The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ( PML-N), which rules the centre, seems to have lost ground to opponents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to lack of attention on part of central leadership towards its re-organisation.
The party's poor performance in the recent local government elections in the province is enough to bear out the notion.
Most PML-N office-bearers complain the central leadership doesn't meet them or call them to functions at the central level.
According to media reports the party faces significant desertion, particularly in the Pakhtun region. Lately, Rehmat Salam Khattak resigned as PML-N provincial general-secretary for being ignored by the leadership though he cited personal reasons for the move. The office is vacant.
At least 20 provincial office-bearers are ready to resign in protest if the party's leadership did not pay attention to the problems faced by workers in the province.
Many of them were cited by Dawn that they were unable to answer questions of workers why the federal ministers belonging to their party didn't give them time to know about their problems and ensure their resolution.
An insider said PML-N provincial president Pir Sabir Shah was also not given "due attention" by the leadership though he always remained loyal to the party and never protested. He said the PML-N leadership had focused only on the party's strengthening in Hazara division and thus, ignoring Pakhtun belt.
The main reason for it is that many party leaders having say in the federal government, including Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law Capt. (Retd) Mohammad Safdar, provincial governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan, religious affairs minister Sardar Yousaf, National Assembly deputy speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi and Senator Gen.(Retd) Salahuddin Tirmazi, belong to Hazara. On the other hand, Pakhtun belt has no such leader. - news@khaleejtimes.com
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