A change of heart in the making

[smooth_guy]

Re: A change of heart in the making

@kakaballi

PTI, as it was formed, is largely dead. The most important aspect of the idea of PTI, the I i.e. Insaf, is no more emphasized even within party decisions. The idea is very attractive specially for Pakistanis abroad, many of whom are willing to return to Pakistan or invest here only if ‘insaf’ is ensured.

The party has been taken over by opportunists the same way as any other political party. IK has surrounded himself with them and ‘change’ is a mere slogan now. There are reports, for example, that SMQ’s son would contest by elections in Multan against Hashmi. Is this ‘change’ against dynastic politics?

The remedy is quite simple actually. Imran Khan should oversee another intra-party elections, which should be conducted in a manner that he is demanding “free and fair” national elections to be held. All party positions, including chairman, should be filled with fresh elections with no ‘dhandli’. This would eventually mean shuffling KPK government as well.

As far as followers are concerned, they are super frustrated by the “system” and engage in behavior to vent out that frustration in a manner typical Pakistanis engage in, only that they have relatively more access to social media. Despite the fact that a lot of criticism they receive is unwarranted, there is a need for ‘educating’ them.

A lot of ‘political commentators’, ‘columnists’ and ‘anchors’ criticize PTI people for ‘abusing’ them. They should remember that it is not 1990s anymore when people used to abuse them in conversations in galli muhalla but had no means to channel that abuse to larger audience. If you give access to your personal email accounts, phone numbers and twitter handle to public, you should brace yourself for criticism and opposing views as well. The abuse and threats received by Jon Stewart or Rush Limbaugh, for example, is thousand times more than what Pakistani equivalents receive but you don’t see them crying about it all the time.

Ask yourself if the Interior Punjab and Sindh are ready to vote for a farmer’s son. Dynastic politics problem (even Bhutto had to include feudals in his otherwise progressive party that was founded by educated bunch) will not go away in just 5 years. Either you follow French Revolution path, or you gradually bring change. You need to impose education emergency in the country for 15 years with a big chunk of budget dedicated to it, upgrade school system and curriculum, legislate mandatory education till grade 12, scholarships and sponsorship programs for poor. You need to insert a new soul in the nation (like Japenese, Koreans and German did). Then you can wipe out all Chaudhry, Waderay and Shah JIs from the political scene.

Your expectations are as its not Pakistan but a Western educated society. If Imran Khan successfully implement only 40% of its agenda, our next generations will look back and will give him a hats off. And I am not talking about Imran Khan, the PTI chief, but the ideology he has given to the nation.