The Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court became a victim of his own order. He had ordered that there would be no protest in Islamabad, but due to the protest of Tehreek-e-Insaf, he himself could not reach the court. Hamid Mir, senior journalist, read out the observation of Justice Aamir Farooq in his show, in which it was said, “That you closed Islamabad in such a way that even I could not come to the court, and I became a victim of my own order.”
The order and hierarchy within the government seem to be invisible. The orders are given, and nobody in the government claims to give those. Officials seem confused regarding the act of their own government, and they look as shocked as the public on any incident or operation conducted by the state. Imran Khan has clearly drawn the line between the puppet structure and the actual masters of the country. Whether it is the above-mentioned remarks of a judge or the statement of Commissioner Rashid Chatha regarding elections, every event unveils the real power corridor of the country. The cover-ups are hilarious, and a standoff against the government is dealt with an iron fist. Imran Khan’s biggest achievement in his political career is this mass exposure of the real power structure within the state of Pakistan that runs the actual show. The public is not ready for a bloody revolution, and power holders won’t lose their grip at any cost. The events of 26th November are still fresh and as controversial as anything, but Imran Khan has given the call for yet another protest.
Not even a week has passed since the controversial protest of 24th November, and PTI has geared up for another protest against the government on December 14 if their demands are not met. He told that Imran Khan has formed a panel of five persons to hold talks with the establishment on the following matter.
- Release of the political prisoners under trial.
- Establishment of a judicial commission for a fair investigation of the incidents of 9th May and 26th November.
Ali Amin Gandapur, Umar Ayub, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Salman Akram Raja, and Asad Qaiser are included in the panel. Interestingly, Barrister Gauhar, the current chairman, has been left out, and news is circulating that he has been freed from the party leadership. The responsibility of political matters has been handed over to Umar Ayub. Imran Khan’s message says that if these two demands are not met, then from 14th December, the civil disobedience movement will start. Talks with stakeholders do not mean the government at all. The five-member committee formed by Imran Khan has all those people who are close to the establishment, like Umar Ayub, who is the grandson of Field Marshal Ayub Khan. Asad Qaiser is also a bridge, and he is also respected in the establishment amongst others. He is not interested in talking with the government at all but the establishment, making the government and elected body look like puppets, dancing on the strings of their master.
After mass protests, the struggle of Imran Khan still continues, and a call for another civil disobedience movement seems not much realistic. He ran one such campaign back in 2014 too, but then with the support of the establishment, and now he is all alone. He has called out overseas Pakistanis to stop sending remittances back home, again a very unusual way of protest, as people wouldn’t starve their families for the cause. Likewise, he has been successful in mobilizing people and has the largest vote bank in the country, but the majority of voters, particularly from Punjab and Sindh, would not join PTI in violent protest or tough calls of Imran Khan. People do want change, but PTI has lost momentum after the capture of Imran Khan, although people were mobilized in large numbers in their protests, but no target has been achieved. If he manages to come out of the prison, then he has a real chance of getting the confidence of people yet again and engaging silent voters, mostly from Punjab, to join hands in his struggle. While the strict actions of the establishment on people’s coup against the authorities have silenced many revolutionaries, particularly in the response to the 9th May events, setting an example for the future ventures of PTI.