Shahbaz Gill regrets Aleem’s allegations against PTI

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former SAPM, Dr. Shahbaz Gill on Monday regretted the allegations raised by disgruntle PTI leader and former senior Punjab minister Aleem Khan.

Responding to Aleem Khan via video message, Dr. Shahbaz Gill said Aleem Khan was not forced by anyone to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and alleged that the disgruntled party leader tried to get the 300 acres of land near the river legalized.

“ Aleem Khan should have raised the allegations when he was part of the government,” he added.

Shahbaz Gill also went on to say several times that the business of Aleem Khan directly came in conflict with the PTI’s manifesto.

Earlier, Aleem Khan on Monday regretted dedicating 10 years of his life to the party. “I have supported the PTI with great loyalty, hard work, and kept my ego aside. We thought there would be a Naya Pakistan in the face of Imran Khan,” he said.”I’m sad that the person I spent 10 years of my life for is not sincere with the nation.”

He asked why there was a need for such a struggle when the PML-Q leader was going to be made Punjab’s Chief Minister. He went on to say that he tried to support the premier just so their children to live in an ideal country.

He asked the PTI leadership to bring the person forward who has given more sacrifices, adding he worked night and day for the country and participated in the 126-day sit-in as well and provided financial support to the party.

Aleem criticized the premier over a number of issues ranging from the National Accountability Bureau “hounding” him to his insistence on retaining Usman Buzdar as the chief minister and then the nomination of PML-Q leader Pervez Elahi as the new Punjab CM.

Aleem said that he had been branded a “traitor to the PTI” as he called out his critics and claimed that no one in the party had sacrificed more than him.

The PTI dissident leveled a number of allegations against Buzdar as well, saying that he was involved in bribery over transfers and postings in Punjab. He also accused Farah Khan, an associate of the first lady, of being complicit in these transfers.

He said an investigation would uncover who she (Farah) was forwarding the money of her alleged corruption while responding to a question about whether the first lady was also involved in supporting Farah.