Pakistan: Imran Khan disappointed with senior PTI members for failing to draw crowd to May 25 rally

Khan is also frustrated about the dearth of options faced by his party after several attempts to capture popular imagination through unsubstantiated narratives came to naught, The News International reported.

Insiders told the newspaper the former prime minister is brainstorming a new way to force an early election.

Among the options being discussed, insiders say, is the possibility of naming the head of a powerful institution as the main source of the conspiracy against Khan’s government.

Sources privy to internal party meetings told the newspaper the leadership is deliberating on how much space can be gained among powerful quarters by publicly coming out against this powerful personality.

Khan hopes the new narrative can generate enough pressure on the powerful personality to force an election.

Sources told the newspaper there are two conflicting positions in this internal debate; one side is discouraging Khan from taking this step as it could backfire, make him permanently toxic for the establishment as well as cause him to lose any support he enjoys among those who support the PTI and are also loyal to the establishment.