The Barrister for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), Ali Zafar, has made an announcement on Wednesday that the Chairman Imran Khan would not be contesting intra-party polls which will take place on December 2 and Barrister Gohar Khan had been nominated for the slot of the party chairman.
The announcement about the above mentioned comes a day following the party found itself embroiled in fresh controversy after denying a statement by one of its own senior leaders, who had claimed that Imran Khan would not contest the upcoming polls for the slot of the party chairman and that he had picked someone to contest in his stead.
While addressing, Zafar said that, the PTI chief had been convicted in the Toshakhana case.
Maintaining that a person could not be disqualified for failing to announce Toshakhana gifts, Zafar said that the party then had to see if the ECP would take any “illegal” step that would prevent the party from getting the bat as its poll symbol or cancel the nominations of the candidates.
He added that while Imran’s Toshakhana sentence has been suspended but a ‘final decision’ had not yet been taken.
Adding further on this, Zafar added that, “All these subjects were discussed with PTI Chairman Imran Khan in front of other lawyers. Imran don’t want to give the ECP any excuse for not giving the party the bat symbol in the upcoming general elections, rejecting the nomination of the candidates or for not taking part in the election.”
Zafar quoted Imran Khan as saying that, “The public is with us. We will win through to absolute victory if the elections happen. I want to take part in the general election. Intra-party polls hold no meaning for me. I want the Toshakhana case is decided as soon as possible. When it is decided, I will contest the intra-party polls as Chairman.”
He said that Imran would not contest intra-party polls until the Toshakhana case was decided.
