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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's relationship with establishment is turning worse: Reports
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s relationship with the establishment has touched new low points in recent days and it is known to the party leadership, media reports said on Monday.
Top leaders of PTI received angry calls, following the party’s social media obnoxious campaign regarding the army’s helicopter crash
Some top leaders of the PTI, who are still in rare contact with the establishment, received some angry calls following the party’s social media ran some extremely obnoxious campaign regarding the army’s helicopter crash in which six soldiers, including corps commander Quetta, were martyred, reports The News International.
According to a PTI source, some of the PTI followers' tweets, which were full of hatred, were also shared with the PTI leader, who reportedly conveyed the same to the top party leadership.
It made the PTI leadership direct the party’s official Twitter handle to tweet, “These accounts have got nothing to do with PTI official team, we have zero tolerance about accounts that spew hatred. Zero tolerance on national tragedies being used to create divisions. Such accounts will be blocked by PTI official.”
Senior Geo anchor Salim Safi disclosed on Thursday and The News sources also confirmed that like most of the Pakistanis the defence officers and their families were really hurt with the PTI follower’s campaign and for the same reason, President Arif Alvi was politely advised not to attend the funeral of the martyrs in Rawalpindi the day before yesterday.
The President was keen but there were fears of possible reaction of the martyr’s relatives for what the PTI social media did.
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