Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Omar Ayub has claimed that government is offering up to Rs 1 billion to individuals in an alleged attempt to secure support for constitutional amendment bill.

Speaking to media, Omar alleged that senators are among those receiving financial offers, claiming government’s numbers “Are not complete.” Omar stated that PTI opposes constitutional amendments, stressing that committee’s role is not to amend Constitution. He revealed that raids are being conducted on homes of PTI members and leaders, adding that wife of Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s son Zain Qureshi was abducted from near home of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.

Omar shared his own experience, saying that his house was raided and added PTI leader Maqdad Ali Khan is currently ‘missing.’ Meanwhile, Barrister Saif Information Advisor for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, announced that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf will mount both legal and political resistance against proposed constitutional amendment. Saif labelled current government as ‘illegitimate’ and accused it of attempting to secretly alter constitution without public representation. In public statement, Saif referred to government as “Form 47 fake government” and claimed that proposed amendments were designed to undermine democracy in Pakistan.

He condemned alleged abduction of PTI member Zain Qureshi’s wife, calling it an unprecedented act of fascism. He accused the ruling party of suppressing human rights and detaining PTI founder Imran Khan under false charges, restricting his visitors in violation of basic rights.