In a setback to Imran Khan, PTI defectors launch new political party in Pakistan

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Scores of disgruntled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Thursday created a new political party, rumoured to have the support of the powerful military, to compete in the general elections that are likely to take place in October, dealing a blow to the embattled former prime minister Imran Khan. In the wake of the 9 May attacks on military sites, Khan’s old friend and sugar baron Jahangir Khan Tareen, who is leading the group of leaders leaving the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, announced the formation of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) during a news conference in Lahore. “We are laying the foundation...