F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has nominated party’s secretary general Omar Ayub as the PTI’s candidate for the prime minister’s slot.
Talking to the media men outside the Adiala Prison in Rawalpindi after meeting incarcerated PTI founder chairman Imran Khan, former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser said that Omar Ayub would be the party’s candidate for the PM post.
Asad Qaiser said that Imran Khan would give a date later today for a countrywide protest campaign against the alleged rigging during the February 8 general elections.
Asad Qaiser further said that he had been given an “assignment” to engage with all political parties, specifically mentioning JUI-F, ANP and QWP. “We want that we all form a strategy against the mandate that was stolen. This was the worse and most rigged election in our history,” he said, adding that polls lacked “credibility”.
To a question, Asad Qaiser replied “PTI will not demand resignation of anyone. We will fight a legal battle.
On his part, Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif said that PTI leader Asad Qaiser’s brother newly-elected MPA Aqibullah had been nominated by the party for the speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
Saif conveyed Imran Khan’s message to the journalists, saying: “He also gave a special message with regards to America, the US had not played their role accordingly. Imran has a message that the US has an opportunity and should keep an eye on rigging in the elections.”
He further said “If they are champions of democracy, then they should voice it if they think the elections in Pakistan were not fair.”
