Jahangir Khan Tareen, who once used to be a close aide of the PTI chief, has launched a new party, the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party. He made the announcement during a press conference in Lahore on Thursday. Seen alongside him were Aleem Khan and several PTI defectors, including Imran Ismail and Tanveer Ilyas, who recently left the party amid a state crackdown on it. Tareen said on the occasion that the country was witnessing \u201cdelicate times\u201d. Elaborating on the need to form a new party, he said he had joined politics for just one purpose \u2014 to contribute to the country\u2019s progress. \u201cDuring my long journey in politics, I got the opportunity to meet and work with several people. I learned a lot from this experience,\u201d he said, adding that he was never a \u201ctraditional politician\u201d. He said he had joined the PTI as he was certain that through the party\u2019s platform, \u201cwe will be able to implement all those reforms that Pakistan needed and still need\u201d. \u201cAnd for this reason, we worked day and night to make the PTI a full-fledged political force. People you see sitting here today, all of them were a part of this struggle,\u201d he added. \u201cWe infused the party with newfound passion and enthusiasm after the 2013 elections.\u201d Tareen said \u201cseveral facts\u201d would surface in coming days which would show \u201cto what extent we went to make the party stable\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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