Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan in a meeting with Imran Khan. PHOTO: ARSALAN T GHUMMAN/FILE
While addressing a news conference, PTI Provincial General Secretary Khalid Masood said Khan was a national hero and PTI had always considered TTP as a friendly party, adding people were happy with PTI’s performance and thus were becoming part of the party.
He also said PTI has prepared for local government polls and will come up with better results than the general elections.
TTP Provincial General Secretary Arbab Shah Nawaz said manifestos of both parties were the same.
The nuclear scientist, dubbed “father of the bomb”, had launched TTP in 2012 and dissolved it a year later saying he was “unable to run the party’s affairs anymore”.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 17th, 2014.
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PTI is getting lower by the day. Is this the guy who clashed with Dr. Atta and said it is possible to run a car on water indefimnilty..
Birds of the same feather flock together. Both r hopeless!!!
@Hamza: He formed party in 2012 (not dissolved as contested in 2013 elections), put an application to election commission to dissolve it in december 2013, but after coming to an agreement with PTI later on application has been requested to turn into a merger application with PTI. Hope it clarifies.
Imran is exposing himself.
PTI haters need burnol...instantly...lollzzzz
This is a good move. Dr.Qadir is our national hero and if PTI comes in power it should make Dr.Qadeer as President of Pakistan who really deserves this post.
@Hamza: things are easy to merge when they are dissolved.
Why are they sitting so close together. Doesn't look appropriate given that the rest of the couch is empty.
Both of them look so sad. Dr. Sahib is sad because he gave everything he had and Imran is sad because he got nothing.
They are natural ally, look how comfortably they are seated.
Populist politician who lacks depth/substance joining forces with nuclear weapons proliferator who's technical know-how is so superficial that he endorsed bogus water car. Synergy?
0 + 0 = 0
But pti and ttp are already in alliance.
after all Imran's dream came true is some form. He got the TTP in some definition ;)
AQ Khans party no longer exists. This remnants joining another party cause quite frankly they have nowhere left to go.
The heading should have been FEATHERED HEROES GATHER TOGETHER
Very mischievous heading. ET is emblematic of pathetic journalism !!!!
info for PTI Haters that this is Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz Pakistan and its leader is AQ Khan who is a famous nuclear scientist of pakistan.
Dr AQ Khan couldn't come up with a more unfortunate acronym for his party lol
Lolz at the title of the news! I am sure the trolls have started to froth around at their mouths :D
Very poor choice of words.
Heading is so hilarious, lol
If AQ Khan dissolved the party in 2012, how can he merge the same party with PTI in 2014?
whats wrong in it ?? ET thanks for giving us PTI news everyday.