex-prime minister Imran Khan.
\nParvez Khattak summoned the party MLAs meeting at 6 pm on April 24 through an audio message.
\nOf 31 MLAs, 24 skipped the meeting, sources said, adding that just seven MLAs attended the meeting with Imran Khan in the chair.
\nThey said 12 members of AJK Prime Minister Anwar Haq\u2019s group, four members of the Sargala group and five members of Barrister Sultan\u2019s group did not show up.
\nTwo members of Sardar Tanveer Ilyas reached Lahore but avoided going to Zaman Park, the insiders said.
\nPhotographs of seven MLAs meeting Imran Khan surfaced. Khawaja Farooq, Abdul Qayyum Niazi, Sardar Muhammad Hussain, Hafiz Hamid Raza, Chaudhry Maqbool Gujjar, Dewan Ali, Muhammad Iqbal attended the Zaman Park meeting.
\nThe scenario saddened Iman Khan and made him announce the decision to sit in the opposition benches in the AJK assembly. The reason for the loss will come to the spotlight in a few days. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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