ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A Sepecial Parliamentary Committee will be formed to investigate the allegations levelled by Ayesha Gulalai against the Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan, and will submit its report in one month.
In this regard, the newly elected Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi requested the National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq to constitute a Special Committee to probe Ayesha Gulalai’s allegation against Imran Khan.
While speaking on the floor of the Lower House of the Parliament on Friday after suspending the usual agenda in order to discuss the Gulalai issue, the prime minister called for an in-camera probe into the matter.
The prime minister said he wanted the issue to be settled down through investigation within the House, as it was a question of its sanctity.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said the person facing allegations also had the right of defence.
The prime minister said he had given directive to the Inspector General Islamabad Police for 24-hour protection to Ayesha Gulalai in view of her apprehensions about safety risks following her allegations against the PTI leader.
It is pertinent to mention here that Ayesha Gulalai, a member of Lower House from Khyber Pakhtukhwa’s Bannu district, in a Press Conference at the National Press Club (NPC) in Islamabad on August 1 accused Imran Khan and other PTI leaders of sending her indecent messages since October 2013 and also sexually harassing her.
Later political leaders from various parties demanded a probe into Ayesha Gulalai’s allegation.
Though the PTI leadership rejected Ayesha Gulalai’s allegations and also suspended her party’s membership.
