{"id":444525,"date":"2024-11-20T08:35:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T03:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=444525"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:35:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T03:35:51","slug":"ptis-kp-saga-mirrors-a-soap-opera-says-founding-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ptis-kp-saga-mirrors-a-soap-opera-says-founding-member\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI\u2019s KP saga mirrors a \u201cSoap Opera\u201d: says founding member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Akbar S. Babar, a founding member of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI), has described the party\u2019s recent developments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as resembling a \u201cSoap Opera,\u201d with each new episode growing more dramatic than the last. In a statement criticizing PTI, he said the party\u2019s politics have become more dramatic than ever, resembling the suspenseful storytelling of popular TV dramas, with each new episode more sensational than the last. Babar further remarked that those exploiting the \u201cvote bank\u201d for personal gain are indifferent to the party\u2019s decline and the media\u2019s role in sensationalizing the situation. DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Akbar S. Babar, a founding member of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI), has described the party\u2019s recent developments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as resembling a \u201cSoap Opera,\u201d with each new episode growing more dramatic than the last. In a statement criticizing PTI, he said the party\u2019s politics have become more dramatic than ever, resembling the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-444525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PTI\u2019s KP saga mirrors a \u201cSoap Opera\u201d: says founding member<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ptis-kp-saga-mirrors-a-soap-opera-says-founding-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PTI\u2019s KP saga mirrors a \u201cSoap Opera\u201d: says founding member\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD: Akbar S. 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