{"id":38884,"date":"2023-12-23T11:03:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T11:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/delaying-forming-new-party-to-avoid-establishment-tag-says-mustafa-nawaz-khokhar\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T11:03:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T11:03:32","slug":"delaying-forming-new-party-to-avoid-establishment-tag-says-mustafa-nawaz-khokhar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/delaying-forming-new-party-to-avoid-establishment-tag-says-mustafa-nawaz-khokhar\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaying forming new party to avoid \u2018establishment\u2019 tag, says Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Former PPP senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has said that plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1778937\">create<\/a> a new political party are being put on hold to avoid the possibility of being labelled \u201cpro-establishment\u201d, but will resume after the February 8 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the former senator, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former finance minister Miftah Ismail held a series of seminars \u2014 dubbed \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1732583\">Reimagining Pakistan<\/a>\u2019 \u2014 to highlight the country\u2019s current challenges and develop a consensus on the future course of action required by all stakeholders.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"&quot;Tag of Being a Laadla Is Hurting Nawaz Sharif&quot; | Mustafa Nawaz khokhar | Doosra Rukh | Dawn News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MIy9KXoFJ1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While there were initially no plans to create a political party, the trio solidified their decision in October, citing an \u201curgent need\u201d in the country for a new political party.<\/p>\n<p>Other newly formed parties include PTI breakaway factions Jehangir Tareen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1758637\">Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP)<\/a> and Pervez Khattak\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1765262\">Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P)<\/a>, both of which have cannibalised prominent members of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Abbasi echoed Khokhar\u2019s opinion that creating a political party before elections would risk inviting \u201cpro-establishment\u201d labels.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the space for a new party to emerge would still exist after elections.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in Oct, Khokhar had cautioned against being tagged as \u201cpro-establishment,\u201d adding that the people could not be blamed for such apprehensions too due to the country\u2019s political past.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <em>DawnNewsTV<\/em> television show \u2018Doosra Rukh\u2019 on Friday, Khokhar clarified that Ismail had not quit politics and would join him and Abbasi after the elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has the political bug within him, he won\u2019t let anyone sit still,\u201d Khokhar said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he is hopeful that the trio would join together after the elections.<\/p>\n<p>Khokhar was of the opinion that a \u201csimple majority\u201d environment is being created for PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to be elected prime minister for a fourth term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen his main competitor \u2014 PTI \u2014 is being weakened, as we can see happening, there is no doubt that a path is being created for him,\u201d the former senator said.<\/p>\n<p>The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1800000\/ecp-decides-against-letting-pti-retain-bat-as-electoral-symbol\">decided<\/a> against letting the PTI retain its \u2018bat\u2019 electoral symbol for the upcoming election on Feb 8.<\/p>\n<p>Khokhar questioned why taxpayer money was being \u201cwasted\u201d in the electoral process \u201cif major decisions were being made behind closed doors anyway\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the finality of elections being held on Feb 8, Khokhar said the Supreme Court gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1798854\">clear message<\/a> that they won\u2019t allow anything to derail the elections from its prescribed date.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former PPP senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has said that plans to create a new political party are being put on hold to avoid the possibility of being labelled \u201cpro-establishment\u201d, but will resume after the February 8 general elections. 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