Visit my jail also if you get some time, Qureshi tells PTI leadership

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s senior leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the party’s “free” leadership in a sarcastic tone on Saturday to visit him also in Kot Lakhpat jail, Lahore, “if they get some time”.

Talking to the media in Rawalpindi’s anti-terrorism court, Qureshi said he was, and he is, standing with the PTI founder chairman, but wanted the party leadership to also take his input on political matters. “I am standing where I was standing before. Earlier, I was in Adiala in the cipher case. Allah made me successful in that case. Now I am imprisoned in Kot Lakhpat jail in false cases,” he elaborated.

Addressing the PTI “free” leadership, including Barrister Gohar, Salman Akram Raja, Omar Ayub and Sheikh Waqas Akram, he said they should also consult him on issues if they get some time. “We are incarcerated for one-and-a-half years, including Dr Yasmin Rashid, Ijaz Chaudhry, Mian Mehmoodur Rashid and Omar Sarfraz Cheema. If time permits the party leadership, they may take our input. It is quite possible that we may present something to them,” he added.

In an informal chat with reporters outside the Anti-Terrorism Court, Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s daughter Meher Bano Qureshi said her father had given a message to the Pakistani people that the call of November 24 was important.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s son and Member of the National Assembly Zain Qureshi said he had been silent for a long time because he was a party worker; the party had issued him a show-cause notice and he had also responded to it. “I have resigned from the party post, my case is before the party and I hope for the best,” he added.

Zain Qureshi said he had attended the (party) meeting called in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recently and met the party people.