These are obviously not organic desertions but brought about under intense military pressure, post the 9/5 arrests.
It seemed as if the party was being dismantled the same way it was brought into power!, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W, India s external intelligence agency.
Pakistan government has arrested scores of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members including top leaders such as Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Fawad Chaudhry and Asad Umar over the past 24 hours amid tightened security following countrywide protests against ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest. Qureshi was arrested in the early hours of Thursday morning. Islamabad police spokesperson confirmed that