PTI leader Jamshed Cheema has said that he and his wife can’t continue politics and the affiliation with former prime minister Imran Khan’s party.
“This career which is in our blood … it was not an easy decision to leave politics. You serve the nation in politics, but not at the cost of armed forces … not at the cost of people who protect the country,” he said.
Jamshed Cheema has termed the events of May 9 “unacceptable”.
Addressing a press conference, he said the events “caused embarrassment for Pakistan […] damaged democracy and the party’s democratic credentials, as well as the name of protest”.
Former PTI leader Jamshed Cheema has said that mob mentality was not accounted for during the May 9 protest.
“We should accept our responsibility that mob mentality and the calculation of a peaceful protest … maybe that was not possible and mob mentality was not accounted for,” he said in a press conference alongside his wife.
“I am saying again … the training of a political worker should be such that they play the role of a responsible citizen. If the worker of a political party is not peaceful then I feel there is a problem in the narrative … and this is a problem here.
“We accept this failure and own it … another failure is that we couldn’t stop or manage it.”
Jamshed Cheema has expressed regret over the riots on May 9, saying that the “protest moving inside from outside, the attacks at some spots and riots were totally unfortunate”.
“I believe it has been a big failure [of the party],” he said at a press conference.
He stressed the need for “rectification”.
