PTI reconstitutes political committee; Ali Amin Gandapur excluded

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reconstituted its political committee and issued a formal notification, in which the name of former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur is notably absent.

PTI’s founding chairman, Imran Khan, had directed Salman Akram Raja to form a new political committee.

Following his instructions, the notification for the committee’s formation was issued with the signatures of Salman Akram Raja and Firdous Shamim Naqvi.

According to the notification, 23 key leaders have been included in the committee. PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan and Secretary General Salman Akram Raja are also part of the committee.

Other members include Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Sheikh Waqas Akram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohaib Afridi, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Mahmood Khan Achakzai, and former opposition leader Omar Ayub.

Former Senate opposition leader Shibli Faraz, Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Moeen Qureshi, former Punjab opposition leader Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar, Overseas Chapter Secretary Sajad Burki, Punjab Chief Organizers Aliya Hamza, Junaid Akbar, Haleem Adil, and Dawood Kakar have also been included.

From Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, Khalid Khurshid and Sardar Qayyum Niazi have been added. Former Speaker Asad Qaiser, National Assembly Chief Whip Amir Dogar, Senate Coordinator Fouzia Arshad, Women’s Wing President Kanwal Shauzab, and Minority Wing President Lal Chand Malhi are also part of the committee.

The notification states that the political committee will serve as the party’s highest decision-making forum. It will oversee major party decisions, policy formulation, and will also devise policies for PTI’s parliamentary parties.