Is Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf now prepared to align its politics with someone like Arif Ajakia? Have such figures become its crutch? Is there no one left within the party with the sense and sobriety to offer sound, responsible counsel?

PTI’s politics now stands so exposed that Imran Khan, Zulfi Bukhari, Qasim Khan, Sulaiman Khan, Aleema Khan, and the cluster of faces around them, many of whom operate from abroad and benefit from narratives that malign Pakistan, appear to be standing on the same political line.

The narrative itself has fallen into the hands of unserious individuals like Shahbaz Gill. What Fawad Chaudhry once said no longer sounds like a passing remark. It increasingly resembles an uncomfortable truth: that the party’s leadership has slipped into the hands of political adolescents.

When a case is made while standing alongside a controversial figure like Arif Ajakia, someone consistently critical of Pakistan, it is not merely a political choice. It is a moment that demands serious reflection.

The question is simple. Does PTI no longer possess any moral, political, or national grounding within Pakistan to present its founder’s position through its own people, its own platforms, and within its own national space?

The reality is that PTI has repeatedly given the impression that it is less concerned with the people of Pakistan and more invested in voices that persistently attack the country, its institutions, and its credibility.

As I have written before, Imran Khan’s party today feels less like a political organization and more like a group driven by a desire to avenge its loss of power by rendering the state controversial, weakening the national position, and weaponizing external pressure for political........

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