Cracks emerge in PTI as over 25 lawmakers skip KP parliamentary party meeting
Key takeaways
- The meeting, chaired by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, was reportedly attended by only 75 lawmakers out of the 92-member parliamentary party.
- Party sources said several disgruntled lawmakers, including former chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Fazal Elahi and Nek Muhammad, did not attend the meeting.
- Sources added that some lawmakers were unhappy with the chief minister after being left out of the provincial cabinet.
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Home latest pakistan world sports showbiz entertainment Royal business health Sci-Tech Food Fact Check big picture Videos shows Watch LIVE TV X Home Latest Pakistan World Sports Showbiz Fact Check big picture Videos Shows LIVE TV Pakistan Cracks emerge in PTI as over 25 lawmakers skip KP parliamentary party meeting Ex-KP CM Gandapur, others absent from meeting; info minister rejects reports of forward block in PTI By Web Desk | Published June 01, 2026
Signs of internal divisions within Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa surfaced on Sunday as more than 25 lawmakers remained absent from a meeting of the parliamentary party held at the Chief Minister’s House in Peshawar.
The meeting, chaired by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, was reportedly attended by only 75 lawmakers out of the 92-member parliamentary party.