Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Asif said on Sunday that former president Asif Ali Zardari remained the leader of the newly-appointed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief.

Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), Asif said: "The deposed premier went on to be impressed by the discovery of Asif Ali Zardari in 2022. It becomes difficult for a person to express confidence in others who have always doubted others throughout his life".

تحریک انصاف کے نئے چئیرمین کے2008-2022تک 14 سال آصف زرداری قائد رہے ۔ 2022 میں PTIمیں آۓ۔ایک سال کے اندر عمران خان کو زرداری صاحب کا تراشہ ھیرا اتنا پسند آیا کہ اپنی کرسی اسکے حوالے کر دی۔ اور اپنے پرانے ساتھیوں کو کوڑا کرکٹ کر دیا۔ اپنی غیر حاضری میں وہ اپنے پرانے ساتھیوں پہ… pic.twitter.com/siV5nFhtWO
— Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) December 3, 2023

"The PTI leaders should have some shame," he said.

– PML-N labels PTI intra-party polls ‘selection’ –

PML-N leader Marriyum Aurangzeb deemed on Saturday the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) intra-party polls as "selection."

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the former federal information minister said, "The practice of the biggest rigging prevails in the PTI intra-polls. This is not the election but a spectacle."

Marriyum urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to take notice of the PTI intra-party polls.

She said, "When the notice is taken against the PTI, then its leader will hurl foul language at the ECP Chief Election Commissioner. How can the PTI dare to talk about the transparent polls?"