[19][20] In an interview, Abbasi said his “stature in the PML-N is equal to that of Shehbaz Sharif and working under Maryam is not acceptable to him at all.

He had left his former party on 16 December 2023, later citing his endorsement of the ووٹ کو عزت دو (lit.

'Honour the vote') narrative, which he claimed the PML-N had abandoned after Nawaz Sharif had returned from self-imposed exile.

[25] The seminars also included figures like Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, previously associated with the Pakistan People's Party; he did not, however, join Awaam Pakistan, owing to disagreements concerning the party's launch date and its conflict with the Islamabad High Court's ruling concerning the results of Khokhar's electoral constituency in NA-47.

[26] On 21 June 2024, after months of speculation, a video was posted on the Twitter account of Awaam Pakistan, which featured a series of people asking questions about multiple national issues.

[8][3] They also announced that a formal outline of the party's goals and policies would be published in the coming weeks.