Fauzia Kasuri. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fauzia Kasuri retracted her decision of contesting NA-48 by-elections independently and rejoined the party on Monday.
Her decision came shortly after her meeting with PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
She said she will rejoin the party as Adviser to PTI Chairman on Foreign Affairs and Gender Affairs.
Earlier, she had decided to contest by-elections from NA-48 as an independent candidate when it was reported that Imran had failed to address her concerns.
PTI spokesperson Shireen Mazari had also confirmed in a statement that Kasuri was no longer a member of PTI.
Kasuri had claimed that the party has a biased criteria of awarding tickets on reserved seats for women.
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@Adnan Siddiqi: @A J Khan: @Truth Detector: @Namaloom Afraad:
Now Madam, good, welcome etc. Amazing PTIans can cross every boundry of decency and comitment.
@Abbas: Those who know Imran Khan by heart can be angry with him but can’t leave him. Sir how many are there in Pakistan who know IK by heart ??? stupid assumption !!!
PTI,PTI's members and Imran Khan all are gradually loosing their trustworthiness and credibility in the nation's thoughts and if this continues and PTI'PTI's members and Imran Khan didn't leave their these bad habits then imagine what will happen to PTI in the next general elections in 2018 or before 2018?????
@John: No u r MQM errhm without any brain power.
Anyone who takes Fauzia Kasuri seriously from now onwards needs to get their head examined.
So this is the credibility of your news ET? Yesterday you posted that Fauzia Kasuri is fighting for NA 48 independently and now you post this news ,, :D I'm kind of LOLing to be honest... you guys are so "trustable" and reliable
@Aysha M: please tell us more about yr point of view.
Fauzia is a double minded lady.
I have stated the long story in short.
This is what my conclusion is about Fauzia.
But despite the fact, I would like to add her on my Facebook as a friend.
ET, Please update the poll on the home page of your website.
And the "Mummy Returns"
good for her and PTI
Do you have any grace and self-respect???????????????????? Pathetic
i guess this whole pti is cry cry cry drama...
Fauzia has shown lack of political acumen and maturity. She leaves and rejoins. She is indecisive and she has clearly shown her inabilities. It was good riddance for PTI, but ill have to digest this that she is back in PTI
The typical flip-flop of PTI still continues.... Flip-Flop of Imran Khan's dharna with Qadri, flip-flop of Shireen Mazari against jahaz group of PTI and now flip-flop of Fauzia Kasuri and the rants against her by PTI trolls. Meray dosto, YE tu ke trailer tha... puri Film tu abhi baqi hai !!
I trust that Madam Kasuri would be willing to forget the ultimate insult and abuses she had to endure along with her daughter Bisma on social media. She can take a leaf out of Shireen Mazari's book in this regard.
For the valued Trolls of PTI - She was an opportunist till yesterday according to y'alls logic. What does it make her today for coming back into PTI fold for a lousy little advisory to the Chairman?
@ET please improve your journalism. I mean just a few hours back I read on your website that IK has left for london and now you say that fauzia rejoined the party after meeting IK. Yah she may have met him in London or before IK left, but you sould mention the facts clearly. We are already a confused nation so please don't add more to it.
PTI women are trouble makers. PTI should withdraw their membership, like they chose to be a signatory to barring women from voting in KPK
Tragic day for ET editors and the Anti PTI Trollers
@saeed: I agree with the comment, but disagree about ET permitting free comments. One of my comments was not published (atleast not until early this am) as it also asked for aggrieved readers to write to international herald tribune about ET's bias. :-)
What's this, some kind of 'hens fight' between Shireen Mazari & Fauzia Qasuri? Is there anything like discipline at all in this party? Seems like a collection of inept, ameteurish political actors banded together for others entertainment.
Sharam tum ko magar naheen aati A blow to imran khan
ET's first story published yesterday was controversial to begin with. I didn't see information from any PTI leader confirming FK's interest in contesting election independently yesterday.
@Truth Detector: ha ha ha ... buhah ha ha ... This should be enough, no?
Good for PTI & good for Fauzia
Great news !! That simply shows she is a sincere person. Respect for her will grow ten folds now.
Welcome back madam
Till yesterday she was going to run as a independent candidate and now rejoin PTI. either this women is too emotional or ET is having a stroke in heat.
Is this something we call, Politics of Personal Interets?
Very bad news for Anti PTI
Pti trolls, please name one project which pti's government in kp has initiated. All of pti's activities since the elections have been mere drama, be it the fauzia kasuri issue or the appointment of pervaiz khattak as cm. do not drain the country's resources on such tantrums, rather take some actual steps for the betterment of the province.
Needless to remind, the federal pmln government has started off with a bang, the visit to china and reduction of circular debt, being two prominent examples of actual work being done by the pmln.
Yesterday ET reported that she is going to contest election from NA-48. Yesterday on social media everybody was aware that she is rejoining PTI. There is no 'earlier' but an effort to spread rumors and create confusion among PTI supporters. Shame on yellow journalism
Those who know Imran Khan by heart can be angry with him but can't leave him. I knew it from day one Madam will be back once IK himself leads the proceedings. Media now to look for some other miner things from PTI to sell their crap.
PTi ke aik aur nai film grow up !!!!
No one can leave us,we are the new MQM errhm minus the gunpowder!
what if she leaves again, after wining?
And the change has come, lol, hahahahaha!!!
Pti=opportunists=changing how to grab power=na Insaf.
I am resigning from pti because I did not get a ticket, hahahahaha. Too good. Pti fellows please address my concerns too.
ET yesterday you were saying that he will contest the elections as independent..same old tactics of spreading misinformation about PTI...I don't understand that after so many comments about this that E is totally biased against PTI..why the policy is not getting changed...is the power of advertisement is that much to neglect...but one credit I must give to ET that they always allow comments criticism them..at least they obey the freedom of speech philosophy at least for the comments section..
A good news, I was saddened with her departure, therefore I am really glad to hear this. May she keep working for the betterment of PTI and the country.
So ET is still sticking with the false story it published that she had decided to run in NA48. Absolutely shameless.