LAHORE: Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) President Abdul Aleem Khan on Monday accused the entire Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership of involvement in May 9 incidents, saying PTI has no active member to become chairman of the party.
“Had the PTI wanted to make a lawyer as chairman of the party, Hamid Khan would have a better option,” IPP President said while to a private TV channel.
Aleem Khan pointed out that Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was in PPP one year ago and making him chairman the PTI could have caused a further dissent in the party.
He welcomed Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Punjab, saying that the PPP rally in Lahore was impressive. Negating the claims that people were paid to participate in the rally, he said voters in such large numbers cannot be paid for participation in party’s public gathering.
Taking a jibe at the former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry, Aleem Khan said that he still does not know what to do whereas the Khan revealed that IPP had informed Fawad to join the party with his own will, not under pressure.
Earlier, IPP president Aleem Khan said “Yes, it’s true that I wanted to become chief minister of Punjab.” He added that he wanted to become Chief Minster on merit and there was “no harm in it”.
The IPP leader lashed out at former CM Punjab Usman Buzdar, claiming to have informed PTI founder Imran Khan about Buzdar’s alleged corruption. However, instead of addressing the concerns, Aleem Khan faced arrest through NAB.
