Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Aamer Mehmood Kiani on Wednesday announced to part ways with Imran Khan after the party resorted to vandalism and damaged military installations following the former prime minister’s arrest.
\n“I am not only leaving PTI but also quitting politics,” Kiani saidel.
\nThe former health minister is the second PTI leader to jump ship after Mahmood Baqi Maulvi.
\nKiani was elected from the NA-16 constituency on a PTI ticket in 2018 and was considered a close aide of the PTI chief. He was also the former president of PTI\u2019s North Punjab chapter.
\nA day earlier, Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Mahmood Baqi Maulvi, who was elected on a PTI ticket from Karachi, announced that he was exiting the party following countrywide riots after party chairman Imran Khan’s arrest.
\nKhan was arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on May 9 by the rangers on the warrants of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Following his arrest, the party’s supporters wreaked havoc across the country and attacked military installations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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