LAHORE — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said on Monday that the party’s social media operations are based outside the country and that the party exercises no control over them, while insisting that no decision on the proposed 28th Constitutional Amendment can be taken without a meeting with incarcerated party founder Imran Khan.
Party Says It Has No Contact With Online Operators
Speaking to reporters at the Lahore High Court, Raja said the accounts associated with PTI’s online presence are run from abroad, and that the party neither maintains contact with those managing them nor holds any authority over their output.
“Our social media is based outside the country. We have neither contact with those running it nor any control over them,” he said, seeking to draw a line between the party’s formal leadership and its sprawling digital footprint.
Grievances Raised Outside the Courtroom
Raja said he had returned to court once again to seek justice, but was compelled to describe the country’s institutions and laws as a “deception.” He said the Constitution guarantees fundamental rights, yet questioned where those rights stand today.
The PTI leader said the party approaches the courts to “keep jolting the nation awake,” and claimed that all freedoms have been curtailed under the 26th Constitutional Amendment.
- Raja said Aleema Khan’s driver remains jailed despite having committed no crime.
- He claimed fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution have been eroded.
- He said the party turns to the courts to keep public awareness alive.
Condition Set on 28th Amendment
Turning to the proposed 28th Amendment, Raja said no decision could be reached without a meeting with Imran Khan, who remains imprisoned. The stance effectively ties the party’s position on the constitutional package to access to its founder.
The remarks underscore the widening friction between PTI and the state over constitutional changes, judicial access and the party’s unregulated online messaging, which officials have repeatedly linked to the leadership despite the party’s denials.
