Pakistani journalists on Wednesday boycotted a press convention of embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf occasion right here after a verbal spat broke out between them and a senior PTI chief over a corruption-related query involving a detailed good friend of former first woman Bushra Bibi.
During a press convention with PTI members Asad Umar, Shahbaz Gill and Ali Muhammad Khan, a journalist requested former info minister Fawad Chaudhry to touch upon stories alleging that Farah Khan, a detailed good friend of Bushra Bibi, was concerned in corrupt actions and had not too long ago left the nation together with her husband, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.
The Opposition alleges that Farah acquired an enormous sum of cash for getting officers transferred and posted based on their decisions, calling the rip-off the “mother of all scandals” amounting to six billion Pakistani rupees (USD 32 million). Maryam Nawaz, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) Vice President and deposed premier Nawaz Sharif’s daughter, claimed that Farah has executed the corruption on the behest of Imran and his spouse.
Infuriated by the query, Chaudhry lashed out on the reporter, claiming that he was a “hired phoney” and that he knew the place the scribe acquired his “bribe” from. The former minister additionally started hurling abuses on the reporter.
Enraged at Chaudhry’s actions, all of the journalists current on the press convention demanded an apology from him, just for him to query why he ought to apologise and to whom.
Soon after, Chaudhry began his assertion however was lower off by chants from the journalists who refused to take heed to him, the report mentioned.
Observing the severity of the scenario, whereas the opposite PTI leaders tried to persuade the journalists to take heed to Asad Umar as a substitute, Chaudhry questioned why his colleague ought to converse as a substitute of him and maintained that he had not instructed any lies, demanding that he’ll converse and everybody should pay attention.
Protesting his angle, the journalists dropped their microphones on the dais and mentioned that they might not permit Chaudhry to talk except he apologised to the reporter who he abused.
The PTI leaders quickly ended the press convention and left.
Earlier this week, Farah left for Dubai following the dissolution of the National Assembly within the wake of the no-trust transfer in opposition to Prime Minister Khan.
In addition to Farah, different leaders of PTI have additionally began to depart for overseas, Express News reported.
According to sources within the PTI, Farah left for Dubai on Sunday, including that her husband additionally resides within the Emirati state, the report mentioned.
