GUJRAT: Qaisra Elahi, the wife of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf President Parvez Elahi, and her sister Sumaira Elahi have accused Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi of creating a division among Shujaat Hussain and Parvez Elahi.

They also blamed the local police for detaining the polling agents of PTI candidate Chaudhry Parvez for the bypolls in PP-32 (Kunjah) at the behest of the rival candidate of PML-Q so that they could not perform duties on the voting day on April 21.

They made these remarks while addressing a news conference at Gujrat Press Club here on Monday.

They said Parvez Elahi was still sincerely standing by Imran Khan.

PTI polling agents being detained, says Qaisra

Qaisra Elahi said the sons of Shujaat Hussain presented themselves as heirs of Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi Shaheed but their politics was contrary to their claim.

Was it Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi’s policy to raid people’s houses and pick them up? she asked. “For the by-election, the polling agents and workers of Parvez Elahi are being picked up by the police.”

Samaira Elahi said these two brothers had violated the sanctity of the houses in Gujrat. “The way Salik and Shafay Hussain stole the general election, we will not allow this to happen in the by-election.”

Qaisra Elahi said: “I thought that Salik and Shafay would come out of their inferiority complex by sitting in high positions, but this did not happen.”

Qaisra and Sumaira said Mohsin Naqvi had played an important role in creating a rift between Shujaat Hussain and Parvez Elahi.

They further said Salik Hussain tried to meet Parvez Elahi continuously in Adiala and PIMS but Parvez refused to meet him and also sent back the flowers.

They said the brothers, who became federal and provincial ministers by stealing the election, were only harbouring hatred for Gujrat.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2024