Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic has said “Conscience is God’s presence in man.” What it implies is that a man with a conscience cannot do any wrong or say things which are contrary to reality or truth. Somebody acting contrary to it is a hypocrite. Why I felt the need to mention this quote is a recent statement made by former President Arif Alvi who is quite active these days and moving around to propagate the narrative of PTI.

Talking to a journalist in Faisalabad, he said, “The powerless Form 47 rulers could not make decisions and it made no sense to hold political dialogue with them; the party is ready to hold talks with ‘stakeholders and not with non-stakeholders; former Prime Minister Imran Khan be released; party’s mandate be returned and supremacy of law established in the country.” He also asked the stakeholders (a reference to the establishment) to let go of hatred and practice compassion.

It is a typical ploy of the party to dispute election results even though it has a proven track record of rigging elections.

I would rate these convulsions as sheer hypocrisy and rants of a man without conscience. One would have liked him to also mention how PTI came into power in 2018 when the mandate of the people was stolen to catapult Imran Khan into power. If he considers the present rulers as powerless, what would he say about Imran’s admission after losing power that all the decisions were made by General Bajwa? Does it not mean that Imran Khan was a powerless pawn in the hands of........

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