Pakistan Imran Khan names Omar Ayub as PTI’s candidate for Prime Minister Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Islamabad High Court

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New Delhi: Former National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has nominated the party’s central general secretary Omar Ayub Khan as its prime ministerial candidate, Dawn reported. Earlier this week, the party declared its intention to form an alliance with Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen at the federal and Punjab levels. Additionally, the party stated its intention to establish a coalition government with Jamaat-e-Islami in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, JI’s Liaquat Baloch later expressed reluctance to cooperate with PTI in the province, Dawn reported.

“Every child knows how the elections were rigged and how our mandate was stolen,” Qaiser said at a media briefing outside Adiala jail. Sir Will give the date of nationwide protest by evening.” He also mentioned Imran’s directive to join with various political organizations protesting the election results, including Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s JUI-F, Awami National Party and Qaumi Watan Party.

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Highlighting alleged electoral irregularities, Kaiser condemned the 8 February elections, criticizing their credibility domestically and internationally. According to Dawn report, he stressed on planning nationwide protests and promised to engage with political parties for the purpose. Responding to a question, he said that the PTI-supported candidates who won the elections will not resign under any circumstances. The PTI leader further said that the party would convene its parliamentary session in “a day or two”.

Imran Khan chose Qaiser’s brother Aqibullah Khan as Speaker of KP Assembly: Former senator

Additionally, former senator Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif revealed Imran Khan’s selection of Qaiser’s brother Aqibullah Khan as the Speaker of the KP Assembly. Saif narrated Imran’s message regarding the American statement on the general elections. “We believe that America in every period has either supported dictators or brought forward the most corrupt leaders and by bringing such people, democracy has been made a mockery of,” Dawn quoted Barrister Saif as saying. “Imran Khan Sir He has given the message that America has a chance to clear its past by keeping an eye on rigging in Pakistan’s elections.

Barrister Saif said Imran Khan’s comments were a reaction to a recent press briefing by the US State Department, which called for an investigation into allegations of electoral fraud and manipulation.