{"id":14769,"date":"2023-10-16T14:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/farrukh-habib-resurfaces-after-arrest-quits-pti\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T14:10:10","slug":"farrukh-habib-resurfaces-after-arrest-quits-pti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/farrukh-habib-resurfaces-after-arrest-quits-pti\/","title":{"rendered":"Farrukh Habib resurfaces after \u2018arrest\u2019, quits PTI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PTI leader and former minister Farrukh Habib, whose whereabouts had been unknown after his arrest from Gwadar<\/a> last month, resurfaced in a press conference on Monday evening, where he announced parting ways with Imran Khan\u2019s party.<\/p>\n

Breaking his silence, Habib said: \u201cFor around three weeks, I disconnected my contact with my family for some reasons. We have all been away from our homes since the unfortunate incident of May 9.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ex-PTI loyalist was flanked by leaders of the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party during the press conference. The IPP, which Habib said he has joined, is the newly formed Jahangir Khan Tarin-led political camp most PTI deserters have entered<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since the May 9 riots, which broke out soon after Imran\u2019s arrest<\/a> in Islamabad, over a hundred prominent leaders were picked up and many of them later held press conferences to announce their decision to quit the PTI.<\/p>\n

Habib, who is thought to be a close confidant of the PTI chief and was one of the most vocal party leaders after the May 9 riots, was arrested in Gwadar last month by security personnel in plain clothes. However, he was never presented in any court.<\/p>\n

According to the PTI\u2019s media wing, an application<\/a> had been filed in the Lahore High Court for his recovery, but no action was taken in this regard.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Habib\u2019s wife wrote to<\/a> Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, seeking early recovery of her husband. \u201cWe fear that my husband is being tortured in custody to change his political loyalty,\u201d she had said.<\/p>\n

During the press conference today, Habib said he had an old connection with the media. \u201cYou have seen me taking part in student politics in Lahore. You also have seen me playing an active role in my former party PTI.\u201d<\/p>\n

He recalled that since the May 9 riots, he thought about his political struggle. \u201cWe wanted to make Pakistan the country of Quaid-e-Azam and I repeatedly asked myself this question. Self-accountability is very important. I was also in that phase and I took my time to make a decision on this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI realised that we took our real struggle to the path of violence. We stepped away from Pakistan which was envisioned by Quaid-e-Azam,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Habib recalled that the PTI government was ousted via a vote of no-confidence constitutionally, but regretted that the party did not sit in peace after that. Expressing his perspective, he said the PTI should have opted for a \u201cdemocratic struggle\u201d and waited for elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you opted for violent resistance. We have faced beatings as youth leaders but we never opted for a violent approach. We used to work so dedicatedly for our vision,\u201d Habib said. \u201cBut if you look at that struggle and compare it with the post-May 9 violence, you will see a difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were messages for people to take to the streets and their minds were hijacked. Their sentiments were provoked that Pakistan\u2019s institutions are working against them,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

Habib stated that \u201ca message of hatred\u201d was run on television all the time and a \u201cbullet approach instead of ballot approach\u201d was taken.<\/p>\n

The PTI leadership, he continued, should have shown responsibility. \u201cBut he [Imran] did not show it and wanted people to fight. He did not even know who suffered what injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the presser, Habib also lauded the Pakistan Army for their sacrifices.<\/p>\n

He claimed that Imran called himself a democratic leader but at the same time sought help from other quarters, asserting that the real test of a leader was the people and elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cA leader has to give vision to people but unfortunately Khan sahab<\/em> kept promoting violence. I had not joined the Imran Khan who is a promoter of violence. I joined the Imran Khan who spoke of social justice,\u201d Habib said.<\/p>\n

Talking about the cipher \u2014 a document that the PTI claims contained a threat from the United States to oust Imran from office \u2014 Habib said Imran built a \u201cpolitical narrative\u201d and used it for political gains.<\/p>\n

He also said that he was unaware that the PTI chief had taken watches from the Toshakhana depository and was \u201ckept in the dark\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to give answers. You are giving rise to violent politics, you don\u2019t have high moral grounds and then you are also targeting institutions,\u201d he lamented, claiming that Imran provoked people outside his Zaman Park residence too.<\/p>\n

Habib then addressed the youth and said: \u201cI am asking you to think and take into consideration some facts. I am not asking you to support any political party.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stated that the PTI was his \u201cpolitical birth\u201d but \u201cKhan sahab<\/em> deviated from his vision and handed us the likes of Farah Gogi and Usman Dar\u201d.<\/p>\n

He further stated that several innocent people with no criminal record were languishing in jails, adding that the decision to part ways with the PTI was difficult but one had to keep the interest of the country first.<\/p>\n

Before concluding the press conference, Habib said he had decided to join the Jahangir Khan Tarin-led Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party. He called Tarin a reformist and expressed he felt \u201cat home\u201d working under the former.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can work day and night for the PTI, we can also work for the IPP. Ultimately we have to work for Pakistan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PTI leader and former minister Farrukh Habib, whose whereabouts had been unknown after his arrest from Gwadar last month, resurfaced in a press conference on Monday evening, where he announced parting ways with Imran Khan\u2019s party. Breaking his silence, Habib said: \u201cFor around three weeks, I disconnected my contact with my family for some reasons. 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