Imran Khan, former Prime Minister and founding Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has nominated former federal minister Ali Amin Gandapur as the party’s candidate for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s chief minister post.
But his nomination has sparked outcry on social media in the light of the atrocious allegations against him.
افسوس یہ ہے کہ اس ملک کا کوئی سیاستدان بشمول خان صاحب اپنی غلطیوں سے کچھ سیکھنے کو تیار نہیں۔ خیبر پختونخوا کا نوجوان شعور والا ہے، وہ اپنی روایتوں کو قریب رکھتے ہوئے اپنی سوچ اور حالات کو بدل رہے ہیں۔ پختونخوا کے عوام کو ایک مہذب، اور سمجھدار سی ایم ملنا چاہئے جو صوبے کی تعلیم،… https://t.co/CDnFnddtGi
— Rabia Anum Obaid (@RabiaAnumm) February 13, 2024
In 2017, eight men stripped and paraded a teenage girl in Garahmat village of Daraban tehsil in Dera Ismail Khan.
The incident took place on October 27 when a 16-year-old girl was stopped by men as she was on her way home. They then stripped her naked and forced her to walk in the village for an hour.
The girl screamed for help but was ignored by witnesses who were “scared” to help her.
She was allegedly ‘punished’ for her brother’s actions who, three years prior, had allegedly entered into a relationship with a girl from the village.
PTI MNA Dawar Khan Kundi wrote a letter to Imran Khan, pointing out Gandapur’s — the-then Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Minister — involvement in enabling the incident.
“I visited the family a week before and they asked, in fact, requested me to make sure that Ali Amin Gandapur, revenue minister KP, may be forced and asked to withdraw his support for the criminals,” Kundi wrote in the letter, dated November 8.
Gandapur denied the allegations and visited the girl’s family, ensuring them that he will arrange her marriage and take any financial responsibility needed.
On the contrary, the girl revealed that during her statement admission to the police, she was “threatened” which hindered her in giving all the details.
“When I started recording my statement, the police officer didn’t write it correctly. Instead, he wrote only what he wanted to”, Geo news quoted her as saying.
While on one hand Imran Khan posted on X (formerly Twitter) with regard to FIR filed against the perpetrators and the arrests, he, nonetheless, deemed the allegations against Gandapur as false and instead announced that he would expel Kundi from the party.
For anyone who doesn’t know about Ali Amin Gandapur’s involvement in the “stripping a 16 year old naked and parading her through streets” incident.
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— Zulqaif ️ (@zulqaifplus) February 10, 2024
Apart from his involvement in the case, he also has a reputation for foul language. To quote an example, in one of his addresses to the public, in reply to one of Maryam Nawaz’s comments, “Jaisa moun waisay thapar”, he said that she shall get “slapped” for the insights he has on her.
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