Imran Khan to hold people accountable, says Bushra Bibi's spox

Spokesperson for former first lady Bushra Bibi has said that the party founder would be the one to carry out accountability for the demonstration — that failed to achieve its objective of securing his release.

"She [Bushra] reached the D-Chowk as per Khan's directions [whereas] party leadership wasn't there [...] whatever happened Khan sahib will hold [people] accountable," said Mashal Yousafzai in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

The spokesperson further said that the former first lady neither attended nor chaired the party's political committee meeting.

Yousafzai's statement comes in the midst of the repercussions of the abrupt end to the party's protest following a government crackdown against workers in the federal capital.

The protest, aimed at securing Khan's release who has been behind bars for more than a year, is currently under scrutiny by the former ruling party over inter alia the decision to reach D-Chowk in Islamabad as opposed to holding a rally at Sangjani.

Contradicting statements from party leaders regarding the former prime minister's directions regarding the protest have added to the ambiguity as Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has claimed that Khan was initially agreeable to holding a rally at Sangjani but Bushra opposed the idea.

Bushra and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur are facing strong criticism for their decision to push forward with the protest at D-Chowk.