I watched a video of Imran Riaz Khan yesterday and he made a point that resonated. To paraphrase, he is of the opinion that PTI are relying on the political oppression of Imran Khan for votes and have failed to do anything expected of them as an opposition party. He talked about the economy, joblessness, oppression of media, inflation, and said PTI has failed to challenge the government on any of these issues.
I think i agree with him. I am of the opinion that the current version of PTI is an absolute flop. HOWEVER, I do realise that all the senior leadership of PTI is currently imprisoned, or has quit the party (no great loss). Those who remain have failed to make an impact, or even create a public perception that they are challenging the state on what matters to the people. Rather they appear like reluctant cheerleaders of Imran Khan.
I think if you took any current political party and locked up senior leadership and workers, you'd find the same limp effect. However Imran Khan stated PTI was going to be different, it was going to be organised and structured, an institute able to operate independent of direction from a figurehead. He stated the autonomy and management of Shaukat khanum as an example. I think with PTI he has failed to do so. The difference is that the hospital was run by professionals, political parties are run by politicians, people who are inherently selfish and egotistical. Across the spectrum, across the world, politicians claim to be wishing to "serve the people", but often actually really just desire to "lead the people".
