{"id":19201,"date":"2023-10-29T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/former-punjab-mpa-sajid-mehmood-leaves-pti\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T16:05:08","slug":"former-punjab-mpa-sajid-mehmood-leaves-pti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/former-punjab-mpa-sajid-mehmood-leaves-pti\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Punjab MPA Sajid Mehmood leaves PTI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n            <!-- image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sajid-Mehmood-leaves-PTI.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- content --><\/p>\n<p><strong>RAWALPINDI: A former Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) in Punjab Chaudhry Sajid Mehmood has announced to leave Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), ARY News reported on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chaudhry Sajid Mehmood, who had been elected as an MPA in Punjab, announced to leave Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf today.<\/p>\n<p>While addressing a press conference, Mehmood said that he had joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2008 and contested elections twice.<\/p>\n<p>He strongly condemned the May 9 riots and said that the incident shook Pakistani politics and was widely condemned by the nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/may-9-violence-police-allowed-to-investigate-pti-chief-shah-mehmood\/\">May 9 case: ATC allows police to question PTI chief, Shah Mahmood<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former Punjab MPA demanded strict penalties for those who were involved in the May 9 riots. He also condemned the \u2018anti-state narrative\u2019 of the PTI Chief Imran Khan which also dented his political party\u2019s popularity.<\/p>\n<p>Chaudhry Sajid Mehmood said that he wants to seek pardon from the PTI workers as he cannot stay in the political party with the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>On October 16, former federal minister <a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/farrukh-habib-quits-pti-joins-tareens-ipp\/\">Farrukh Habib had announced to part ways<\/a> with the PTI and join IPP.<\/p>\n<p>He was among the founding members of PTI\u2019s student wing \u2013 Insaf Student Federation (ISF) \u2013 and also served as the minister of state for information in Imran Khan\u2019s cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>The former PTI leader made the announcement in a press conference at the Jahangir Tareen-led Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party\u2019s (IPP) head office in Lahore alongside the party\u2019s top leadership.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: A former Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) in Punjab Chaudhry Sajid Mehmood has announced to leave Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), ARY News reported on Sunday. Chaudhry Sajid Mehmood, who had been elected as an MPA in Punjab, announced to leave Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf today. 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