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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary-General Asad Umar claimed Monday that he was approached for a minus-Imran Khan formula ahead of the no-confidence vote against the then-prime minister, a private TV channel reported while quoting Umar.
“This is an incident that took two or three days before the vote of no-confidence. I received a call from Bani Gala, asking me to reach there immediately,” Umar said, the report added.
The former federal minister said some people — whom he refrained from naming — called him towards them upon his arrival at Bani Gala, the channel claimed.
“They shared with me this ‘brilliant idea’ of proposing three names in place of Imran Khan [as the prime minister] and suggested that my name be added to it,” Umar said as pre the TV report.
In response to their proposal, the ex-federal minister said he told them that they were “out of their minds” as PTI is “nothing” without its chairman, Khan, the report added.
PTI Chairman Khan was removed from office in April through a no-confidence motion and he, to date, claims that it was a US-backed move. However, the then-opposition and the American government both deny the allegations.