Internal politicking: PTI’s Kohat president suspended for violating party discipline
Banished chief Humayun Pehlwan denies allegations, suspension.
Banished chief Humayun Pehlwan denies allegations, suspension. PHOTO: FILE
KOHAT:
The district president of the Kohat chapter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was temporarily debarred on Wednesday following a meeting of the district cabinet for violating party discipline.
At a news conference at Kohat Press Club, general secretary Sajid Iqbal along with other PTI leaders said 21 of the 31 cabinet members passed a no confidence motion against district president Humayun Pehlwan. A show-cause notice had been issued to Pehlwan to which he has not replied.
Iqbal claimed this was not Pehlwan’s first violation and he had been given several chances to explain his actions. A meeting of the district cabinet will be called within five days to elect a new president.
Pehlwan has been favouring other parties over his own and has been denouncing PTI’s policies in the media, alleged the general secretary.
“As the district president, he cannot take measures against elected candidates of the party in the province or in the National Assembly, nor can he favour members of other parties over PTI.”
Meanwhile, Pehlwan also held a press conference and rejected accusations of violating party discipline. He accused the general secretary of doing the same by sidestepping him multiple times to take decisions on his own.
When he objected to Iqbal’s moves, the general secretary turned other cabinet members against him, claimed Pehlwan.
“I suspended the general secretary from his position. How can a suspended party worker suspend me,” he said, adding the cabinet is yet to finalise its decision over these matters.
Pehlwan is a tailor by profession whose induction into the party’s district chapter added new life to the party and led to several new followers and members, shared a political analyst.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 6th, 2014.
The district president of the Kohat chapter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was temporarily debarred on Wednesday following a meeting of the district cabinet for violating party discipline.
At a news conference at Kohat Press Club, general secretary Sajid Iqbal along with other PTI leaders said 21 of the 31 cabinet members passed a no confidence motion against district president Humayun Pehlwan. A show-cause notice had been issued to Pehlwan to which he has not replied.
Iqbal claimed this was not Pehlwan’s first violation and he had been given several chances to explain his actions. A meeting of the district cabinet will be called within five days to elect a new president.
Pehlwan has been favouring other parties over his own and has been denouncing PTI’s policies in the media, alleged the general secretary.
“As the district president, he cannot take measures against elected candidates of the party in the province or in the National Assembly, nor can he favour members of other parties over PTI.”
Meanwhile, Pehlwan also held a press conference and rejected accusations of violating party discipline. He accused the general secretary of doing the same by sidestepping him multiple times to take decisions on his own.
When he objected to Iqbal’s moves, the general secretary turned other cabinet members against him, claimed Pehlwan.
“I suspended the general secretary from his position. How can a suspended party worker suspend me,” he said, adding the cabinet is yet to finalise its decision over these matters.
Pehlwan is a tailor by profession whose induction into the party’s district chapter added new life to the party and led to several new followers and members, shared a political analyst.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 6th, 2014.