PTI workers stage protest outside MPA's house over alleged horse-trading

Nasim was issued a show-cause notice by Imran Khan for seconding nomination papers of candidates other than PTI

PESHAWAR: Around 150 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers staged a protest over horse-trading outside MPA Javed Nasim’s residence on Dalazak Road locality of Peshawar after he backed Senate election candidates other than those holding PTI tickets.

Led by Insaf Student Federation (ISF) K-P President Sohail Afridi and PTI’s district Peshawar General Secretary Younas Zaheer, the protesters carrid placards inscribed with slogans, "Javed Nasim is a traitor."

There were reports that some of the workers had resorted to aerial firing.

Naseem responds to show-cause notice

Earlier on Monday, PTI's dissident lawmaker from Peshawar Javed Nasim said that he had replied to a show-cause notice issued to him by the party.

“I have submitted my reply to those who had issued it,” Nasim told The Express Tribune, without explaining the contents of his reply.

Earlier on Sunday, Nasim was issued a show-cause notice by PTI chairman Imran Khan for seconding nomination papers of Waqar Ahmed Khan and Fozia Fakhruzaman, who are not PTI members. He was asked to reply within 24 hours.

The notice read that under the Political Parties Order (PPO) 2002 any member of the PTI may be suspended or expelled from party in accordance with procedure provided in the Constitution of party, after giving him an opportunity to show-cause against the action/misconduct, disobedience to the party discipline.

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PTI’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa General Secretary Khalid Masood said the notice was issued from Islamabad, and he was not aware of any updates on it.

Earlier in 2014, PTI cancelled Nasim party’s membership after he had failed to answer a show-cause notice by the party's K-P president on staging a sit-in against chief minister of the province, Pervez Khattak.