Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) outspoken Sher Afzal Marwat has been invited to join PMLN – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
In a conversation on the Azaad Digital programme, the ruling party member Punjab Assembly Amina Hassan Sheikh said that Sher Afzal Marwat has fought hard for Imran Khan. Right and wrong aside, Marwat is a dedicated party worker. But look at how his party has treated him.
“Everyone makes mistakes. If he feels it was [joining PTI] was a mistake and wants to fix it, we will welcome him to the PMLN,” she said.
The row erupted Sher Afzal Marwat criticised party leadership and said that only two or four party members are deemed capable of having the right to speak about the party.
The party Secretary General Salman Akram Raja reacted to the Sher Afzal Marwat that his statement has nothing to do with the party’s official narrative. He said that Sher Afzal Marwat’s statements are unimportant.
Salman Akram Raja’s comments triggered Markwat and raised questions about his position in the party. After heated exchanges between Marwat and Raja, the party’s other leaders also started criticising Sher Afzal Marwat.
PTI Secretary of Information Sheikh Waqas Akram took to X to defend Salman Akram Raja’s position within the party.
“For Khan’s followers, it’s not about the legality of the party position, it’s about what Khan said, and Khan’s Secretary General for PTI. is Salman Akram Raja, duly nominated by Khan. He also represents the party in the dialogue committee and the whole party endorses his stance regarding dialogue.”
Former PTI spokesperson Raoof Hassan also spoke over the issue saying that Salman Akram Raja is currently the de facto secretary general.
He said that Imran Khan is nominated Salman Akram Raja and any unelected individual can become a de facto party secretary general according to the party constitution.
“I’ve stopped talking about him [Sher Afzal Marwat] because no one has been spared their wrath, including me,” he said while speaking to a private news channel.
CM Gandapur on Sher Afzal Marwat
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, who recently called on Sher Afzal Marwat to avoid criticizing party leadership and policies, slightly defended Sher Afzal Marwat. “Indeed, Marwat has made a lot of sacrifices for the party, ” Gandapur said.
The outspoken Sher Afzal Khan Marwat didn’t stop even on the request of the Chief Minister and said that only Imran Khan is his boss and no else should try to become his boss.
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Talking to Dunya News, he said that he had decided not to tolerate it, adding the party did not see the sacrifices he made for the party.
