Maleeka Bokhari joins long list of PTI deserters

• Malika Bukhari says, “The events of May 9 are painful for every Pakistani.
• “There is no pressure on me to leave the party,” says Bukhari.
• “I also want to spend time with my family,” says the former lawmaker.

ISLAMABAD: Malika Bukhari, a former Member of Parliament, on Thursday announced her departure from the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), joining a long list of leaders to quit the party after the May 9 riots. Joined.

“I condemn the events that took place on May 9. The events that took place on May 9 are extremely painful for every Pakistani,” the former member of the National Assembly said at a press conference in Islamabad.

Announcing her “separation” from the party, Buhari said she was not under pressure and “no one forced me to take this decision”.

As a lawyer I want to play a positive role in Pakistan. I also want to spend time with my family,” she said.

Bukhari left the party hours after his release from Adiala Jail, where he was sent after being arrested under Section 4 of the Maintenance of Public Order.

Following his arrest on May 9 – a day the army declared a “black day”, party activists torched and vandalized military installations, including the general headquarters in Rawalpindi. Feeling the heat of power.

Several party leaders and thousands of activists have been arrested in connection with the violent protests, and the military has insisted that those involved in attacks on military installations be prosecuted under the Pakistan Army Act and the Official Secrets Act.

Khan’s close aide Asad Umar has resigned from the posts of secretary general and core committee member citing the current situation.

Many party leaders and legislators including Shireen Mazari, Aamir Mehmood Kayani, Malik Amin Aslam, Mehmood Maulvi, Aftab Siddiqui, Fayyazul Hasan Chauhan have publicly condemned the attacks on state institutions and announced to quit the former ruling party from May 9. What is it. Demolish, Destroy

Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said the federal government was considering banning the PTI after it found evidence that party supporters carried out “pre-planned” and “coordinated” attacks on public property and military installations. are

In his presser, Buhari supported the authorities’ decision to investigate the May 9 incidents and said those behind the violence should be punished.

He further said that when the red line is crossed, then action should be taken according to law.