PTI workers cry foul over Senate tickets

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers have accused the party leadership of nepotism and sidelining loyal members during the distribution of Senate tickets from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

According to Express News, the PTI Peshawar activists held a protest demonstration against the leadership for overlooking local leader Irfan Saleem. The workers said PTI founder Imran Khan himself recommended the candidacy of Irfan Saleem for the Senate polls, adding they won't accept any other candidate in lieu of him.

The workers noted that Imran's sister Aleema Khan had conveyed the message of Khan after meeting with him, saying the leadership should finalize the list through consultation. Later, the statement of Aleema Khan was endorsed via Imran Khan's X account.

The protesting workers said K-P CM's aide Barrister Saif disclosed the names of 'particular personalities' while the statements of Aleema Khan and Barrister Saif tend to be contradictory.

Irfan Saleem was kept out of the Senate race through an organized conspiracy, claimed the PTI workers, asking what kind of message is being conveyed by neglecting devoted workers and distributing tickets to investors.

They clarified that they would not accept the decisions taken behind closed doors and demanded that the leadership should not impose such decisions on them.

It is pertinent to mention that Barrister Saif issued the list of PTI's candidates for Senate elections from K-P after meeting with the PTI founder a day earlier. The list included the names of Murad Saeed, Pir Noorul Haq Qadri, Faisal Javed, Mirza Afridi on general seats, Azam Swati on technocrat seat and Robina Naz on Women's seat.