Sher Afzal Marwat 'expelled' from PTI, Barrister Gohar says 'not aware'

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership is at odds over suspending fundamental party membership of MNA Sher Afzal Marwat.

The PTI, in a notification, endorsed by PTI Additional Secretary General Firdous Shamim Naqvi, announced to suspend Marwat’s membership, which has been denied by the PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan, terming the notification “fake”.

“The notification regarding cancellation of Sher Afzal Marwat’s membership is fake. It’s not possible,” he said in response to the notification.

“The committee has come to the conclusion Sher Afzal Marwat has no regards for the rules and discipline of the party and he considers himself above the party regulations, [which] consequentially badly affected the image of the party and party narrative.

“On the basis of findings of the committee and his latest statements and complaints received, the committee has recommended termination of his membership and the same has been approved by the founding chairman lmran Khan,” the notification claimed.

It further said the committee also had stated that if Marwat was an honourable person, he should resign from the National Assembly seat which he won as a nominated PTI candidate and seek re-election.

It is pertinent to mention here that PTI leader Marwat on May 11 received a show-cause notice for the violation of the party’s code of conduct and policy.

The notice was issued by PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan and asked Marwat to explain his statements within three days, which have been deemed damaging to the party’s reputation.

“Sher Afzal Marwat ignored all the instructions of founder PTI, violated party discipline and continued to speak against the party leadership on social media and in public. His statements were wrong and caused damage to the party and he also made baseless allegations against PTI,” it read.