Enver Baig, a veteran politician and one of the closest confidants of slain Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto finally called it a day to avert what many say further humiliation at the hands of politicians who were known as 'backbenchers' when his charismatic leader was leading the party.
Baig has decided to step down instead of tendering an apology for the sins he had never committed, as the people who used to get direction from him for making arrangements of party's seminars and conferences, are teaching him the party's discipline. "It is not more than a joke".
Meeting with PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif in Lahore to discuss the overall political situation in the country, is the only key allegation of violating party discipline against him. Senators and members of parliament said Baig was one of the top brains in PPP-one with a deep understanding and knowledge of parliamentary procedures, a good negotiator, and one that puts the interest of the public supreme more than anyone and everything else.
A top PPP leader sidelined by 'Zardari camp' told Business Recorder that "it will be a great loss to the party [PPP]. We will miss him...it is a real sad day for us but we are helpless, let us see what fate is waiting for us in the store." The PPP has lost not only a substantial figure but also one of its great politicians. It is fair to say that Baig doesn't like the PPP and nor do they like him. There are a few people in the PPP's history who have had a significant role in absence of their leader-late Benazir Bhutto when in exile and an all-powerful military dictator General Musharraf was ruling the country.