Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) joint secretary Noman Shah on Thursday decided to part ways with the party following the events that transpired on May 9.

Expressing his thoughts, Shah said: "It now becomes difficult to stand by the deposed premier after May 9 mayhem. The workers had to bear brunt of the ill-mannered decisions taken by the party top brass."

He lambasted former Punjab chief minister Usman Buzdar and Farah Gogi, saying the practice of "corruption was promoted" under the supervision of the latters.

"The deposed premier had left no stone unturned to perplex the masses. This is the time where the PTI is now itself placed on ventiliation," he said.

Shah bemoaned the PTI intra-party elections, saying, "The party cannot be uplifted by holding the fake intra-party elections."

Reacting to the appointment of Barrister Gohar as the PTI chief, Shah said: "The party workers have expressed their frustration over the appointment of Barrister Gohar as the party's new chairman."

– ECP to initiate hearing against PTI intra-party polls –

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will initiate the initial hearing regarding the objections raised against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) intra-party election process.

11 applications had been submitted, urging the declaration of the PTI intra-party elections as "void".

Prominent among those who filed the applications against the PTI intra-party polls were Akbar S. Babar, Raja Tahir Nawaz, Naureen Farooq.