...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) failed to provide any evidence to prove its allegations before the judicial commission. But trust an obdurate Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
not to give up, even though he admitted in a TV interview that the allegation against Punjab's former caretaker chief minister Najam Sethi was a political ploy. It seems that he is stuck in a groove from which he finds it hard to extricate himself.
Imran Khan's fixation with the puncture theory, pertaining to electoral rigging, has now become an embarrassment for many of his own supporters. It is a pity to see party stalwarts clumsily trying to defend the accusation that they themselves do not really believe. Many of them privately admit the silliness of the fabricated account of election-fixing. Yet no one would dare defy the great leader, a sad commentary on the party that promises to change the political culture of this country. A show of reason is certainly not acceptable.
For sure, the PTI deserves credit for forcing the government to agree to probe the vote-rigging charges. But the party should now wait for the judicial commission ruling instead of mindlessly harping on a fictitious theory. It is a pity to see the party pursuing a one-point agenda, completely ignoring other important national issues the country's main opposition was expected to take up. Its rejectionist approach and politics of perpetual agitation seems to have lost the party much credibility causing disillusionment in its ranks.