In a series of tweets to mark the second anniversary of 2018 general elections, he said that the media industry, which he had 'helped build with channel and publication launches over almost two decades was on its knees within months of his assuming power'.
According to Khan, he was relieved that he wasn't in Pakistan anymore. "My life, my love, my industry - journalism - has suffered under the Khan regime. So has almost every other sector that serves that country. Still, the establishment got what it wanted," he tweeted.
The media under the PTI government has suffered gravely. In addition to several measures to crub free speech, the government has on occasion stopped advertisement to the media houses that don't toe its line. Recently, a journalist was also briefly kidnapped in Islamabad for not ascribing to the government's views.
Wajahat S Khan said that before 2018, he was hopeful that Imran Khan would change the way this country worked. "Imran Khan had done what few politicians can do: he'd broken a system. In this case, Pakistan's notorious -- and static -- two-party system," he wrote.
"IK achieved something historic in 2018: the culmination of a two decade-long campaign," he said in a comment on his victory.
According to Wajahat S Khan, at the start of his government, Imran seemed 'inspired'. "And within weeks of his taking office, the PM Secretariat & Cabinet Division, Pak's twin power centers felt like a cross between a frat house, a bachelor's club, a drawing room, and worse," he said, saying that was the time when he decided to leave the country for higher education.