Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat has been expelled from the party’s core and political committees on the directives of party founder Imran Khan, said PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan on Thursday.
The development came a day after outspoken Marwat publicly blasted the PTI top leaders, refusing to work under them.
“I refuse to work with Shibli Faraz and Omar Ayub […] they didn’t allow me to meet Imran Khan [in prison],” Marwat said while speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.
Speaking to the media after meeting jailed PTI founder in Adiala Jail today, the PTI secretary general said Imran Khan directed to issue a show-cause notice to Marwat as he attempted to “spoil” ties with Saudi Arabia.
Ayub, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, said Marwat was warned time and again against violating the party’s policies.
“The PTI founder said Marwat tried to damage his personal relations with the kingdom [of Saudi Arabia] as he has excellent ties with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman,” Ayub said.
Marwat, speaking during a TV talk show last month had alleged that Saudi Arabia, alongside the United States, played a part in the ouster of Imran Khan’s government in April 2022.
