The full list of candidates that PAKPAC has contributed to is available on OpenSecrets.
This is why PAKPAC was congratulated by Shahbaz Gill on Twitter. PAKPAC was celebrating candidates like Richard McCormick and sharing their videos.
Richard McCormick also sponsored the bill to censure Rashida Tlaib for her pro-Palestine comments. He has also received over $80,000 from pro-Israel lobbying. This is why you will see him supporting pro-Israel legislation regularly in the U.S. Congress.
This is not to imply any conspiracy theory. PTI did not hire Zionists nor are they connected to the Zionist or pro-Israel lobby. For the record, I believe Imran Khan was not pro-Israel.
This is simply to show how lobbying works in the United States and how PTI used the same Congressmen who have taken money from other lobbyists and PACs to vote for them as well.
It was the same with Brad Sherman, who PTI projected as a hero for democracy in Pakistan, even though pro-Palestine supporters paint Brad Sherman as a supporter of genocide in Palestine.
There is no conspiracy theory here.
There is no change in U.S. policy towards Pakistan.
PTI has managed to raise a significant amount of money over the past two years from the “Ghulaami NaManzoor,” “Imported Hakoomat NaManzoor,” and the “Absolutely Not” campaigns. It likely used all that money to lobby politicians in the United States.
Everything I have posted is based on publicly available data.
Conclusion: A Call for Reevaluation
The tension between international lobbying efforts and domestic service provision highlights a critical area of public concern. The significant investment in lobbying underscores the importance placed on international influence, but it also suggests that domestic issues should not be overshadowed by external engagements.
