[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]In another huge setback for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), senior politician and former federal minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain announced his departure from the former ruling party and its chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday.
“[With] reference to my earlier statement in which I unequivocally condemned the 9th May incidents, I have decided to take a break from politics, and as a result, I have resigned from my party position and parted ways with Imran Khan,” he stated on his official Twitter account.
Ref. My earlier statement where I unequivocally condemned 9th May incidents, I have decided to take a break from politics, therefore, I have resigned from party position and parting ways from Imran Khan
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) May 24, 2023
Fawad joins a lengthy list of PTI leaders who have announced their departure from the party in the aftermath of the May 9 vandalism and violent protests across the country, just hours after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) detained PTI chief Imran Khan in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
Among those who have quit Imran Khan’s party are Dr Shireen Mazari, Fayyazul Hassan Chohan, Malik Amin Aslam, Mahmood Moulvi, Amir Kayani, Jai Prakash, Aftab Siddiqui, and Sanjay Gangwani.
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Shireen revealed to the media in Islamabad on Tuesday that she was not only leaving the party but also retiring from active politics, claiming that her health and that of her daughter Imaan Mazari had suffered substantially during her 12-day confinement.
“I am leaving politics due to concerns about my children, family, and health.” “My family and children are my number one priority,” she stated. “I have strongly criticised the actions of May 9 and 10. “I have declared that all forms of disorder are unacceptable.”
‘Compelled divorces’
Though PTI Chairman Imran perceives this flight as “forced divorces” at “gunpoint,” political experts believe it is an attempt to factionalise the PTI in the same way that the PML-N was abruptly changed into the PML-Q at the turn of the century.
“Without going into too much detail, this is clearly the result of establishment pressure.” “The government is simply fanning the flames,” said Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, a former PPP senator.
Before being asked to quit the PPP, Khokhar had borne the price for consistently speaking out against human rights breaches, particularly by PTI leaders.
He expressed dissatisfaction with the existing practise of forcing politicians to leave politics. He stated that incumbent rulers should not take joy in their opponents’ exit from the political arena.
“This does not bode well for politics in general, and those who are ecstatic about it today will undoubtedly be disappointed tomorrow.”
In response to the flurry of arrests and constant pressure from powerful quarters, the former senator stated, “Only time will tell if the PTI survives this,” adding that political parties had survived in the past.
The surprising sequence of events occurred just days after a series of attacks on important civilian and military sites on May 9, in response to the previous prime minister’s detention in a bribery case.
Protesters flocked to the streets soon after the arrest, key government and military buildings were stormed, plundered, and destroyed, several people were killed, and hundreds were injured, while scores of PTI supporters, including senior party officials, were jailed.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
