Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in a sarcastic remark on Saturday, urged the party’s “free” leadership to consider visiting him at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, “if they can find the time”.
Speaking to the media at Rawalpindi’s anti-terrorism court on Saturday, Mahmood reaffirmed his loyalty to PTI founding chairman Imran Khan, who also remains incarcerated at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail — but emphasised the need for the party’s leadership to seek his input on political matters.
“I am standing where I was standing before. Earlier, I was in Adiala in the cipher case. Allah made me successful in that case. Now, I am imprisoned in Kot Lakhpat Jail on false charges,” he explained.
Directing his comments at PTI leaders such as Barrister Gohar, Salman Akram Raja, Omar Ayub, and Sheikh Waqas Akram, Mahmood called for greater engagement with jailed party members.
In a sarcastic manner, he quipped that the party’s “free” leadership should visit him at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore “if they can spare some time.”
“We have been incarcerated for one-and-a-half years, including Dr Yasmin Rashid, Ijaz Chaudhry, Mian Mehmoodur Rashid, and Omar Sarfraz Cheema. If time permits the party leadership, they may take our input. It is quite possible that we may present something to them,” he added.
