After the coalition government succeeded in getting the 26th Constitutional Amendment bill passed from both houses of the parliament on October 21, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) followers on social media expressed disappointment with party leadership.
Meanwhile, PTI’s official X handle posted pictures of two senators, Faisal Saleem and Zarqa Taimoor, and six MNAs with the caption, “They took votes from the people in Imran Khan’s name and sold their vote to the same mafia against whom the people gave him a mandate! These traitors will be counted among the darkest characters in the history of Pakistan!”
PTI has publicly called out six MNAs: Aurangzeb Khaji, Mubarak Zeb, Usman Ali, Zahoor Qureshi and Chaudhry Ilyas. However, PTI fans have pointed out at the fact that Zain Qureshi, the son of incarcerated PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi, should also be named.
Zain Qureshi had been incommunicado since last week with his sister expressing concerns on X about his disappearance. She took was called out by PTI followers on social media asking why her concerns came to light this late.
PTI MNA Zain Qureshi posted a clarification video on his X handle early in the morning, emphasising that he is not going to vote for the government’s proposed bill.
However, it seems his clarification does not have any weight in front of his followers with all the comments criticising him for his alleged betrayal.
One user pointed out that a government-affiliated account by the name ‘Farhan Virk’ posted Zain Qureshi’s video on X (formerly Twitter) 22 minutes before Zain himself.
Meanwhile, PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat claimed last night, “Nine lawmakers have been sold, five have come forward, four have been sold on reserve money. Their price was set around a billion rupees per person. Asif Zardari has paid them.”
