Three prominent leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) – former law minister Iftikhar Hussain Gilani, former MPA Iftikharuddin Khattak and PTI UK coordinator Rabia Zia – left the party on Friday
Gilani and Khattak later met PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif at his Raiwind residence, and pledged allegiance to him.
“We have full trust in the leadership of Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif,” they said at a press conference later.
Meanwhile, Rabia Zia, the UK coordinator of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, resigned from the party over alleged manipulation and rigging in PTI UK elections as well as disappointment over the party’s alleged deviation from its ideology.
Following are the excerpts from her resignation letter:
“It is with great sorrow that I am resigning from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf [PTI]. PTI is the first political party that I joined some five years ago with the belief that Imran Khan through PTI will change Pakistan by implementing rule of law, meritocracy, accountability, transparency, democracy and justice.
I was sure that PTI would bring the rule of law to Pakistan and I shared this message of hope with the common man and… I am proud to say that we made PTI a household name in the UK. The lawlessness in the party is demoralising to the extent that I am now unconvinced that PTI can deliver what it has been promising.”
