Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar leaves PPP

Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has decided to leave the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and would announced his future strategy after the consultation with his friends and colleagues.

As per Bol News, Khokhar said that his relations with the PPP had ended when he resigned from the party.

The vocal PPP leader had announced his decision to resign from the Senate on Nov 8 2022 saying he was told that the PPP leadership was unhappy with him over the “positions” he had taken during the recent political developments.

As a political worker, I cherish my right to express my opinions on matters of public interest. Thankful to the party leadership for giving me the senate seat from Sindh. Differences aside, It’s been a wonderful journey with them and wish them the best.

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— Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar (@mustafa_nawazk) November 8, 2022

“Met a senior leader from the party today. He conveyed that the party leadership wasn’t happy with my political positions and wanted my resignation from the Senate. I gladly agreed to resign,” Khokhar had posted on Twitter, without mentioning who had asked him to resign from the Senate seat prior to the completion of his six-year term in March 2024.

Khokhar was elected as a senator in March 2018. However, several PPP leaders said they were expecting Khokhar to resign not only from the Senate but also from the party since the time when he had quit the key position of the official spokesperson for party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in December 2020.

In December 2020, Khokhar had resigned as the official spokesperson for Bilawal but stated that he would continue to be a part of the PPP.

He had said he would be able to comment and express his thoughts more freely, without any compulsions and responsibility that came with the position of spokesperson of a party head.

On Nov 10, Mustafa Nawaz Khokar formally resigned as a senator, two days after he announced plans to vacate his seat in the upper house of parliament.

Allhamdulillah, I have formally submitted my resignation today. I’m thankful for the positive response & support across party lines which was far beyond my imagination. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/glexHx13Dm

— Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar (@mustafa_nawazk) November 10, 2022

“I have formally submitted my resignation today. I’m thankful for the positive response and support across party lines which was far beyond my imagination,” Khokhar tweeted, referring to the appreciation he had received from politicians — mainly PTI leaders — for stepping down as a senator because of the PPP leadership’s unhappiness with his “political positions”.

In a subsequent tweet, Khokar added: “For those who are speculating about my political future, let me state clearly that I’m not joining any political party. I will try hard to maintain my independence.”