{"id":81560,"date":"2023-06-02T04:30:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T23:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=81560"},"modified":"2023-06-02T02:30:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T21:30:21","slug":"pti-leader-pervez-khattak-steps-down-from-party-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/regional-news-pakistan\/pti-leader-pervez-khattak-steps-down-from-party-position\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI leader Pervez Khattak steps down from party position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR, Jun 01 (APP):In a major political development, former Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak on Thursday stepped down from party position.<\/p>\n<p>In a video statement, Pervez Khattak who was accompanied by former Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser, announced quitting as PTI KP President.<\/p>\n<p>Pervez Khattak who also served as Defense Minister in Imran Khan&#8217;s government said that he had taken the decision after \u201cconsulting friends\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Pervez Khattak said he was resigning from the party position and would decide about the future course of action after further consulting friends and party workers.<\/p>\n<p>He rejected the propaganda being played on television and said he had taken the decision after careful consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Asad Qaiser was also briefly seen in the video but did not speak.<\/p>\n<p>Pervez Khattak was a seasoned politician and his leaving of PTI was a great setback for Imran Khan especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR, Jun 01 (APP):In a major political development, former Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak on Thursday stepped down from party position. 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