Leaked WhatsApp conversations have revealed Aleema Khan's efforts to use her brother, the founder of PTI, for political gains and to establish dominance within the party.
The messages, exchanged between Aleema Khan and her social media operator, Ahsan Alvi, show her discussing using her brother's imprisonment for political advantage.
In the conversations, Alima Khan is seen comparing PTI's founder to a "Pot of Gold" and questioning why the party should provide him with comforts like air-conditioning and a large room in jail to create a "normal" image.
She suggests that the public should feel the pain of the situation, implying that simple comforts won't have the desired effect.
Alima Khan also directed Ahsan Alvi to create a narrative about PTI's founder being punished due to his wife, Bushra Bibi, failing to present her daughters in court, comparing a seven-year sentence to the absence of the daughters in the legal process.
Further discussions in the WhatsApp messages highlight Alima Khan's awareness of the close relationship between PTI’s founder and Mashal Yousafzai, and her suggestion to limit Mashal Yousafzai's access to PTI's lawyers.
Alima Khan also expressed her approval over the removal of Mashal Yousafzai from her advisory position with the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The final segment of the messages reveals Alima Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Minister Ali Amin Gandapur mocking the condition of another party member, Sher Afzal Marwat, linking his illness to a new virus named "GHQ 420" due to his frequent illness during protest calls from PTI's founder.
These leaked messages expose the internal factionalism within PTI, with Alima Khan allegedly undermining party leaders like Bushra Bibi and Sher Afzal Marwat while consolidating her own position.
Political analysts suggest that these revelations are a clear indication of Alima Khan's self-serving political agenda, and her desire to keep PTI's founder in prison to secure her own rise in the party. The messages also hint at her political strategy to weaken opposition figures within the party, including attempts to dismantle the influence of key leaders.
The leaked messages further underscore Alima Khan's apparent attempts to undermine PTI’s leadership for personal political gain, painting a picture of a party struggling with internal divisions and power struggles.
