Sadaqat Ali Abbasi parted ways with PTI, days after returning home after a month of going missing!

Former parliamentarian Sadaqat Ali Abbasi has announced parting ways with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and blamed PTI Chairman Imran Khan for events that transpired on May 9 — when the party’s workers ransacked state installations.

“I announce leaving the PTI, the office of the PTI’s North Punjab president, and politics,” the former member of the National Assembly (MNA) said during an interview on a private television channel.

“I also fear the law, there are a lot of FIRs registered against me. I do have the pressure of facing cases in court. There is no other pressure on me,” the now-former PTI leader said.

“Due to the narrative that has been built, I cannot continue as a PTI member. I have no plans of staying in politics anymore,” Abbasi added.

Sadaqat Ali Abbasi blamed the May 9 mayhem on Imran Khan, adding that for the past year, Imran Khan’s narrative was against the establishment.

He added that the people who had a similar opinion (anti-establishment) included current and former leaders like Shireen Mazari, Shahbaz Gill, and Murad Saeed.

“Sometimes they would make such bold statements that even we would be worried,” the ex-MNA said.

Abbasi added that Imran Khan — during a meeting on May 4 — had planned a rally for May 6 in Rawalpindi, which was near the military installations.

“He wanted to send a message that if I’m arrested, then the party’s target would be military installations,” the former PTI leader said, adding that Khan repeatedly stressed that the PTI’s “actual war was against the establishment”.

Abbasi’s statement comes days after he reached his home after being “missing” for nearly a month.

While talking about where he had been in recent days, Abbasi at the presser claimed: “I was here. I first stayed with a friend, then I went to GB [Gilgit Baltistan]. When I came back, I sought bail from the court.”