Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has terminated the basic party membership of former Junoon guitarist Salman Ahmed on Thursday, after the musician posted multiple tweets over the past few weeks against Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi.
In a tweet posted from PTI’s official X (formerly Twitter) account, the party wrote:
“After careful consideration, Pakistan Tehreek Insaf has formally terminated “basic membership” of Salman Ahmed @sufisal .
His recent social media activity and attacks on Chairman Imran Khan’s family has deeply hurt sentiments of many Pakistanis, this behavior is completely unacceptable.”
Salman was widely considered one of the inside circle, party members closest to Imran Khan. A fervent supporter of Khan’s since many years, the guitarist took to publicly criticising Bushra Bibi after PTI’s November protest turned into a catastrophe.
In multiple tweets posted since the protest ended, Salman Ahmed called out Bushra Bibi in very public attacks, hinting at corruption within her ranks. He has also obliquely tweeted about First Ladies who were allegedly corrupt, including Winnie Mandela. Salman has also attacked Farah Gogi, charged with corruption on Bushra Bibi’s behalf, and Mashaal Yousafzai, considered to be the former First Lady’s new aide.
The rest of his Twitter feed is full of anti-military content along with demands to free Imran Khan.
As of the time of filing this report, Salman Ahmed had not posted a reaction on his account.