Report: FT Correspondent:
ISLAMABAD, September 11: Central Information Secretary of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Kisan Wing, Khalid Nawaz Sadhraich, said that the unprecedented public reception accorded to PTI leadership during its tour of Sindh had sent shockwaves through the ruling coalition, forcing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to set aside their growing differences and remain together to retain power.
In a press statement issued on Friday after returning from his Sindh tour with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, Sadhraich said both coalition partners, which he described as being bound together by shared interests, should “read the writing on the wall.”
He alleged that police oppression, unlawful detentions and political victimization in Sindh had failed to suppress PTI and instead triggered a surge in the party’s public popularity from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Karachi.
Sadhraich said peasants, laborers, farmers, government and private employees, and citizens from all walks of life in Sindh were deeply dissatisfied with the prevailing governance system.
He said the PTI caravan witnessed an overwhelming public turnout from Ghotki to Karachi, with large numbers of people taking to the streets. He claimed that public support for PTI founder Imran Khan had challenged the perception that Sindh remained an exclusive stronghold of the PPP.
The PTI leader further alleged that despite the provincial police arresting hundreds of PTI workers and harassing thousands of others, the massive public mobilization had created concern among the ruling circles and forced political opponents to realign.
Reiterating the party’s upcoming political strategy, Sadhraich announced that PTI would hold a nationwide protest on September 27, which he predicted would fundamentally change the direction of Pakistani politics.
Rejecting reports of internal differences, Sadhraich said there were no disagreements within PTI at any level regarding the September 27 protest. He alleged that political opponents were spreading fake news about internal divisions as part of a disinformation campaign aimed at undermining the movement.
