Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan shoved past a party candidate during an election gathering in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, inviting criticism from all over the country.
In a video making round on the internet, Imran can be seen mounting the stairs of the stage at Karak rally after which shoving party candidate Shahid Ahmed Khattak.
Shahid Khattak is PTI’s candidate for NA-34 Karak for the upcoming general elections, which are scheduled for July 25.
Imran khan slap to his candidate pic.twitter.com/p7ImUvKd6S
— ZAKI UDDIN SIDDIQUI (@zaki_u_s) July 21, 2018
Addressing his supporters in Karak, the PTI chief said that he is standing against the ‘international establishment’ backing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Khan also urged the people to not vote for independent candidates in the forthcoming polls as they will’t do something for them. “Unbiased candidates sell themselves after winning the election,” he added.
First power show of the day. Kaptaan Imran Khan addresses a charged crowd in Karak. PTI’s popularity soaring in South KP. #AbSirfImranKhan #AwaamKaFaislaPTI pic.twitter.com/vUPz4M95yb
— PTI (@PTIofficial) July 21, 2018
Previously, another video of the PTI chief had surfaced on social media in which while climbing downstairs he was seen elbowing a party member.