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Farrukh Habib a PTI stalwart who was arrested last month reappeared at a press conference where he announced leaving Imran Khan’s PTI and joined Jahangir Tareen-led Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) in Lahore today.

The former minister for information of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) breaking his silence stating,“For around three weeks, I disconnected my contact with my family for some reasons. We have all been away from our homes since the unfortunate incident of May 9.”

Farrukh Habib along IPP leaders in Islamabad, termed Imran Khan responsible for the May 9 riots, saying the latter kept “promoting violence and brainwashing youth”.

“Imran Khan did not act responsibly. Youth were brainwashed that institutions were against us. You [Imran] not only brainwashed them but also made them go against your own institutions, your own army,” he added.

At the end of his media talk, Habib announced that he had decided to join the IPP and called Tareen a “reformist”.

Farrukh Habib was among the founding members of PTI’s student wing – Insaf Student Federation (ISF) – and also served as the minister of state for information in Imran Khan’s cabinet.