PTI’s Hammad Azhar repapers in public after a year

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Hammad Azhar reappeared in public after almost a year on Wednesday.

He went into hiding last year following May 09 incidents as state launched a crackdown against the party leadership.

“I received a message from Imran Khan last night after the attack on Rauf Hassan. He directed that it is now time for me to join the party leadership,” he said in a brief interaction with media.

“I have come to meet Rauf Hassan today. I will then go to Peshawar and seek interim bails and request more time. I will also appear in Punjab courts and will then leave the matter to the Almighty.”

Soon after Azhar’s reemergence, the PTI tweeted that police had arrived at the party’s secretariat in order to arrest him.