by India Today World DeskPML-N party’s senior vice-president Maryam Nawaz while addressing a conference in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday said that cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s game is over. His statement came in the context of exodus of senior members of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
During his address, he also talked about the May 9 violence in the country following the arrest of Imran Khan and said that the former Prime Minister of Pakistan was the mastermind of the May 9 “terrorism” but His workers are facing anti-terrorism court,
Since the violence, more than 70 lawyers and top leaders, including the party’s general secretary Asad Umar, Former Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary And former PTI Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari has severed ties with the party.
Taking a jibe at PTI over the mass departure of leaders, Maryam said that there are queues of those leaving the party.
The exodus of PTI leaders began when security forces launched a crackdown against the party following attacks on civilian and military institutions.
“How will the people stand when the leader is a jackal?” She criticized the former prime minister, who was removed from office in April last year through a motion of no confidence in the National Assembly.
He said, “Your people are revealing that 70-year-old Imran Khan is the mastermind of the May 9 incident.”
Furthermore, Maryam said that Imran Khan took his wife Bushra Bibi to court by covering her with a chadar but he used other women as pawns.
Khan and his wife were covered with white sheets as they arrived at the Lahore High Court on May 15 in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
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Violent protests erupted after paramilitary Rangers arrested Khan from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises on 9 May.
Activists of his party vandalized a dozen military installations, including the Lahore Corps Commander House, Mianwali Airbase and the ISI building in Faisalabad, in response to Khan’s arrest.
The mob also stormed the Army Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi for the first time.
Police put the death toll in the violent clashes at 10, while Khan’s party claimed 40 of its workers were killed in firing by security personnel.
Thousands of Khan’s supporters were arrested following violence described by the powerful military as a “dark day” in the country’s history.