Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been going through increasing discord and divide amongst leaders, especially after its unsuccessful protest call on November 24, which led to multiple fatalities. Imran Khan's aide and PTI supporter, Salman Ahmad, took to X (formerly Twitter) to post a long letter questioning Khan's wife Bushra Bibi's role in the recent protest.

 

"Bushra Bibi promised the protesters that she would remain at D Chowk until her husband's release and expressed her determination: 'I will never leave you. You promise me that you will not leave D Chowk without Khan.' But then why did they decide to retreat when the situation was heading towards massacre,"  wrote Salman Ahmad, who has been openly critical of Bushra Bibi's role in PTI.

 

Bushra Bibi had taken a central role in the November 24 call for protests, leading the caravan, along with the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur, towards Islamabad.

 

Reportedly, Bushra Bibi refused to accept the government's demand to relocate the PTI protest to Sangjani instead of D-Chowk.

 

The PTI leadership, including Bushra Bibi, vowed to reach D-Chowk under any circumstances, but when the government launched its crackdown at midnight on November 26, they were nowhere to be seen.

 

At least six lives were lost in the three days of protests, which included a policeman and three Rangers officials who were run over by a speeding vehicle, officials and hospital sources said.

 

Meanwhile, PTI leadership officially claimed the death of 12 of its supporters during the protest.

 

"Her sister Maryam Wato claimed that she was abducted by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, while Bushra Bibi insists: 'I was at D Chowk till midnight; I was the last person there.' Eyewitness accounts contradict her claim, who says she was in a bulletproof SUV and away from the centre of the demonstration," wrote Salman Ahmad in a long post.

 

The Pakistani American singer and PTI activist also wrote: "Bushra Bibi claimed that she was shot, but no concrete evidence was presented to support this claim. Is there any CCTV footage to confirm this?"
Meanwhile, Geo News reported another spat between PTI leaders while they were attending the new Toshakhana case hearing on Monday.

 

Bushra Bibi reportedly briefed the PTI founder on the recent protest alleging that no mobilisation occurred from Punjab. After which, Barrister intervened, saying that 5,000 individuals from Punjab had been arrested. He further briefed the PTI founder about the crackdown and mass arrests targeting the party in Punjab.

 

Aleema Khan then questioned Faisal Chaudhry, Khan's lawyer, about the lack of access to facilities, including a newspaper to Imran Khan and a monitoring commission previously set up by the Islamabad High Court.

 

In response, the lawyer said that he was doing everything within his capacity and raised concerns about why senior party officials were not actively approaching the court.

 

However, Mashal Yousafzai, who was recently kicked from CM KP's cabinet as an advisor, interjected, accusing Chaudhry of obstructing the commission's work, to which he replied that the commission was court-mandated and beyond his influence.

 

Barrister Gohar reiterated that certain decisions should be left to the party's leadership to avoid confusion. 

 

It is worth mentioning that this was the second time in less than ten days that a spat took place between Aleema Khan and Barrister Gohar. On December 5, Aleema confronted Salman Akram Raja and Barrister Gohar about the number of deaths that occurred in Islamabad in the PTI protest.