Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Friday reiterated his party leaders’ exodus as “forced divorce”, with the total now reaching 54 since the violent arson incidents of May 9, reported the 24NewsHD TV channel.
After the arrest of former premier Imran Khan, violent protests erupted in many parts of the country. After this, efforts were started to detain those involved in attacking security installations.
After that, various PTI leaders including close aides of Khan parted ways with their party citing several reasons after condemning the riots that took place on May 9.
Here is the province-wise breakdown of PTI leaders who have parted ways with the deposed prime minister.
Punjab
Senior vice president Fawad Chaudhry
Senior vice president Shireen Mazari
Secretary general Asad Umar
Former provincial minister Fayazul Hassan Chohan
Ex-MPA Abdul Razaq Khan Niazi
Ex-MPA Makhdoom Iftikharul Hassan Gillani
Ex-MPA Mian Jaleel Ahmed Sharaqpuri
Ex-MNA Khawaja Qutab Fareed Koreja
Founding member Aamer Mahmood Kiani
Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain
Former federal minister Malik Amin Aslam
PTI West Punjab President Faizullah Kamoka
Former PTI central deputy secretary general for Islamabad Dr Muhammad Amjad
Additional secretary general south Punjab Malik Asif Awan
Ex-MPA Jalil Sharqpuri
Ex-MPA Syed Saeed ul Hassan
Ex-MPA Saleem Akhtar Labar
MNA Chaudhry Hussain Elahi
Ticket holder (PP-247) Chaudhry Ehsanul Haq
Ticket holder (PP-248) Dr. Mohammad Afzal
Ticket holder (PP-257) Chaudhary Jehanzeb Rasheed
Ex-MPA Zaheeruddin Khan Alizai
Ex-MPA Aun Dogar
Ex-MPA Abdul Hai Dasti
Ex-MPA Malik Mujtaba Niaz Gishkori
Ex-MPA Alamdar Husain Qureshi
Ex-MPA Sajjad Hussain Cheena
Ex-MPA Sardar Qaisar Abbas Khan Magsi
Ex-MPA Ashraf Rind
Ex-MPA Javed Ansari
Ex-MNA Maleeka Ali Bokhari
Ex-MPA Javed Akhtar Ansari
Ex-MPA Ahsan Saleem Baryar
Muhammad Saleem Baryar
Ex-MPA Ansir Iqbal Baryar
President PTI Gujranwala Khalid Aziz Lone
Ex-MPA Mian Mumtaz Ahmad Maharwi
Ex-MPA Asif Manzoor
Jamshed Iqbal Cheema
Ex-MPA Musarrat Jamshed Cheema
Ex-MPA Ayaz Khan Niazi
Ex-MPA Malik Akram Kanhon
Ex-MPA Murad Raas
Ex-MPA Pir Ahmad Khagga
Ex-MPA Raja Yawar Kamal
Ex-MPA Chaudhry Muhammad Adnan
Abrar-ul-Haq
Ex-PTI leader Saifullah Niazi
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Former provincial minister Dr. Hisham Inamullah Malik
Ex-KP government spokesperson Ajmal Wazir
Former advisor to chief minister Malik Qasim Khan Khattak
MNA Usman Tarakai
MNA Malik Jawad Hussain
Ex-KP minister Muhammad Iqbal Wazir
Ex-MPA Nadia Sher
District leader Malik Qayyum Hissam
Ex-MPA Nadia Sher Ali
Ex-MPA Haider Ali Khan
Sindh
MPA Bilal Ghaffar
MNA Jay Prakash
MPA Omar Omari
PTI Sindh Vice President Mehmood Moulvi
PTI Karachi President Aftab Siddiqui
MPA Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah
MPA Sanjay Gangwani
MPA Dr Imran Shah
District President Khairpur Syed Ghulam Shah
Ex-MPA Karim Bakhsh Gabol
MPA Imran Ali Shah
Ex-MPA Omar Amari
Ex-MNA Syma Nadeem
MPA Muhammad Abbas Jafri
Rabia Azfar Nizami
Balochistan
Ex-provincial minister Mubeen Khilji
Senator Mohammad Abdul Qadir
It seems that these desertions do not stop here and are likely to touch one hundred at least.