LAHORE: PTI senior leader Humayun Akhtar Khan Thursday quit the party in protest against the May 9 incident.Humayun Akhtar, who remained an MNA in 1990, 1993, 1997 and 2002, had also been the PTI.
Pakistan is familiar with political unrest. No prime minister in its independent history has completed a full term in power; some of its most popular leaders have been assassinated or executed. Even so, the events of last month were extraordinary. On 9 May, in response to the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan on
Imran Khan's former close aide and sugar baron Jahangir Khan Tareen has floated a new party, Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP), along with more than a hundred former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders who quit the party after the May 9 violence following the arrest of the former PM.