\u2018Back to zero\u2019
\nMaryam says there\u2019s a line of people exiting PTI | PML-N leader says the PTI is going back to where it started from
\n Islamabad
\nPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz termed the \u201cdisintegration\u201d of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as karma for the previous ruling party\u2019s actions.
\n\u201cThe Tehreek-e-Insaf is going back to where it started from. There is a line of people exiting the party,\u201d she said while addressing PML-N\u2019s religious scholars\u2019 wing in Lahore Saturday.
\nSeveral party leaders have quit the PTI in recent days in protest over the riots that erupted after Chairman Imran Khan was arrested. The enraged protesters attacked military installations, including the Lahore Corps Commanders House and the General Headquarters (GHQ) entrance, during the days-long unrest.
\nIn her address today, Maryam claimed Khan was the \u201cmastermind\u201d of the protests that erupted on May 9 and had trained the rioters at his Zaman Park residence for the last six months.
\n\u201cThey were exposed on May 9. Subsequently, he [Khan] was condemning it yesterday. The people who issue such frivolous condemnations should be thrashed,\u201d the PML-N senior vice president said.
\nShe further claimed that the PTI was a \u201cterrorist organisation\u201d which had always tried to sabotage the country.
\nMaryam said that if proof of PTI\u2019s involvement in the May 9 protests was required, people only had to check Khan\u2019s nephew Hassaan Niazi\u2019s pictures from that day and core member Dr Yasmin Rashid\u2019s alleged audio leak.
\n\u201cWhich political workers know how to make petrol bombs? The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) also announced that it participated in the protests and supported Imran Khan,\u201d she added.
\nHigh-profile leaders who have quit the PTI in recent days include Member of the National Assembly Mahmood Baqi Maulvi, Sindh Assembly members Karim Bux Gabol and Sanjay Gangwani, former provincial minister Dr Hisham Inamullah, former federal minister Aamir Kiyani and former climate change adviser Malik Amin Aslam.
\nThe announcements came amid a mass crackdown on the party following the violent protests. The government has said all those involved in the attacks on military installations would be prosecuted under the Pakistan Army Act.
\nMeanwhile, PTI chief Khan has distanced the party from the attacks and called for an independent investigation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Back to zero\u2019 Maryam says there\u2019s a line of people exiting PTI | PML-N leader says the PTI is going back to where it started from Islamabad Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz termed the \u201cdisintegration\u201d of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as karma for the previous ruling party\u2019s actions. \u201cThe Tehreek-e-Insaf is going back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-332495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n