The meeting between British High Commissioner Jane Marriott and Mahmood Khan Achakzai, who is the Leader of the Opposition, has raised several questions. These questions deserve to be examined with seriousness. At a time when the region appears to be in a state resembling war, one must ask what the necessity of this meeting was. What were the issues of “mutual interest” that came under discussion? I was just reading the news where it was stated that matters of mutual interest were discussed. The question is simple: what exactly were those matters of mutual interest?

Mahmood Khan Achakzai has a particular political background. It is precisely because of that background that Imran Khan made him the Leader of the Opposition. Otherwise, Achakzai has only a single seat in the National Assembly. How can a man with just one seat become the Leader of the Opposition? This is indeed a rather strange and somewhat comical chapter in parliamentary history. It appears that since Mahmood Khan Achakzai takes an unnecessarily harsh position regarding the establishment, Imran Khan chose to assign him this role.

In the past as well, we have seen that Achakzai has held a particular viewpoint about Pakistan, about Pakistan’s institutions, about the country’s establishment, and even about the Pakistan Army. That viewpoint is not only factually flawed but also ethically questionable. When he went to Lahore in the past to attend a PDM rally, he began criticizing the Urdu language there. At times he claims........

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