PESHAWAR: The differences deepened in the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday as 21 office-bearers of the party’s Peshawar district chapter tendered resignations from their offices and handed over a list carrying signatures of all the dissidents to senior leader and former federal minister Arbab Alamgir Khan. The dissident PPP leaders in their statement said they were resigning in support of the PPP Peshawar general secretary and former candidate Misbahuddin, who was expelled from the party without following any rules and regulations. The protesting leaders vowed to continue their protest till the acceptance of their demands and removal of the sitting provincial and divisional office-bearers.
Reports indicate that they tried to breach one of gates, harassed staff, and even scaled walls of premises
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