It is deeply concerning that our party leadership appears to be misled by pseudo-intellectual narratives suggesting that the people of Pakistan are politically invested in the Kashmir issue. Let us be honest: the harsh truth is that the average citizen, grappling with economic instability and daily survival, shows minimal engagement even with pressing global causes like Palestine — let alone Kashmir.

Our civilian population is in distress. Bread-and-butter issues dominate their concerns. Yet, our party’s recent political discourse seems increasingly detached from public sentiment. Instead of focusing on immediate domestic grievances — inflation, unemployment, energy crisis, and broken service delivery — we are seen prioritizing symbolic foreign policy rhetoric.

To add to this misalignment, our policy demands often center around salary increases for government employees, where the primary beneficiaries are the judiciary, the establishment, and the bureaucracy — not the struggling lower and middle-class workforce that forms our core support base.

It is imperative that the Chairman, as a young and capable leader, remains grounded in objective realities and attuned to the genuine aspirations of the people. Unfortunately, a coterie of outdated and uninspired advisors is burdening him with an obsolete worldview, robbing him of the political freshness and relevance that once set him apart.

The party must immediately realign its priorities with the needs of the people and embrace a forward-looking, people-centric agenda — or risk becoming politically irrelevant.