Ali Arqam

“You test this government by looking at the exact same hard metrics: Does security actually improve, do the basic services get better, and do the promised fiscal resources finally show up?”

Ali Arqam · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Arqam said Islamabad's federal takeover should be judged by the same security and governance metrics applied to the PTI provincial government.

“This is not really about security at all. It is basically a political move that they are just dressing up as some kind of administrative necessity,”

Ali Arqam · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Arqam argued the federal takeover was fundamentally a political move dressed up as an administrative necessity rather than a genuine security measure.