{"id":19800,"date":"2024-08-16T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=19800"},"modified":"2024-08-16T13:25:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:25:01","slug":"hammad-azhar-steps-down-as-pti-punjab-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2024\/08\/16\/hammad-azhar-steps-down-as-pti-punjab-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Hammad Azhar steps down as PTI Punjab President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PTI leader Hammad Azhar has announced his resignation from the position of Punjab party chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stated that the party\u2019s leadership should be entrusted to those closely connected with PTI founder Imran Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Unfortunately, I am not connected to the PTI founder. I was, and always will be, a worker of Imran Khan,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azhar mentioned that he could not visit Adiala Jail due to strict surveillance of his movements and expressed disagreement with certain decisions made by the party leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He clarified that he had not made any deals or held any press conferences, and said that many decisions at the Punjab level were made without consulting him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azhar also criticised the replacement of PTI Lahore President Chaudhary Asghar, despite his commendable efforts in organising successful rallies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is impossible for me to continue in this situation, as I cannot go against merit,\u201d Azhar concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PTI leader Hammad Azhar has announced his resignation from the position of Punjab party chairman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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