PTI MNA Zain Qureshi in a video message claims that he went into hiding upon the order of his father Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Zain Qureshi is being accused of betraying the party and voting for the 26th Constitutional Amendment in the parliament. The news caused uproar on social media by the PTI followers and supporters who slammed the MNA for betraying the party.
He stated, “I haven’t even been near the National Assembly, let alone attended any sessions.” He further declared, “If it can be proven that I met with any government official, I will leave politics.”
On Sunday, Mehr Bano Qureshi in a tweet said that they have not been in contact with Zain Qureshi since October 16th, 2024.
“Our family has had no contact with Zain since the morning of 16th October. We have been praying he is safe and underground. I now fear that he has been abducted. As a family, we have suffered threats, humiliation, abuse, and many other such pressures for over a year, attempting to break our principles and ideology. For 15 months they have not been able to break my father, our Naib Kaptaan. We will stand for our leader, Imran Khan. For my father’s sacrifices,” said Mehr Bano in a tweet.
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She was asked about why not raising concerns before. To which she said that, “We had no cause for concern because Zain had been told to go underground that day, explicit instructions from baba. Naturally, I thought he had done just that. We got concerned when rumours started circulating yesterday. The concern grew because he did not / has not reached out to anyone.”
A few days back, the wife of Zain Qureshi was abducted from outside their residence in Lahore. She returned home after a brief abduction.