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The PM, however, insists that Usman Buzdar will remain the “fully empowered CM”, and blames an “organised mafia” that is “conspiring” to forestall the “change” the incumbent government is trying to bring in. What the PM calls a “conspiracy” can well be explained as the push of power politics i.e. the lure of control – something for which the vacuum has been created by his non-performing CMs. Being the selector himself, the PM cannot escape the blame for the situation that has the evil potential to evolve. There can be no denying that both Mahmood Khan and Usman Buzdar were compromise candidates – and pretty weak as well, if compared with many others that were under consideration for the coveted position – nominated with a view to 1) tackling the grouping within the party, and 2) controlling the provinces directly from the Centre.
Explaining the PM’s decision to sack the three K-P cabinet members, an official spokesperson claims that the PTI has now decided “not to sacrifice party discipline for the sake of appeasing personalities”. Well, politicians are known to toe the principle so long as it suits them politically. Not much different is this instance too.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 28th, 2020.
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