Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar quit Party.
While talking to Dawn News and Geo Tv’s program Naya Pakistan, he confirmed his PPP departure.
He stated continuing would compromise his self-respect. However, he refused to give details, claiming it was pointless to look back.
He suggested the PPP leadership could explain his resignation better. He felt the Party didn’t like his opinions on key matters.
Some in the Party may have questioned him, so he may not have liked it and asked for my resignation.
He said PPP Senator Farooq Naek asked for his resignation and he wasn’t “disappointed” by the developments. “I’m happy with the views I took, and I won’t compromise my independent thinking in the future.”
Political parties should allow criticism, he argued. Without communication, they become fiefdoms, he remarked.
Khokhar stated the establishment’s grip on Pakistani politics had grown each decade.
“Before, we debated not crossing boundaries. Then, the parties made decisions they felt the establishment would approve.
The former senator called the current coalition government “Hybrid regime 2.0.” Since Shehbaz Sharif became PM, decisions were made that Imran Khan may not have made.
The current government “should’ve responded to Imran Khan’s wrongs democratically” after PTI’s rule. Instead, we’ve returned the country to the 1990s. If Imran Khan wins, he’ll seek retribution, he added.
He felt the current government was wrong. “Many things in Islamabad are off-limits for TV. How’s Azam Swati? Where is Ali Wazir? He’s no politician’s prisoner.”
He decried the victimization of lawmakers, saying the government had become a “mouthpiece” “In today’s nasty political climate, we’ve become a spokesman and taken ownership of things we’re not even related to.”
Khokhar blamed political instability for the country’s economic problems, saying, “new elections were the only option.”
“We’re politicians; what’s the harm in going among people?” The government fears Imran Khan will win the elections.
“We need new elections. Fix the economy. He argued the government couldn’t make economic decisions.
Khokhar resigned as a senator on November 10, two days after declaring his plans.
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