Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Khursheed Shah Friday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had ‘shot’ himself in the foot by revealing his plans of backing an ‘independent’ group for the caretaker setup, adding that he is type of a king who himself reveals his own ‘secrets’.
“Imran himself hinted at the emergence of an independent group which gives a hint that the new government will be formed with the support of an independent group,” the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader told media after the National Assembly session. He said that Imran unintentionally let it slip that he fears that such an arrangement will ‘weaken’ the state.
“The prime minister, on the other hand, thinks that the general elections will be conducted by invisible forces,” he said. “In 2013, the ‘mysterious forces’ conducted elections in the shape of returning officers (ROs),” he added.
Published in Daily Times, May 5th 2018.
