{"id":6468,"date":"2026-06-04T20:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d9news.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/pti-mulls-stepping-down-from-assemblies-amid-shrinking-political-space\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:47:07","slug":"pti-mulls-stepping-down-from-assemblies-amid-shrinking-political-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d9news.com\/?p=6468","title":{"rendered":"PTI &#8216;mulls&#8217; stepping down from assemblies amid &#8216;shrinking political space&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-images ui-sortable\">\n<figure contenteditable=\"false\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2026-06-04\/667303_791114_updates.jpg\" alt=\"PTI supporters hold portraits of party founder Imran Khan during a rally in Peshawar. \u2014 AFP\/File\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><figcaption contenteditable=\"true\" class=\"\">PTI supporters hold portraits of party founder Imran Khan during a rally in Peshawar. \u2014 AFP\/File<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Even \u201cbreathing space\u201d is not available to PTI, says Shafi Jan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Political committee to deliberate on resignations: minister.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>KP info minister says Bilawal, Nawaz freely leading campaigns.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"editorHr\"\/>\n<p>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Shafi Jan has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is mulling stepping down from the legislatures amid \u201cshrinking political space\u201d for the opposition party.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <i>Geo News<\/i> programme &#8216;Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath&#8217; on Thursday, the KP information minister said all political leaders, including PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, were freely leading election campaigns in Gilgit-Baltistan while even \u201cbreathing space\u201d is not available to PTI.<\/p>\n<p>He said PTI leaders Junaid Akbar, Asad Qaiser, Salman Akram Raja and Shahid Khattak were barred from running the election campaign in the region for the upcoming June 7 polls.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question, Shafi Jan said PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan issued the statement on stepping down from assemblies in the context of PTI leaders\u2019 expulsion from the GB.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to divulge details of the party\u2019s strategy regarding resignations, the KP information minister said: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just a beginning, and a detailed meeting of the political committee is due to be held on this matter. We want to continue with this system, but there is no breathing space for us in this system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the similar statement last week, PTI senior leader and former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser had warned that his party is \u201cseriously considering\u201d exiting the system, while stressing the need for a new Charter of Democracy in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The former NA speaker said the PTI had other options as well if the Imran Khan-founded party was not given political space in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this does not happen, we will exit the system. We are striving to secure our legal rights, and our mandate must be respected. 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