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Ayesha Gulalai v Imran Khan: Pakistan weighs probe
[Al Jazeera] Pakistain's new prime minister has called for an investigation into allegations that opposition politician Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight... harassed a former female member of his political party. Shahid Abbasi on Friday backed moves to form a parliamentary committee to investigate the matter after a group of politicians raised the allegations in the house. The scandal erupted on Tuesday after Ayesha Gulalai, a National Assembly member from the conservative Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... province, announced she was quitting Khan's Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) party, alleging that he had no respect for women and had sent her obscene text messages. Khan, a former captain of Pakistain's national cricket team, has denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! and accused the ruling Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) of organising a smear campaign in the run-up to elections next year. Gulalai announced in Islamabad that "Imran Khan's list of sins is very long" and that she decided to speak out because she does not want to compromise her integrity. Gulalai has not released any of the alleged text messages. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-05 |
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