ISLAMABAD
\nPTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Monday ruled out any \u201cminus\u201d for Mahmood Khan Achakzai, saying there had also been no discussion about replacing him with JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman as opposition leader in the National Assembly.
\nSpeaking to Geo News at Parliament House, Gohar said PTI founder Imran Khan had complete confidence in Achakzai and that the party had no authority to decide whether to accept the opposition leader or not.
\n\u201cWe accept the PTI founder\u2019s decision and will move forward accordingly,\u201d he said.
\nGohar said everyone in the party was free to express their opinion, but once the party made a decision, it was accepted by all.
\nHe said the decision regarding the opposition leader was at Imran\u2019s discretion, adding that the PTI founder had named Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas as leaders and directed the party to move forward under their guidance.
\n\u201cThe PTI founder gave me instructions, and those are what we accept and follow,\u201d Gohar said, adding that neither opposition leader had been disrespected.
\nHe said everything was proceeding at the PTI founder\u2019s discretion, adding: \u201cIf there had to be a \u2018minus\u2019, it would have happened by now.\u201d
\nGohar also maintained that Imran could not be \u201cminus\u201d, claiming that 90% of the nation currently stood with him.
\nSeparately, the PTI chairman said he had spoken to National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq about production orders for 10 arrested parliamentarians.
\nHe said lawmakers Adil Bazai and Chaudhry Imtiaz had been arrested and that the speaker had been informed about the arrests.
\nGohar also confirmed that Mishal Yousafzai had been issued a show-cause notice, describing it as an internal party matter.
\n\u2018Meeting demand led to governor\u2019s rule\u2019
\nIn a separate conversation with the media on Adiala Road in Rawalpindi, Gohar claimed that the demand for a meeting with Imran was what led to the imposition of governor\u2019s rule.
\n\u201cWe oppose terrorism in all its forms,\u201d he said, adding that PTI had joined talks with the government unconditionally.
\n\u201cWe went to get our prayers granted, but instead ended up having to fast,\u201d Gohar remarked, using an Urdu proverb to describe the outcome of the talks.
\nHe said PTI had a government in only one province and that too had been \u201csnatched away\u201d.
\nGohar said political interests should not be protected under the guise of terrorism, adding that PTI still wanted the National Action Plan to be implemented.
\n\u201cThe government has done what it wanted to do. It should now reverse it,\u201d he said.
\nRejecting claims that PTI\u2019s negotiating committee was receiving instructions from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gohar said he was unaware of any mention of consulting Murad Saeed during the negotiations.
\nHe reiterated that there had been no discussion about making Fazlur Rehman the opposition leader.
\n\u201cMahmood Achakzai has been given authority by the PTI founder. There can be no discussion on that,\u201d Gohar said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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