Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General and member of PTI core committee Asad Umar has resigned from party positions but he had not given up party association.
“In the current situation, it is not personally possible for me to continue a leadership responsibility,” he said.
However, he clarified that he would remain a part of the party. He also said he was under no pressure.
“The events of May 9 have been condemned by everyone, but I want to go into detail into why the events were harmful for the country,” he said.
“People were killed and property destroyed, but the worst part was the attack on military installations,” Asad said. “Action must be taken against everyone responsible.”
He added that it was important to release the thousands of innocent people locked up after the events of May 9.
“The army is not just made up of a few generals, it consists of hundreds of thousands of people,” he said. He added that his family had been affiliated with the armed forces for three generations.
“There are five major stakeholders in the country: the judiciary, which is divided, the army, PTI, PDM and the largest stakeholder of them all, the people of Pakistan,” he said.
“Things are looking bad for every single stakeholder,” he said, adding that the ordinary person was being crushed under inflation.
He added that the solution to the current problems of Pakistan is not possible without dialogue.