Asif Mahmood

PTI has made narrative-building into a full-time job. Not just to push their point of view—but to erase facts, twist events, and label everything against them as a conspiracy. Whether it’s fake news, selective outrage, or flat-out lies, they’ve turned it all into a political weapon.

The method is simple: attack opponents, bully institutions, and cry “persecution” when caught. Every time the police arrest a PTI leader, it’s suddenly an “abduction.” Every corruption case becomes “political revenge.” They want courts to act only when it suits them—and to stay silent when it doesn’t.

But let’s look at the record.

All the major cases against Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi—the Toshakhana scandal, the £190 million NCA settlement—were filed through legal channels. Courts didn’t jump to convict. In fact, defence lawyers did everything to delay proceedings: technical objections, repeated absences, even refusal to appear. Trial courts gave them every opportunity. And when sentences came, appeals were allowed—and in some cases, even suspensions. Is this how dictatorships work? Or does it look more like a system bending over backwards to accommodate them?

Even in jail, Imran Khan is no ordinary prisoner. He has seven cells to himself, a walking corridor, an exercise bike, books, newspapers, a television. In Pakistan’s jails, most inmates don’t even have clean water. But PTI still plays the victim card.

From jail, Imran........

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