{"id":3174,"date":"2024-12-02T14:33:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d9news.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/imran-khan-trusts-bushra-bibi-not-the-compromised-leaders-aides\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T14:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:33:04","slug":"imran-khan-trusts-bushra-bibi-not-the-compromised-leaders-aides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d9news.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/imran-khan-trusts-bushra-bibi-not-the-compromised-leaders-aides\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan trusts Bushra Bibi, not the \u2018compromised’ leaders: aides"},"content":{"rendered":"


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PTI founder Imran Khan (centre) with his wife Bushra Bibi (left) arrive to appear at Lahore High Court on May 15, 2023. \u2014 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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  • Bushra Bibi acting on Khan\u2019s instructions, only for his interest: aides.<\/b><\/li>\n
  • Khan told Bibi she needs to be his direct messenger, says\u00a0Yousafzai.<\/b><\/li>\n
  • “Bibi deeply religious, misrepresented by media propaganda.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    LONDON: Two close aides of Imran Khan\u2019s wife Bushra Bibi have said that the imprisoned former prime minister doesn\u2019t trust senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leadership for diluting and manipulating his instructions and for this reason he decided to field his spouse to convey the true message to the masses in letter and spirit.<\/p>\n

    Bushra Bibi\u2019s spokesperson and aide Mashal Yousafzai and the former first lady\u2019s sister Maryam Riaz Wattoo spoke to The Guardian<\/i> about Bushra Bibi\u2019s role, the controversy surrounding her participation in the “final call” protest and its outcome. Both of them said Bushra Bibi was acting on Khan\u2019s instructions and acting only for his interest. <\/p>\n

    \u201cKhan has been very frustrated in prison as he feels his instructions are not reaching the grassroots and instead they are being blocked or manipulated by senior leadership in the party,\u201d said Yousafzai.<\/p>\n

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    Mashal Azam Yousafzai, the spokesperson of PTI founder Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi. \u2014 APP\/File<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

    Yousafzai, who was sacked from her role in the KP govt by Ali Amin Gandapur three days ago over an interview, told the paper: \u201cSo Khan has told Bibi she needs to be his direct messenger. She doesn\u2019t have any political experience so he has given her precise instructions, from A to Z, on everything that needs to be done with the party workers and the leadership, to demand his release from jail. It\u2019s all very clear cut.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Yousafzai said it was Khan who had told Bibi to convey to his supporters that last week\u2019s \u201cfinal call\u201d protest was a \u201cdo or die situation\u201d, and that people needed to reach Islamabad and demand his release \u201cby hook or by crook\u201d. \u201cBibi has no political ambitions of her own, she is a very quiet spiritual person,\u201d Yousafzai added. \u201cShe is just acting as a bridge between Khan and the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Bushra Bibi\u2019s Dubai-based sister Maryam Riaz Wattoo told the paper. \u201cThe actions of Khan\u2019s close aides are suspicious and it seems they are playing both sides for their own benefit. They put so much pressure on Bibi not to take the protest to the heart of Islamabad but she went ahead as Khan had suggested. She won\u2019t give up until Khan is released.\u201d<\/p>\n

    It was Maryam Wattoo who first introduced Khan and Bibi in 2015. Bushra Bibi married Khan in 2018 after divorcing her husband.<\/p>\n

    Wattoo said Bibi was deeply religious and had been \u201ccompletely misrepresented by media propaganda\u201d.<\/p>\n

    The paper wrote about Bushra Bibi\u2019s powerful role and her personality. It said Bushra Bibi, Khan\u2019s third wife, had always been deemed an apolitical and somewhat mysterious spiritual figure. Her marriage to Khan had generated wild gossip for years, but she kept herself largely shielded from the public gaze \u2013 even as she found herself jailed alongside her husband in January.<\/p>\n

    Several senior PTI leaders believe Bushra Bibi has so far acted only on Khan\u2019s instructions and an element within the party doesn\u2019t like her and campaigning against her. <\/p>\n

    It\u2019s because Khan reportedly fears his own senior leadership in the party has been \u201ccompromised\u201d and is working against him while he sits powerless behind bars.<\/p>\n

    The former prime minister has been in jail for more than 500 days, facing more than 100 charges that he alleges are trumped up by his political opponents. <\/p>\n

    Bushra Bibi has impressed Khan so much that he has publicly called her \u201cmy murshad” (spiritual guide). <\/p>\n

    The Guardian<\/i> wrote that some figures in PTI have privately expressed concern at Bibi\u2019s sudden prominence but Khan himself was said to be pleased. Speaking to his lawyer Faisal Fareed from jail as it was conveyed that Bibi was marching with crowds from the city of Peshawar, Khan reportedly broke out into a smile. \u201cShe\u2019s an intelligent woman,\u201d Imran Khan said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n