Former PML-N leader Miftah Ismail confirmed on Sunday that he was forming a new political party.
He announced the new party, which has yet to be named, in an op-ed published an English newspaper as well as a post on X.
Speculation had been rife for months about when the ex-finance czar would launch a new party, with expectation being that he would also rope in ex-prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former PPP Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokar.
In his op-ed, Miftah said that the new party would be of “a different kind” and its leadership will be comprised of “women and young people” and will also constitutionally mandate term limits for party leaders. “We are forming […] a party based on ideas and not personalities […] that has professionals of integrity, competence and intellectual honesty”, the ex-finance minister wrote.
He added that the party will avoid targeting one province or ethnic group and will not rely on the dynastic or family politics that dominate its contemporaries.
In his op-ed, Miftah said that the impetus for forming his new party was the need to “radically restructure our governance”. “We are fast reaching the point of no return — and it is imperative we take a hard look at our ineffective governance that has failed our people,” he wrote.
