TAXILA: Former PTI focal person of district Attock Syed Khawar Abbas Bukhari along with former MPA Syed Ijaz Bukhari dissociated from Imran Khan and PTI in a press conference at Al Murtaza House in Attock on Thursday.

Mr Bukhari while addressing the press conference strongly condemned the incidents of May 9, demanding that the people involved in those incidents should be given exemplary punishment.

He said that the riots were unlawful and the protesters should be brought to justice for damaging the property.

He said those who planned and led the riots should also be held accountable . “I and my uncle former MPA Syed Ijaz Bukhari part ways with Tehreek-i-Insaf”, he maintained.

Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2023

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