{"id":11227,"date":"2024-11-29T14:01:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=11227"},"modified":"2024-11-29T14:01:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:01:56","slug":"pti-faces-new-challenge-as-sahibzada-hamid-raza-resigns-after-salman-akram-raja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=11227","title":{"rendered":"PTI Faces New Challenge as Sahibzada Hamid Raza Resigns After Salman Akram Raja"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e172c8fe-ab00-4df8-8826-a0421537b584\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><strong>\u00a0Sahibzada Hamid Raza, head of the Sunni Ittehad Council, has resigned from both the Political Committee and Core Committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He also announced his intention to resign from the National Assembly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on a private TV channel on Thursday, Hamid Raza confirmed his decision to distance himself from PTI&#8217;s mainstream leadership following the fallout of the party&#8217;s &#8220;final call&#8221; and the subsequent situation.<\/p>\n<p>Hamid Raza explained that criticism regarding the lack of participation in protests from Punjab led to his resignation. He emphasized that negotiations should have been given a chance.<\/p>\n<p>He further mentioned that while he was an ally in PTI and will remain so in the future, he had some differences, particularly with the decision to march towards D-Chowk, a decision he was not involved in. He noted that no meetings with PTI founder Imran Khan took place on that day.<\/p>\n<p>Hamid Raza clarified that rumors about Asad Qaiser becoming PTI chairman and Ali Muhammad Khan being appointed secretary-general were false. He added that consultations within PTI are ongoing, but Bushra Bibi is not part of the discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that Sahibzada Hamid Raza met with PTI founder Imran Khan and decided to resign from the National Assembly due to criticism and disagreements following the November 24 &#8220;final call.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Previously, after Imran Khan\u2019s arrest, Sahibzada Hamid Raza had been included in PTI&#8217;s political and core committees. PTI members had also utilized the Sunni Ittehad Council platform to enhance parliamentary roles.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, PTI Secretary-General Salman Akram Raja had also resigned earlier, confirmed by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan. However, no official clarification regarding Sahibzada Hamid Raza&#8217;s resignation has yet been issued.<\/p>\n<p>Senior lawyer Salman Akram Raja was appointed as PTI\u2019s Secretary-General in September following Umar Ayub&#8217;s resignation. He had faced severe criticism for not playing an active role within the party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Sahibzada Hamid Raza, head of the Sunni Ittehad Council, has resigned from both the Political Committee and Core Committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He also announced his intention to resign from the National Assembly. Speaking on a private TV channel on Thursday, Hamid Raza confirmed his decision to distance himself from PTI&#8217;s mainstream leadership following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,47,46],"tags":[130,205,2769,4594],"class_list":["post-11227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-important-news","category-latest","tag-national-assembly","tag-pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf-pti","tag-resigns","tag-sahibzada-hamid-raza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}