Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shandana Gulzar told a reporter on January 26 that Sher Afzal Marwat, currently in trouble with the party, is a true leader of the people.

 

Imran Khan prohibited Sher Afzal Marwat from visiting him in Adiala Jail on January 23.

 

The News reported that the maverick leader attempted to visit the party founder at Adiala Jail but was denied entry. Officials cited explicit instructions from Imran Khan who clarified that Marwat was not his legal counsel and should not be granted access.

 

Marwat has dismissed reports of Imran Khan’s refusal to meet him, calling it an “attack on my character by electronic and social media.”

 

“Marwat is a public leader and he’s that PTI leader who came out for Khan when nobody was there for him. I’ll tell you one thing: A plan was made to kill Imran Khan in the Judicial Complex on March 18, 2023. That plan was foiled at that time by Sher Afzal Khan Marwat,” alleged Shandana Gulzar defending the maverick's role in the party.

 

Gulzar also claimed: “After that event, Maryam Nawaz and her cronies assigned the task of killing Sher Afzal Marwat. They couldn’t digest this development. Many people were happy on March 18, 2023, that [God forbid] something might happen to Imran Khan. Sher Afzal Marwat’s family is in the police and army; we all have families in these institutions. When he went there he saw no judge nor the normal staff present. He got the information and he quickly informed Khan to get out of there.”

 

Marwat is often known for sparring with fellow PTI leaders while being issued show cause notices multiple times by the PTI, with the most recent one issued on January 13.

 

The party leader was directed to respond to allegations of issuing statements against party policy and the party’s secretary-general Salman Akram Raja in the most recent show cause notice.

 

Sher Afzal Marwat submitted his written response on January 25 alleging that Salman Akram Raja had made derogatory remarks against him during a TV programme on January 10 and repeated the accusations on January 12.

 

Marwat said that an MPA from Punjab had misled the party’s founder about him, accusing him of disrespecting the PTI founder and Bushra Bibi. Without being given a chance to explain himself, Marwat claimed he was unfairly removed from the party at that time.

 

He has also accused Shahbaz Gill and his associates of making a targeted campaign against him. Marwat highlighted that the PTI founding chairman’s decision to remove Shahbaz Gill from party committees was not implemented. Instead, a narrative was built suggesting that Imran Khan had praised Gill.