On the PTI leaders quitting the party, she asked the crowd where the former ruling party was, adding that it “went back to where it came from”. Maryam said the PTI chairman had also struck a deal on Kashmir with former US president Donald Trump. Following the clampdown, several senior PTI leaders were arrested, and many dissociated themselves from the party. It has been reported that Tareen was forming his own political party amid speculations that those quitting the PTI would join him. It was said that more than 60 lawmakers and top PTI leaders had contacted him.

Source: The Express Tribune June 06, 2023 18:20 UTC