Pakistan

PTI’s Ali Zaidi tenders resignation from party position

Resignation comes in the wake of party's poor perfromance in Karachi LG polls

Our Correspondent December 07, 2015

A file photo of PTI Karachi President, Ali Zaidi. PHOTO: NNI

KARACHI: In the aftermath of party’s poor performance in Karachi local government elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi president Ali Zaidi tendered on Monday his resignation to chairman Imran Khan.

The resignation was offered during a meeting of the party’s central advisory committee in Islamabad on Monday," PTI Karachi vice president Arsalan Taj Ghumman told The Express Tribune.

Imran has not yet accepted the resignation, he added.

Party performance ‘disappoints’ Imran

PTI chairman is said to be disappointed over his party’s poor performance in the third phase of LG polls, which concluded on Saturday.

“Imran Khan is disappointed and concerned about the party’s performance,” a PTI official aware of discussions in the informal meeting of PTI leaders at Bani Gala told The Express Tribune.

Imran is reported to have asked party’s key organisers to present their reports on LG polls, added the official.

According to unofficial results, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) swept the third phase of local government elections in Punjab, including Rawalpindi. The ruling party had already swept the previous two rounds in addition to gaining a strong position in the Islamabad Capital Territory.

PTI Karachi leaders to account for poor performance in LG polls

In Karachi, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is leading the hotly contested elections in the metropolis ahead of rivals Pakistan Peoples Party.

To boost its chances, Imran’s party had allied itself with the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in the city, but fell well short. Such was the failure of PTI and JI in Karachi that their respective city chiefs, Zaidi of PTI and Hafiz Naeemur Rehman of JI, lost their respective elections.

COMMENTS (14)

Imran Yashkun | 9 years ago | Reply U guys keep on saying whatever u want But u could never take out love & respect for PTI and I-Krom our hearts. The only man in Pakistan's history who has given a common man political awareness. A non political person like me, now takes keen interest in. Goes out and votes, also actively campaigns in elections without fear, & there are many like me. This is the change, this is the new Pakistan. Proud of u IK and PTI. Jealousers keep on beating the bush.

N K Ali | 9 years ago | Reply Well at least his resignation is a start to some decency in our garbage politics. Salams

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Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply Is it only me who's seeing that adnan Siddiqui and sehr Siddiqui are one guy attacking with 2 names?

salman | 9 years ago | Reply This is a better step rather than ranting dhandli dhandli all the time.

Ghulam Hussain | 9 years ago | Reply Ch. Allah Daad is the traditional feudal mindset crushing general poor public and in the high fly of their false ideas thinking that only might and riches would prevail at the cost of dying people due to poverty

Karachiwala | 9 years ago | Reply First failure was alliance with JI... a known extremist sympathizer in Karachi at least. Second, how can you bring NAYA Pakistan with Oldest Party Alliance, who actually did not wanted Paistan at all. And Third, You can not win Karachi until you stop behaving like Astronauts. Yourself, and your Party a,b,c,d guys only visible and active during election times..and disappear readily after losing. i pity on your defeat ali zaidi

Sam | 9 years ago | Reply Couldn't stop myself from mentioning this, there seems be very few non-Shia and non-Muslim leaders in political parties in Sindh in general and Karachi in particular. There should be some diversity.

Ch. Allah Daad | 9 years ago | Reply PTI members, candidates and supporters should demand Imran's resignations because he is sole responsible for such a historical defeat. His divorce drama during local bodies elections was the first snowball which initiated an avalanche of defeat and disgrace. Youth will not leave him and we also don't care because they have no brains but all sensible people should leave PTI and form another party which should become voice of moderation and future.

Abid Shah Mashwani | 9 years ago | Reply Resignation should start with Imran Khan himself for sacking Fiaz ul Hassan Chauhan at a time when party needed unity to dent the corrupt. Rawalpindi is the constituency where workers like Fiaz ul Hassan Chauhan helped IK election campaign but IK wouldn't even have time to take into confidence such workers before sacking them. Now by hook or crook PTI lost Rawalpindi comprehensively so IK should resign from NA 56.

raider | 9 years ago | Reply @Adnan Siddiqi: give Federal govt to imran khan with Punjab govt, give shrifs with @kpk govt, then contest that election, what results you could expect then after spending billions just before election?

Sami | 9 years ago | Reply

Adnan Siddiqi How much salary you draw from public exchequer to defame IK? What is your designation in Mariam Nawaz' media cell? Could you please tell us.

Adnan Siddiqi | 9 years ago | Reply It should be Niazi to tender his resignation as Chairman. He not only presided over a mother of all whopping of PTI but lost all UCs of his own constituency in NA-56.......SHAME!

z | 9 years ago | Reply Alvi, you should resign from NA as well and get a fresh mandate from your constituency. I know you wont do that.

sehr.siddiqui | 9 years ago | Reply Imran Khan should be disappointed with himself as he is not cut out as a politician but as agitators and oppressor. When he wins for his team work he takes the credit and when he loses he blames the team. Exactly his cricket behavior. He can not manage his home. How can we trust him for the country. Poor PTI workers and supporters.

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