But the prime minister does not seem to mind it, walking into the same wall despite political ramifications. Many, including the power stakeholders, have long asked the prime minister to remove the Punjab CM but he thumbed at their demands. “Imran Khan’s stubbornness not to replace Usman Buzdar against all advice is reflective of his callous attitude towards governance,” PPP’s Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar remarked. ‘Was Buzdar worth it?’The question that the lawmakers and political analysts have been raising is simple: was it worth appointing Buzdar as Punjab CM in the first place and saving him till the end? He had later joined the Junoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz group, which later on merged in PTI before the 2018 elections.

Source: The Express Tribune March 19, 2022 23:09 UTC