LAHORE , April 25, 2023: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to sit on opposition benches in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly as Khawaja Farooq will be leading the Opposition in the house.
The decision was taken at a meeting held with PTI chief Imran Khan in the chair. The meeting was attended by senior PTI leaders on Monday. It was also decided to take stern action against party men who violated party discipline.
During the meeting, a detailed discussion was held on the situation emerging after the election of the new AJK Prime Minister. On the occasion, PTI leadership decided that the PTI would sit on opposition benches in AJK Legislative Assembly and Khawaja Farooq was nominated as Leader of Opposition in the house.
Khawaja Farooq would call a meeting of the PTI parliamentary party meeting immediately and only the members of the Legislative Assembly participating in the parliamentary party meeting called by Khawaja Farooq would be considered as part of PTI.
It was decided that only the members sitting on the opposition seats under the leadership of Khawaja Farooq would be able to remain a part of PTI and process for expulsion from the party would be initiated against the violators of the party discipline.
During the meeting, it was decided that former AJK PM Abdul Qayyum Niazi, who was entrusted with the responsibility of the PTI AJP President, would soon complete the party organization process in the AJK.
In the wake of expelling the members of the Legislative Assembly who violated the party discipline, the process of determining the candidates at the constituency level would also be completed.
According to the sources, PTI announced its separation from the newly-elected Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar Haq while Sardar Tanveer Ilyas was also removed from the PTI presidency.