The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has suspended the membership of its firebrand leader Sher Afzal Marwat, who was elected to the National Assembly in the February 8 polls, after a meeting between party Founder Imran Khan and the top leadership in Adiala Jail.
On Thursday, the PTI leaders met with Imran Khan, where the decision regarding Marwat was taken. According to party sources, a formal statement will be issued on Friday (today) regarding this matter.
They claimed that Marwat was constantly violating party discipline and had made several statements criticizing the party leaders over the past month. In one statement, he purportedly made "derogatory remarks" about the party founder. During the meeting with Imran Khan, it was agreed that no leader is above the party, and that all other leaders would face the same fate if they crossed the party line, they added.
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Marwat's reply to the show-cause notice was also deemed unsatisfactory, said the sources, adding that he had once said in London that Imran Khan himself did not want people to take to the streets.
It should be noted that MNA Marwat was removed from the PTI core and political committees in May by Secretary General Omar Ayub on the order of Imran Khan. He was said to have made a controversial statement regarding the alleged involvement of Saudi Arabia in the removal of Imran Khan from the prime minister's position following a motion of no-confidence by the joint opposition alliance.
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The PTI MNA, renowned for instigating controversies, has accused both the United States and Saudi Arabia of conspiring to overthrow the PTI government. The PTI had publicly distanced itself from his remarks, while Marwat dismissed them as his personal opinion, though he continued to stick to them.
Similarly, Marwat had also expressed his dissatisfaction towards the party leaders for what he termed the deprivation of the Public Accounts Committee chairmanship. He claimed that Senate opposition leader Shibli Faraz was the person who informed Imran Khan about the Saudi ambassador raising reservations regarding his nomination for the apex parliamentary committee.
