Imran Khan accuser faces fire of tribesmen

Lahore: Malik Jalal Khan Wazir, a member of grand tribal jirga from North Waziristan Agency to which Ayesha Gulalai belongs, has asked her to produce relevant evidence about the allegations she has levelled against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan.

Tribesmen have warned that they will besiege the house of MNA Ayesha Gulalai. “Gulalai neither belonged to Waziristan nor was she a tribal woman, because whatever she had done during last four days was against the norms of tribal people,” the Dawn quoted Wazir, as saying.

“We cannot expect a tribal woman to adopt such lifestyle. The woman is unaware of the South and North Waziristan Agencies because she is not a resident of the tribal region,” Wazir claimed.

The tribal elder asked  Gulalai to present her Blackberry to any relevant forum to clear her position. He said her allegations against Imran had earned her disrespect in the hearts of people. He asserted that according to their tribal tradition,daughters are not allowed to show up before media or irrelevant people. But, he said Shamsul Qayyum, the father of Gulalai, used her for the sake of money only.

Ayesha Gulalai

Jalal Wazir demanded an inquiry against Qayyum for bringing a bad name to the tribal people for his own personal interests. “The tribal people want to know as to how much money  Gulalai has taken for levelling such allegations,” he demanded.

Wazir claimed that Gulalai's statement about Imran Khan sending her inappropriate messages on her mobile had not only insulted the Pakhtuns but also disgraced a large number of women workers affiliated with PTI.

Meanwhile, a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf worker has approached a police station in Peshawar to invoke section 499/500 of Pakistan Penal code to register an FIR against MNA Ayesha Gulalai for defaming the party and its chairman, Imran Khan.

On Friday, Muhammad Amir Khan, chairman of the PTI’s youth revival committee submitted an application to the SHO of Peshawar’s Hayatabad police station, requesting him to lodge an FIR against Gulalai. Khan claimed that Gulalai made allegations against Imran at Muqam and Reham’s behest. 

The SHO Hayatabad said they had received the application but it could not be entertained because it had no legal grounds. “The PTI worker has submitted an application but the crime has not been taken place in my area so he should instead go to the court and file a writ petition,” Dawn quoted him as saying.    

“No FIR can be filed on the grounds provided in his application.” 

The application said Gulalai put him under immense mental agony as she “lied through electronic and print media by making false allegations against my party chairman Imran Khan and my party PTI.” 

Gulalai on August 1 resigned from the PTI after accusing Imran and his 'gang' of immoral behaviour against women. Gulalai had claimed that the PTI chief had been sending her obscene messages since 2013, a charge vehemently refuted by the PTI.

PTI Imran Khan has accused Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz of coordinating  with media group to malign him over former PTI member Ayesha Gulalai harassment allegation. He suspected the PML-N had used Gulalai and their “old smear tactics” to achieve their own ends. 

Khan claimed he was taken by surprise by the MNA's allegations, especially because he had met her only 24 hours before her explosive press conference on Tuesday. “She was there with the NA-1 delegation; we discussed the seat as she wanted a ticket and asked me to let her campaign there... [and] give a speech,” the Dawn quoted Khan, as saying.

“I told her that her performance in the assembly was not good and we had given her a reserved seat. I thought she had a lot of potential...; she performed very well in the beginning.... I don't know what happened to her,” the PTI chief said.