The recent signals out of Adiala prison clearly indicate that the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, is not in mood to make peace with the outgoing government and will recruit the mistakes past that widened the Gulf between him and his former benefactors.
Khan hinted at the launch of a protest movement across the country to force the government to accept the requests of its party, which are likely to be rejected not only by the government but also by those who exercise the real power of the country.
Critics believe that Khan wants to keep the party in a state of futile sustainable agitation that did not benefit his comrades or the country. Such agitation in the past has only created panic among investors, bringing a blow to the faulty economy of the country. The PTI was accused by detractors of the approach of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other global organizations to dissuade them from reaching out to Islamabad who has ruptured to repair an weakened economy that many government PTI .
Political observers think that the PTI was pinning hopes on the American president Donald Trump for any possible relief for Khan, but after having noticed an indifference to the party’s calls, the former Prime Minister resorts to his former tactics of achievement of political objectives Through the power of the street and agitation.
But many believe that the party does not have the type of street power it had between 2011 and 2018. This power has also existed for a few years after its evidence, but it has decreased over time.
They underline that the PTI is not a revolutionary party and that most of its leaders have tested their luck in different political organizations in the past. Many were motivated to join the party to collect dividends of the Khan wave which was partly supported by the invisible forces of the State.
The party’s announced announcement said that she would seek the collaboration of other opposition parties for this possible agitation, but the question is: the other opposition parties really have the type of street power that could force The government to respond to PTI requests?
Many PTIs detractors that the party plays a double game, on the one hand, seeking discussions with the government but on the other threatening to launch a demonstration across the country.
In the midst of this, why would the opposition parties trust the PTI, which has no solid democratic references and has always been ready for the idea of lobin with the powers – what is?
The only party with the power of the street in the ranks of the opposition is the Jeu-F, but he would not want to invest his political capital in a movement that could largely benefit the PTI.
Jamiat Ulema-E-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) The complaint of the chief of Maulana Fazlur Rehman concerning the transparency of the last general elections puts a question of questioning the victory of the PTI at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Given this, why would Rehman compromise his political career by storing himself with a force that is not only undesirable in Islamabad power corridors, but also elsewhere? Why would he sacrifice the energies of his party workers for someone who ridiculed him publicly?
It would be difficult for Rehman to throw support behind a leader whose speeches and statements only reflected the total contempt for Jeu-F and his leaders.
In addition to that, from President Zardari to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a number of government people still enjoy very good links with Maulana.
Fearing a combined opposition, the government could go into action at any time to court it – and taking into account its history, it is not likely that Rehman completely ignores the openings of Zardari or Nawaz.
The third largest opposition party is that of the Pachtunkhwa Mill Awami Party by Mahmood Khan Achakzai (PKMAP). He has already faced cracks after the mysterious death of his former senior USman Kakar leader a few years ago.
If PKMAP engages in any other agitation, this will cause even more damage to the organizational structure that has weakened.
Now the question is: will PTI make this agitation alone? Does he have enough digital strength to challenge the current exemption? Will its leaders, some of whom are known for their traditional political opportunism, will they risk everything for the whims of their leader? Since some say they can barely organize a corner meeting, will they be able to mobilize people on a large scale?
The party has already faced internal dissensions on a myriad of problems. The expulsion of the leader of Brands Sher Afzal Khan Marwat has already disappointed a section of party workers. Now the party is thinking about teaching a difficult lesson in parliamentarians who have not done the party line on the question of the 26th amendment.
However, the thing is that being public representatives is not an abstract phenomenon. Behind the parliamentarians is the support of their voters or sympathizers who attend political rallies to succeed.
The organization of PUNJAB of the PTI has already dismayed for a few years and now if some parliamentarians are also expelled, sidelined or transformed into parias, bringing people to political rallies or demonstrations will be an arduous task, difficult to Complete without the support of traditional politicians who dominate the party in several parts of the country.
Ordinary party workers were disillusioned after noticing the opportunism of their leaders. While the party talks about the incarceration of Khan and the fate of Bushra Bibi, the main leaders have rarely held a press conference (recently) on the difficulties to which Shah Mehmood Quraishi, Yasmin Rashid, Sarfaraz Cheema, Ijaz Chaudhary and others.
It is also very likely that post-Mai 9 repression will also dissuade the ordinary party workers from risking their future. This is why it would be much more prudent for the party to leave mental health. Critics believe that Imran Khan made a mistake by abandoning the government of Punjab of the months after the ouster of his federal government.
Even after his departure without ceremony of the power corridors of Islamabad, his party directed the Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Cashmire, KP and Punjab. He, according to political observers, could have demonstrated the performance of the party in these regions while waiting for the next elections and could have reverse the wave in his favor, but ended up missing this opportunity.
The PTI has once again the opportunity to reduce poverty to KP where it governs. It also has the possibility of eliminating illiteracy, stimulating trade, improving the health system and making reforms in ministries. The people did not see Naya Pakistan during the first mandate of Imran Khan.
Perhaps the PTI can show them by transforming KP into a model province for citizens by providing them with drinking water and quality education, and ending corruption, eliminating terrorism, stimulating tourism and by protecting the rights of women and other marginalized sections of the marginalized sections of the marginalized sections of the marginalized sections of the marginalized sections of the sections marginalized of the marginalized sections of the marginalized sections of society.
If the party again uses the policy of agitation and protests, it is likely to create more cracks inside while leading to a situation of confrontation between Peshawar and Islamabad, which would be detrimental not only to the party but to the federation as a whole. Political sagacity would dictate the PTI avoiding this futile sustainable agitation.
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