Islamabad: Condemnations over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry’s arrest poured in from political analysts, journalists and activists on Wednesday questioning the logic behind the move. Michael Kugelman – a regional political expert – slammed the government saying “if Islamabad fought inflation and debt with half as much rigor as it is fighting the opposition, it would have vanquished the economic crisis many moons ago”. Calling out the government for arresting the senior PTI leader for “speaking boldly and challenging” the ruling coalition’s politics, prominent journalist Moeed Pirzada blamed what he termed as the “Bajwa-Nawaz-Zardari Faustian Pact-2021” for having turned Pakistan into “the worst place on earth”. Another political analyst and journalist, Mazhar Abbas condemned the arrest saying there was “no justification” behind it. ”What have they achieved so far in cases of Azam Swati, Shahbaz Gill or in the cases against journalists?” he said, warning that “historically such actions only go against government of the day”.
