PTI workers throwing petrol bombs on police, Yasmin tells Alvi in leaked audio.

LAHORE -- In a purported audio leak inAvolving the PTI's central PunAjab President Dr Yasmin Rashid and President Dr Arif Ali, the former has been clearly heard telling the latter that the situaAtion at Zaman Park had turned from bad to worse and that he [the president] needed to perAsuade Imran Khan to give in for the time being to avoid an anticAipated bloodshed and the likely postponement of elections.

'Sir, the situation has worsAened here. Our workers have started throwing petrol bombs". I think, you need to talk to somebody before it is bloodshed', Dr Yasmin Rashid told the president as per the audio which is viral on the social media.

At one point, during the conversaAtion, Dr Arif Alvi tells Dr Yasmin that he did not get her point.

'I don't really understand what you are saying', he says. After this, Dr Yasmin Rashid explains the whole situation in detail and suggests an acAtion for President Alvi to take before it is too late. 'Look! As per the existAing situation, some people from the police and some people [our workAers] will die. Situation will deterioArate to the extent that elections will be postponed...which we had wantAed. I think what you need to do is, tell him... Khan sab that I think the best thing to do is to give in and fight anAother day. This is what I think is betAter because they (Govt ) will not back off', she tells the president, adding that this is what she thought was betAter [in the existing situation] and was leaving the rest to him.

In the purported audio, Dr Yasmin also tells the president that the RangAers were there, and the party...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT