In a massive rally of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), attended by a large number of party activists and people from all walks of life gathered at the Adda Plot leading to Raiwind, the party leadership made fiery speeches against the government. The rally drew tens of thousands of people, many of them from all corners of the country, including Balochistan. PTI chief Imran Khan took the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership to task for their failure to respond to allegations of corruption after names of certain members of the Sharif family were revealed in the Panama Papers for owning offshore companies. After the Panama scandal, Khan has accused the rulers of building assets worth billions of rupees through massive corruption. In his speech, the PTI chairman has given an ultimatum to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that he should either present himself for accountability in connection with the Panama Papers revelations or face a ‘closedown’ of the federal capital after Muharram. Despite the odd timing of the accountability rally, the PTI has given a strong message to the Nawaz league that it could face further backlash unless it comes out of its illusion of escaping accountability through delaying tactics. The PTI chief has shown resilience against the incumbent government more than once, and his agitation cannot be termed baseless as the governing elite has shown non-serious attitude to resolve this issue. Why has the Nawaz government failed to satisfy the opposition over the Panama leaks and not presented credible evidence about all its assets in Pakistan and abroad? Imran Khan cannot be held responsible for the present political chaos in the country as the rulers themselves are providing an opportunity to him to stage street protests. Moreover, in a democratic set-up, every citizen has the right to hold a peaceful protest to demand acceptance of his demands. It has become inevitable as the PTI is certain that the government would do nothing to ensure an impartial inquiry into offshore interests of Pakistanis including the members of the Sharif family. Khan says he has exhausted all forums, including peaceful protests, and now he is thinking of launching an “aggressive agitation” to compel the prime minister and his family to explain how they have set up offshore companies, stashed huge amounts of money overseas and bought expensive flats abroad. But it must be take into consideration that this threat and bigger protests would only affect the economy, with the masses becoming the ultimate sufferers of these agitation movements. Pakistan is undergoing a critical situation. As Pakistan faces the Indian threat of isolation at the international level, Pakistan is also trying to avoid escalation on its eastern border. In such a situation, political wrangling could be nothing but detrimental to the country. It is imperative to present a united front while dealing with external issues. And as far as domestic problems are concerned, it is the responsibility of both the government and the opposition to sit together and find a pragmatic solution instead of fighting on the streets. The best platform to resolve all these issues is parliament where all elected representatives of people can converge to evolve a strategy to address the concerns of the opposition as well as provide an opportunity to the prime minister’s family to prove their innocence in allegations of corruption.*