• “You are harming the party,” says KP CM Gandapur.
• CM says some people were working on agenda in party.
• Gandapur blames political propaganda for loss.

ISLAMABAD: Admitting that there were hypocrites within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has warned them against harming the party, The News reported on Wednesday.

“I am warning them that you are harming the party, our first goal is to unite and protect the country and the Constitution,” Gandapur said while speaking to the media outside Rawalpindi’s Adial Jail. He added that some people in the party were working on an agenda.

Regretting that meetings were hindered due to internal divisions in the party, the CM said that “false allegations and political propaganda are the cause of our loss”.

The firebrand PTI leader’s remarks come days after he admitted tensions and groupings exist within the former ruling party — but firmly denied creating them himself.

He alleged that instead of participating, his critics would only level accusations against him. He also criticised those who limit activism to social media, remarking that revolutions are not achieved through short videos or fake accounts.

Meanwhile, speaking to the media a day earlier, the CM higlihgted his efforts for the incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan and said: “No one has made as much efforts as I have to bring the PTI founder out [of jail], big marches and rallies in the country’s history have been held [but] can anyone fight the state”.

Expanding on the issue of negotiations, he reiterated the PTI founder’s stance where he has said that: “If you are ready for negotiations, then sit down and talk, the talk will be with the one who has the authority, our government was overthrown, were Afghan refugees responsible for this? We are trying in our province to send Afghan refugees back with honour and tradition.”

Gandapur’s remarks come against the backdrop of persisting legal and political woes of the PTI whose senior leadership, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been behind bars owing to a plethora of cases, primarily conerning the May 9 riots which saw miltiary installations being vandalised by mobs following Khan’s arrest in 2023.

The party, has attempted to hold public rallies and initiate movements but has been met with crackdown and mass arrests.

The PTI lawmakers have recently been resigning from various parliamentary committees from both the National Assembly and the Senate as part of the PTI founder’s political strategy to build political pressure.

Jason Bateman and Laura Linney stole the limelight on Tuesday as they attended the premiere of Black Rabbit at SVA Theater in New York City.

On September 16, the former costars reunited on the red carpet of Jason’s new Netflix crime series.

In the picture obtained by People magazine, Jason and Laura can be seen smiling on the red carpet beside each other.

The Carry-On actor dressed in an all-black ensemble at the event, while ‘The Big C’ actress looked stunning in a luminous silver blazer and pants.

For those unversed, the two stars were last seen together in the series Ozark, which ran for four seasons from 2017 until 2022.

What ‘Black Rabbit’ Is About:

Black Rabbit is a thrilling tale of two brothers, Vince and Jake, who tackle a troubled family business as “everything’s falling apart.”

“When the owner of a New York City hotspot allows his turbulent brother back in his life, he opens the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built,” the film synopsis read.

‘Black Rabbit’ Release Date:

The upcoming crime thriller film will premiere on Netflix on Thursday, September 18.

Jane Fonda breaks her silence on the death of longtime costar Robert Redford.

Hollywood icon Robert passed away at the age of 89 on Tuesday.

Following the death of The Electric Horseman star, his longtime co-star Jane said that his loss hit her hard.

In a statement shared by CNN, the actress, who starred alongside Robert in classics like Barefoot in the Park (1967) and The Electric Horseman (1979), stated, “It hit me hard this morning when I read that Bob was gone. I can’t stop crying.”

“He meant a lot to me and was a beautiful person in every way. He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for,” she added further.

It is worth mentioning that Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, who co-starred in several in 90s films, also reunited in Netflix’s 2017 movie Our Souls at Night.

Other celebrities also paid tribute to the Hollywood legend with Barbra Streisand, who starred with Redford in The Way We Were (1973), calling hims “charismatic, intelligent, intense, always interesting— and one of the finest actors ever.”