Half a day after PTI leader Ali Amin Gandapur and Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi abruptly disappeared from the protest in Islamabad, the question remains of what actually happened.
Journalist Ansar Abbasi claims to have details of what really happened on Tuesday night.
He has revealed that two Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders were provided helicopters to reach Hassan Abdal to convince former First Lady Bushra Bibi about the cancellation of the protest march towards D Chowk.
The journalist revealed that following a meeting between Chairman PTI Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Advisor of Information and Broadcasting Barrister Saif with party founder Imran Khan, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi provided them with a helicopter to fly to Bushra Bibi and convince her to stop the march.
However, the two leaders were a bit late as the march had already moved to the federal capital.
It merits a mention that on Monday (November 25), the second day of the protest march, at the end of the party founder meeting with Barrister Gohar Khan and Barrister Saif at Adiala Jail Rawalpindi, Khan had agreed not to march on D Chowk and stage the situation in in the Sangjani area.
Party leadership was informed to stage a sit-in at Sangjani until the outcome of the background dialogue between the government and PTI.
Sangjani is in the outskirts of Islamabad, where PTI held its September 8 rally.
Ansar Abbasi stated that CM KP Ali Amin Gandapur and Opposition Leader of the National Assembly Omer Ayub Khan conveyed Imran Khan’s message to Bushra Bibi; however, she remained adamant about marching towards D Chowk.
However, prior to the march towards Islamabad, Ali Amin Gandapur reportedly was not in favour of accompanying party founder Imran Khan’s spouse, Bushra Bibi, towards Islamabad.
Following an argument between Gandapur and Bushra Bibi, she boarded the container from Peshawar.
On November 21, Imran Khan had put demands before the federal government from jail, including his release till Friday (November 22), to postpone his “final call” which the government did not agree to.
Ansar Abbasi furthermore claimed that the Interior Minister approached Ali Amin Gandapur and Omer Ayub Khan regarding the cancellation of the party protest. However, both remained helpless as the party’s central command was in the hands of Imran Khan’s wife.
Mohsin Naqvi said on the same day that the “secret leadership” of the PTI was controlling everything, leaving other party leaders “powerless”.
Speaking to media as PTI convoys continue to advance towards D-Chowk after violent overnight clashes, the interior minister said that party leaders did not want bloodshed, but they were powerless in front of a “secret leadership” that actually had control over the party.
“Even the PTI leadership does not want bloodshed, but the secret leadership’s agenda is not aligned with Pakistan,” Mohsin Naqvi said, adding that a “hidden hand” was involved in the unrest.
“The PTI leadership wanted to engage in dialogue, but the secret leadership did not want it,” he added.