Imran Khan asks PTI leaders to stop infighting

Islamabad - Putting up a stout defence of Tareen, Imran also lauded services of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and Lahore's party president Aleem Khan who have also been subjected to severe criticism by the two dissidents.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan has called for an end to bringing to public the inner party bickering and said that he would never tolerate a division within his party.
A fully worked-up Imran delivered a marathon three-hour meeting with his party leaders gathered here for national convention.
He warned his party's central and provincial leaders that their continued wrangling would benefit only the adversaries.
Following the release of the poll inquiry commission report, senior PTI leaders Hamid Khan and Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmad have been criticising party's General Secretary Jahangir Tareen for having failed to effectively present the case before the commission.
Putting up a stout defence of Tareen, Imran also lauded services of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and Lahore's party president Aleem Khan who have also been subjected to severe criticism by the two dissidents.
"A leader chooses his advisers and his team. There is no seniority in a team. There is merit in the team selection. All those close to me know that I will never make concessions because they are close to me. So those who say I chose Mr Tareen because he owns a plane are wrong. Ten years ago I was informed of his organisational skills and I invited him to join."
He said despite his serious illness, Tareen put up a brave show during dharna (sit-in) days.
Imran told his party's leaders who were accusing him of accepting politicians from left, right and centre that "no-one should tell me who is a true nazariati (ideologue). I can count on my fingertips people who stood by me in those days. Nazaria (ideology) is always tested in a crisis. So I know who has been a nazariati over the past two to three years. So let those faces be covered who now say they are nazariati and the new people joining the party are not".
Imran asked party supporters not to feel disappointed by the inquiry commission's report which rejected PTI's rigging charges in the 2013 polls.
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