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Imran 'picks' Barrister Gohar for PTI chairman slot

A Khan for a Khan: Barrister Ali Gohar becomes new chairman of PTI

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has officially announced Barrister Ali Gohar Khan to be the nominated chairman of the party. PTI Senior Vice-President Sher Afzal Marwat had informed of this appointment earlier on Tuesday.

This announcement followed Imran Khan’s decision not to retain the top post due to legal obstacles, as the party heads towards internal polls.

Speaking on the occasion, Barrister Gohar said, “I have no words to express my gratitude for this appointment”. He added, “Imran Khan is the chairman inside and outside of jail. I will be his nominated successor.”

Ali Gohar Khan to contest for PTI chairman slot

The newly appointed chairman candidate of PTI said that he will perform the responsibilities of the chairman until Imran Khan comes back.

“I appeal for prayers to fulfill this heavy responsibility,” Barrister Ali Gohar said.

WHO IS ALI GOHAR KHAN
According to the PTI leader’s website, he is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and appears in all high courts as well.

He is from Khyber Pukhtunkhwa’s Buner district and was formerly affiliated with Pakistan People’s Party and contested on a National Assembly seat from there in 2008 on PPP ticket.

He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2022 in the presence of former Chief Minister Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak who himself has left PTI to form hi own political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTIP).

He is a law graduate from Wolverhampton University, UK with LLM from Washington School of Law, USA. Gohar has been in active law practice with more than 50 reported judgments to his credit on subjects ranging from taxation, commercial, corporate, arbitration, banking, election, etc.

The new chairman of PTI has civil and criminal trials experience, and even has the honour to appear before the Supreme Judicial Council, Field General Court Martial, and its Court of Appeal.

His clients include public and private companies and important persons, including Imran.

Barrister Ali Gohar Khan was a member of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarian and contested elections for the National Assembly in 2008, however, he lost. He then joined the PTI in July 2022.


In a rather surprising development, former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday picked Barrister Gohar Khan as his candidate for the post of chairman in the intra-party polls – a role he has held since the party's formation over two decades ago.

The announcement came late in the day after much confusion and a sense of conflict creeping into the party’s talks, with unprecedented cracks emerging within its leadership regarding who will be given the reins of the slot.

Imran, who remains embroiled in legal battles while serving time in jail, will bow out and step back from pursuing the chairman's position due to the challenges, insiders confirmed.

The unexpected move came as political air was already getting thick with speculations that the former prime minister would be elbowed out from the political chessboard – the so-called “minus-Imran” formula allegedly in work after he was clapped in irons.

Earlier in the day, an apparent indecision had resulted in an awkward deep-freeze across the party after lawyers who met PTI chief Imran Khan confirmed his decision to opt out of the chairman race in the intra-party polls – a claim swiftly dismissed by party spokesperson asserting that no conclusion had been reached.

The ambiguity, nonetheless, kept the door cracked in case Imran potentially opted out.
Earlier in the afternoon, a legion of lawyers comprising Senator Ali Zafar, Barrister Gohar, Umair Niazi and Sher Afzal Khan Marwat met the incumbent PTI chairman at Adiala Jail and told the media afterwards that the decision was taken by none other than Imran Khan that he would not be vying for the position of party chairman.

Marwat while talking to the media said that Imran would not be contesting for the party chairman’s slot because of his conviction in the Toshakhana case and subsequent disqualification, saying he can’t do it because of the legal hurdles.

“Khan himself has decided that he would not be contesting elections for the office of chairman PTI,” he said, adding that it was decided with mutual consent that he would be made PTI chairman again once the court matters are settled.