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Hammad Azhar steps down as PTI Punjab’s president, basic secretary

ByRomeo Minalane

Mar 20, 2024
Hammad Azhar steps down as PTI Punjab’s president, basic secretary

PTI leader Hammad Azhar on Wednesday stepped down as the basic secretary and acting president of the celebration’s Punjab chapter mentioning his legal adversities and the barriers they provided in him performing his responsibilities. In a letter to celebration leaders Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Omar Ayub, Azhar stated that he was delegated with the double obligations by PTI creator Imran Khan in 2015 and had considering that “fearlessly sustained the assault of a fascist routine that stayed bent upon taking apart the celebration equipment”. Azhar notified the 2 that he was scheduled in 42 cases and was prohibited from all electronic media by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority. “My home has actually been robbed consistently, rummaged and sealed, my household bothered,” he stated, including that he needed to send his household abroad to safeguard them from the “weekly injury” of raids “or even worse” while he continued to work for the celebration “from a concealed area considering that May 2023”. Azhar stated it was an honour to serve the celebration however it would be self-centered of him to continue in the functions while “I am still in hiding and not able to represent the celebration even on tv.” He believed that the celebration would be finest served at the present point by management in Punjab that had the ability to exist on the ground and lead from the front. “In addition, it ought to have the ability to appear on tv and most significantly, to have access to the starting chairman straight to get directions and interaction with him straight.” Azhar stated that after much idea and consideration, he had actually chosen to step down from his functions, stating that he felt it to be the appropriate option in spite of having actually “agonised” over the choice. He stated his choice originated from a “location of issue for the wellness of my celebration that I have actually committed 13 years of my life and a desire to serve its benefits, not mine,” including that he would continue to render his services to the PTI as a “faithful and ideological employee”. On Monday, Azhar had actually declared that the returning officer for PP-147 (Lahore) Nabeel Ahmad Memon did not get his election documents. Azhar had actually stated that he meant to object to the by-election for PP-147, which was given up by Hamza Shehbaz following his National Assembly win. It might be pointed out that Azhar’s election documents for the NA-129 contest in the basic elections were turned down. Azhar is stated a proclaimed culprit in numerous cases associated with the May 9 riots. He likewise has a questions on corruption charges pending with the Anti-Corruption Establishment versus him.

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