Shiraz Ahmed Shirazi
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) core committee meeting which took place recently, showed that internal party conflicts have increased and members of the party have started to express their discontent.
According to party sources, the meeting included intense arguments about important matters which caused members to show strong doubts about the committee’s choices. The members of the meeting experienced intense conflict because Imran Khan the party founder, had issued important directives which remained unfulfilled.
Imran Khan had ordered the shutdown of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 8, 2026 according to sources but the party has not yet delivered any definite response to this order which resulted in a major complaint from members. The meeting revealed the members raised concerns about delayed events because they needed an explanation about Khan’s orders which had not yet been executed and they wanted to know whether the party was presently excluding him from their activities.
Another topic of contention was the delay in holding core committee meetings at the scheduled times with some members wondering if the political committee still held any real significance within the party. These concerns were voiced with considerable frustration.
Salman Akram Raja and Barrister Gohar made changes to a press release which resulted in committee members becoming upset because they had not received advance notice about the modifications. The group decided to suspend their attendance at upcoming meetings until the issue had been resolved. The core committee press release excluded members of Parliament which made them feel unhappy.
PTI MPAs move Peshawar High Court against their names on ECL
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) former provincial minister Fazal Hakeem Khan and Shafiullah Jan approached the Peshawar High Court against their inclusion in the Exit Control List.
The petitioners’ counsel, Bashir Khan Wazir Advocate, presented important points before the court. The counsel took the position that the government neither gave any reason nor issued any show cause notice before including his clients in the ECL list, which is a violation of Article 10-A (Fair Trial).
The petition also indicated that since the petitioners belong to the opposition party (PTI), they are being targeted on political grounds to restrict their public and political activities. The court was told that freedom of movement is a fundamental constitutional right of every citizen, and there must be solid legal reasons for putting any citizen’s name in the blacklist or PCL, which is missing in this case.
A bench comprising Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Muhammad Fahim Wali issued the following orders after hearing the arguments. Notices were issued to the federal government (Ministry of Interior) and the Director General of Passport and Immigration. The court ordered that the federal government should clarify by the next hearing under which law and on what charges the names of these MPAs were included in the list. The concerned authorities have been directed to produce all necessary records related to this matter in the court.
The case has come to light at a time when NAB has also started an investigation against Fazal Hakeem Khan for alleged assets beyond means. However, PTI leaders said that all these steps are being taken to increase political pressure.
