The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came into being almost sixteen years back, with an agenda of justice for all. However, today things have changed in PTI, for good or bad. Their manifesto was never clear since its birth and now it has become even more ambiguous. The shift in PTI’s ideology and vision has raised many questions for the rational minds. With the entrants of new heavyweights, and turncoats, the party has now turned into just another party of riff rats and opportunists. It seems like Imran Khan has now left his own party. The party we all trusted. The man we all trusted left us like others.
How easily (within one year) Imran compromised on his sixteen-year-long stance is surprising and worrisome too. Now there is an immense difference between the ideology of 16 years back PTI and the current PTI. Unfortunately, PTI is no more Imran’s party.
Is he the same Khan who said that he would never compromise? People like Dr Shireen Mazari and Omer Srafraz Cheema, who were with him through thick and thin, are now left out as nonentities. In addition, people like Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Sardar Assef Ahmed have taken the key position in the party within few days. Why? How? Unanswered questions.
Imran has said that PTI needs electable candidates. My question is why don’t PTI create electables? Why do they have to rely on the tried and tested people (people who did nothing when they were in power)? Bhutto never came into power with any of the leftovers. He made his own electables. So why cannot Imran?
Currently, it looks like Imran has joined a party of leftovers. Why Imran left PTI, what could be the possible reasons? Is it the establishment using PTI and Imran for its own motives? Mr Khan is too innocent to comprehend all this. Moreover, the supposed formation of a forward block with the name “PTI Nazariati” is evidence that Imran has left PTI.
Imran Khan, the man who chanted slogans of change, justice, and youth. Imran, who gave us vision and hope, has now fallen prey to the same people, the people who betrayed us. Sad, but true that Imran has left PTI, the party which we all consider a breath of fresh air has unfortunately turned out to be just another party.
MARIAM KHAN
Lahore