We knew that the PTI Chairman wasn't breezing through the ticket awarding situation but it turns out it was bad enough for Imran Khan to assign hyperboles like “Azaab” (torment) for the political exercise he just went through.

He called the process the most painful task of his life, as well as the "most difficult time" of his life.

So much so that he's glad it's over.

“I will be thankful to Allah for coming out of the crisis of awarding party tickets."

Imran has been facing severe criticism over awarding party tickets to turncoat-types, and ignoring PTI's original ideological and loyal workers.

PTI workers from different regions have been protesting outside Imran's residences over what they say call giving fruits to turncoats for the hard work that the party's original workers have done in lifting PTI to its present position.

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