PTI issues notice to Pervez Khattak over anti-party move

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Wednesday issued a show cause notice to Pervez Khattak for allegedly inciting the members to leave the party.

Pervez Khattak, a prominent politician from the Nowshera district and the secretary general of the PTI, given notice to respond in writing to the notice within seven days.

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“It has come to the attention of the party leadership that you are contacting party members and inciting them to leave the party,” the show-cause notice reads. You are hereby require to respond in writing within seven days of receiving this notice with an explanation of the reported activities.

Additionally, it made clear in the notice that additional action would taken in accordance with party policy and rules if his response deemed unsatisfactory or he chose not to respond.

Pervez Khattak, who served as the party’s secretary general and chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during the PTI’s government, has already announced quitting the party’s provincial slot as its president.

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Separately, senior PTI leader Hammad Azhar lashed out at the ‘imported government’ for unscheduled prolonged power outages amid the scorching heat, compounding the miseries of inflation-ridden and poverty-stricken masses manifolds.

He noted that during the PTI government, there was no sign of power outages due to effective government planning and policies.