'If Imran Khan Takes To The Streets, He Is Likely To Be Further Mocked'

Senior journalist and TFT editor Najam Sethi, while analysing Prime Minister Imran Khan's recent threat of being a more dangerous force if he is ousted from power, noted that this warning was being widely challenged. In his weekly editorial today, Sethi wrote that the PM's threat is now being challenged in wildly popular memes on social media that 'reflect a devastating new reality'.

He further said that the prime minister is likely to be mocked even when he takes to the streets. "The Emperor has no clothes. If and when he struts his hour on the street, people are more likely to taunt and mock him, rather than hail him," Sethi observed.

Further, Najam Sethi said that the impression that Imran Khan is somehow more honest than other mainstream politicians is now evaporating. "The myth of Imran Khan as Mr Clean is evaporating by the hour. People want to know which ATM funded the spanking new house in Zaman Park, Lahore, and the luxury apartment at #1 Constitution Avenue Islamabad. Questions are being asked about the source of overnight income in 2020-21 on which Khan has reportedly paid nearly Rs 10m in income tax," he wrote.

Sethi further said that with PTI's funding being called into question with PTI donors saying they were unaware that they were actually donating to the party and not SKMCH, his credibility has further declined.

"Intrepid reporters have tracked down people who donated generously to Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital but were shocked to learn that their donations were funnelled into PTI coffers. Indeed, mysteries surround the whereabouts of billions collected for flood relief more than a decade ago or speculative investments by the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust that channelled several million dollars to Imran Khan’s friends and cronies," he wrote.