Peshawar, Pakistan: The last 30 days had been ‘terrible’ for former prime minister Imran Khan and his family after ‘the Faiz Factor’ ceased to work, consequently Khan’s contact with the world from jail is not as free as it had been.
The man who used to instruct the PTI for political moves is under military custody as he is facing a Court Martial and the rest of the PTI leaders face a trust deficit with Imran Khan. Faiz Hameed was the only guide of Khan who was trustworthy for him and whose instructions Khan followed cent percent.
The leaked alleged audio call between former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan and PTI’s central spokesperson Rauf Hasan explained what kind of crisis the party had faced due to family differences after the party’s internal differences. It has been said that PTI is confronting a severe organizational crisis, intra-party grouping but top of it is the alleged role and interference of former First Lady Bushra Bibi. PTI circles claim that intra-family disputes threaten the party more than intra-party disputes and internal mistrust of this family. It is because the effects of the internal disintegration that the party is going through have left the workers frustrated. These circles believe that the ongoing tussle between the sisters of Imran Khan and his wife at a critical time is a disastrous element and the party has become a “sandwich” between them. Circles claim that in the past Faiz Hameed had been managing these family disputes and Bushra Bibi used to get guidance from him and now she has no one to guide her. It is pertinent to mention that contact with Bushra Bibi and Faiz Hameed continued even after she was jailed through a networking Faiz Hameed had been running within Rawalpindi Jail. It is alleged that Faiz Hameed and Bushra Bibi were managing the social media team of PTI sitting in the United States and the arrest of Faiz Hameed has also created a gap between the team and Imran Khan.
Regarding the KP government of PTI, corruption charges, abuse of power and nepotism are some of the allegations that the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is facing from workers of the party and he is under severe criticism for his dubious and controversial character and Aleema Khan has also targeted him after he postponed Islamabad public meeting. She accused CM Gandapur of working for some sections of the establishment and Aleema believes Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has extraordinary “patronage” of Gandapur and Bushra Bibi.
In the background of all this situation, it can be said that on one hand, this party is suffering from serious problems of internal differences and family mistrust.
Party circles claim that these are reasons that pushed Aleema Khan to meet disgruntled workers in Peshawar and Mardan without informing Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and cabinet members. The workers piled complaints against the Chief Minister and other top leadership in their meeting with Aleema Khan. In the meeting with workers of constituency PK-83, MNA Shandana Gulzar and PTI leader Khadija Shah were also present along with Aleema Khan. According to sources, Aleema Khan expressed her displeasure with the way the party is run in KP province. After meetings in Peshawar, Aleema Khan also visited Peshawar tehsil Gorghathari and Mardan to listen to the grievances of workers. It looks like the responsibility of the party has to be shared by Aleema Khan now after the arrest of Faiz Hameed who was the mentor of the party after Imran Khan was arrested.
