was delayed only due to Imran who had been ignoring the national interests for the sake of personal gains.
About his speech on the challenges faced by democracy, Saad said it was meant for two/ three circles. Imran, through his non-serious political, tried to damage the nascent democracy; however, his first sit-in failed due to a united Parliament, while the second one was exposed by the Judicial Commission, he explained.
Saad added that Imran’s third sit-in was currently in progress. Some of the sit-in’s snakes had died with several others fainted, but the job had not been completed yet. Saad said those working in the section of media, which was under the owners’ control or lacked professional journalists, were getting Rs 5 million in salary and defaming the country, nation, politicians and democracy in their ‘night shops’ (talk-shows) during night.
These anchors never worked as reporter in newspapers and print media, he said, adding that the PML-N did not have TV screens but they would fight with the mike at rallies in their constituencies.
Sethi, in his analysis, said a defeat to Ayaz Sadiq would be a great dent to the ruling party, adding that on the other hand, Imran would again cry rigging - just like he did after the 2013 general elections - in case of a defeat. The PTI chairman would not accept PML-N’s victory in NA-122 and he had already expressed that point, he added
Imran wanted to make the Judicial Commission verdict controversial by winning the NA-122 by-poll and, therefore, was leading the campaign in the constituency, he said.
According to Sethi, PTI’s victory in NA-122 would also affect the local government polls. The by-election is the third part of sit-in and it has to be seen whether the people would believe in the conspiracy theory and decide in favour of a person like Aleem Khan. Sethi said the Afghan government held Pakistan responsible for everything happening there to conceal its weaknesses. The United States had made Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah to sit together so that they could find solutions to the problems but it could not happen, as they were pulling each other different directions, he added.
The Afghan government’s affairs were so serious that even the cabinet could not be formed in Afghanistan, as the two factions did not agree on any strategy, he said. Afghanistan would soon a severe financial crisis, Sethi predicted