ISLAMABAD—Senator Musadik Malik, a Federal Minister, has made a sensational disclosure regarding the political maneuvering that followed Pakistan’s general elections in February 2024, claiming that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) offered the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) its support to form a government.
Appearing on Geo News’ program ‘Capital Talk’ alongside PTI leader Shafiullah Jan, Malik asserted that the PPP reached out to the PTI through senior party figures Khurshid Shah and Nadeem Afzal Chan with a proposal to vote for the PTI.
According to Malik, Khurshid Shah contacted the PTI, offering their votes and suggesting that PTI could form the government and then “open and examine Form 45 and 47 under its own supervision.” He added that Nadeem Afzal Chan also met PTI representatives, conveying the PPP’s commitment to “unconditional support” for them to establish the government at the center.
The Federal Minister expressed frustration that the PTI rejected the PPP’s offer twice. He questioned the opposition’s objective, stating, “They neither want to run the government nor let anyone else run it. PTI must clarify what exactly it wants.” Malik suggested that the party’s actions indicate a preference for continued instability.
Regarding current political deadlock, Musadik Malik referenced the Prime Minister’s offer for dialogue, which the PTI had previously turned down. He stated that negotiations with PTI could only begin once the “out-of-control issues stabilize,” insisting that the PTI must first “extinguish the fire they themselves started.”
Malik advised the PTI to change its narrative and clarify its stance on who holds the authority for dialogue. “If PTI believes we lack authority and they don’t want to talk, then what is the complaint about?” He concluded that the PTI is weaving a “strange web” characterized by multiple, contradictory narratives.
