THE back-and-forth continues within the PTI. To resign or not to resign. To contest or not to contest by-elections. A majority decision was taken by the party’s political committee on Monday that it would contest polls for seats that have fallen vacant due to the disqualification of its lawmakers.

However, this had immediately invited the ire of Imran Khan’s sisters, who saw it as a betrayal of the PTI founder’s express instructions not to. But on Tuesday, when the decision was placed before Mr Khan for ratification, he merely returned it for further consideration.

The PTI’s political committee was directed to hold another debate on Tuesday evening on participation in by-elections. There was also the matter of the........

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