Imran Khan wanted ‘puppet’ CM in KP: Pervez Khattak

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P) chairman Pervez Khattak said that the PTI chairman Imran Khan wanted a ‘puppet’ chief minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the private news channel reported. 

According to reports, Pervez Khattak, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians, claimed that the PTI leader wanted a puppet chief minister in KP. Pervez Khattak stated, “I was not a puppet CM,” but that the decisions regarding the affairs of KP made after taking the PTI leader into confidence.

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The former Chief Minister of KP said that PTI had four opportunities for holding elections and every party was ready for election in July. He said that talks held with the government team and with former army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa but the PTI chairman not agreeing even on easy conditions.

Also said that if the PTI chief had agreed on the election date with the government the May 9 violence would have not happened. He said that the PTI chairman did not want someone else to get more popular than him in the party.

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Pervez Khattak, a former defense minister, has established Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Parliamentarians as a new political organization.

Khattak, who kicked out of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) last week for making derogatory remarks against the party chief, has announced the formation of a new political organization.