Imran Khan 'glad' he got rid of Sher Afzal Marwat: reports

Days after former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Sher Afzal Marwat made several allegations against Aleema Khan, sister of former premier Imran Khan, the latter has expressed relief over his removal from the party.

“Thankfully, we got rid of Sher Afzal Marwat,” media reports quoted Khan as saying after the former PTI leader's allegations against Aleema Khan.

Sher Afzal Marwat on Friday levelled a series of allegations against Aleema Khan, accusing her of orchestrating a trolling campaign against him and an abusive campaign against his late parents through social media.

“I was nominated in 57 FIRs [First Information Reports], two of my houses were demolished and I went to jail. Yesterday, my dead parents were subjected to an abusive campaign,” Marwat said while appearing on a private media outlet, adding that all this was being done despite all the sacrifices he had made for the party.

He alleged that Aleema was orchestrating the trolling and abusive campaign as “she is the social media boss”.

Claiming that her behaviour had always been “bossy” towards party leaders, Marwat alleged that PTI members also suffered “extremely inhumane treatment” at her hands.

He further claimed that when he complained to the PTI founder about Aleema’s behaviour, Imran Khan, in the presence of 29 party bigwigs, said that “nobody will answer Aleema’s phone as she has nothing to do with party matters”.

“Following the complaint, she openly came against me,” Marwat said, adding that since then, the PTI social media team as well as supporters like Shahbaz Gill and Imran Riaz Khan had been trolling him.

Recalling an incident of Aleema’s alleged attitude, Marwat said that during Ramzan, she summoned a party meeting at the Central Secretariat. “Barrister Gohar told Aleema that he had to go attend an iftar, to which she said, ‘You can’t even move’.”

In a meeting with his lawyers at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, it was reported that Imran Khan, while expressing reservations about the Mines and Minerals Bill 2025, summoned Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Ali Amin Gandapur for the meeting regarding the bill.

Media reports further claimed that Imran Khan sent a message to the party leadership, urging them to end all disputes [among party members] with a stern message for Chairman PTI, Barrister Gohar, over his apologetic attitude.

The former prime minister also reportedly stated that the government had delayed talks with Afghanistan for far too long, adding that KP is a province suffering from terrorism. He instructed PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja to write a letter to the Chief Justice regarding the non-implementation of the rule of law.