ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) chief Imran Khan, in a series of tweets, announced that his party members would not attend any chat shows on televisions or public forums where Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) MNA Javed Latif is invited, following the parliamentarian’s scuffle with Murad Saeed on Thursday.
No PTI rep will go on any TV chat show where Jawed Latif is invited. In any civilised country he would be banned from all public forums
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 10, 2017
Nor will our party members & leaders attend any public forum event where Jawed Latif is invited.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 10, 2017
The two parties have been at odds with each other ever since the last few years since PTI became a major political player in Pakistani politics. While political jibes have been traded back and forth between the two rivals, things got out of hand on Thursday outside the National Assembly when Murad Saeed of PTI punched Javed Latif from PML-N in the face.
Following the incident, Javed Latif addressed the media and made indecent remarks about Murad Saeed’s family members. The statement was condemned from all quarters and Imran Khan announced a social boycott of the MNA. Even PML-N MNA Dr Ahsan Iqbal condemned Javed Latif’s statement.