Risks ahead
ON Thursday, a day after the PTI leadership expressed its resolve to go ahead with its planned protest march this weekend, the question of ‘what now?’ continued to hang heavy in the air. Over the course of the day, the government kept signalling it was contemplating governor’s rule or imposing emergency in KP, with a meeting between the prime minister and president announced in this regard. Meanwhile, senior opposition leaders set strict terms for possible talks with the government, which they announced at a press conference after a multiparty meeting. It also appeared that the PTI had prepared itself mentally for extreme consequences, with its interim chairman and a senior leader directly addressing the........
