Says to continue further would \u2018compromise his self-respect\u2019
\n Islamabad
\nWeeks after resigning as a senator, PPP leader Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar announced on Friday that he decided to quit the party.
\nHe confirmed his decision to leave the PPP while speaking to Dawn.com.
\nSeparately, in an interview on Geo News show \u2018Naya Pakistan\u2019, Khokhar elaborated on his reasons for leaving the party.
\nHe said that he had a good run with the party but to continue further \u201cis compromising on my self-respect\u201d. However, he refused to provide any specifics, saying it was no use delving into the past.
\nTalking about the reason for resigning as a senator, he said that the PPP leadership could provide a better answer. He said he suspected that the positions he took on certain issues were not well-received by the party.
\n\u201cThat is why maybe some people in the party may have questioned him (PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari) so he may not have liked it and he thought it felt appropriate to ask for my resignation.\u201d
\nKhokhar further said that he was not \u201cdisappointed\u201d with how the events unfolded. \u201cMy heart is content over the positions I took and I will raise my voice and will not compromise on my independent thinking if there are more issues in the future.\u201d
\nHe said that political parties needed to give space for criticism. If there is no room for dialogue, then they become less like political parties and more like fiefdoms, he said.
\nWhen asked about his thoughts on the incumbent coalition government, the former senator said: \u201cHybrid regime 2.0 \u2014 absolutely. The kind of decisions being taken since Shehbaz Sharif was made the prime minister, those decisions were maybe not even taken in Imran Khan\u2019s time.\u201d
\nAfter the PTI government\u2019s tenure, the current government \u201cshould\u2019ve responded to Imran Khan\u2019s wrongs in a democratic manner. Today we have pushed the country back to the 90s. If Imran Khan comes back in power, then he will want to take revenge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Says to continue further would \u2018compromise his self-respect\u2019 Islamabad Weeks after resigning as a senator, PPP leader Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar announced on Friday that he decided to quit the party. He confirmed his decision to leave the PPP while speaking to Dawn.com. Separately, in an interview on Geo News show \u2018Naya Pakistan\u2019, Khokhar elaborated on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9679,364],"class_list":{"0":"post-301629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-mustafa-nawaz-khokhar","9":"tag-ppp"},"yoast_head":"\n