Monday, 12 December 2011
Published in Pakistan Today
London - Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI) UK leadership turned the famous proverb ‘charity begins at home’ into reality by allowing dozens of party workers to attend a fund raising dinner with Imran Khan without paying entry fees. UK based Pakistani entrepreneurs in collaboration with Rabia Zia, a local leader of PTI UK organised a dinner and music program with Imran Khan on Saturday in London to generate funds for Namal College Mianwali, a charity project of the PTI Chairman. Entry tickets for the function were sold out at 100 pounds each but on the special instructions of Rabia Zia, PTI workers from across the Britain were permitted to enter the function and enjoy a free meal and a music program in the company of PTI chairman Imran Khan without paying a penny. sources told Pakistan Today.
The PTI UK leadership’s act irritated guests who had paid for the tickets and some left the venue before the function commenced after registering their protest, the source said.
A guest who attended the function on anonymity told Pakistan Today that their allocated seats were already occupied by party workers and the sponsors reallocated their sponsors when they lodged complaints about the misbehaviour of party workers. He blamed the PTI UK leadership for converting a non- political charity function into a political show and tarnishing the image of Imran Khan and his party among overseas Pakistanis. When contacted, PTI UK leader Mohammad Junaid said party workers were allowed to the function by a particular group who want to win their support for the upcoming party election in UK. Despite repeated attempts, Program Organiser Rabia Zia could not be contacted.
