Renegade president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Javed Hashmi Wednesday said that a show-cause notice served on him by the party was against the PTI’s constitution.
Addressing a press conference at his residence, Hashmi lashed out at PTI Secretary General Jahangir Khan Tareen saying: “They are the people who have ruined the party’s future.”
He said that ironically no specific charges had been levelled against him in the notice. “Those who had never been elected, have never seen the face of a voter, cannot suspend an elected president of the party,” Hashmi said.
“They should know who they are addressing, if they want explanation, I will go to the container to contact people who voted me in majority,” he added.
He also took a dig at Pakistan Awami Tekreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, calling them ‘honorary chairmen’ of PTI.
Hashmi dispelled the impression that the Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz were going to support him as an independent candidate in NA-149.
However, he said, if PML-N had decided not to field their candidate against him, it could mean that they ‘realised their mistakes’.
He ruled out any possibility of re-joining the ‘N-league’ after success in by-polls from NA-149 constituency.
