Re: Family politics
The next elections were always about performance. I won't be surprised if IK miscalculated public sentiments, otherwise there's no difference in slogans of roti, kapra makaan and naya Pakistan. There were only two things that were required of him, perform in KPK and play the role of an effective opposition. Pti is no where to be seen in public matters of interest. In democracies you make up your constituencies on your policies, pri tried to live on slogans which also feel hollow now.
Your posts is what I call classic wrist slitting. According to you, PTI's 'slogans' lost meaning 6 months into to power, they weren't performing yet two years later, they won the LG elections. Despite the mismanagement and accusations of rigging, it performed even better in LG re-elections. So effectively, PTI has been selected thrice in province where claim they are not performing! Pakhtoons are not stupid, they don't give any party second chance, let alone a third. In regards to Harpur, didn't PTI win LG votes there? Yes, they lost the NA seat because they didn't do their homework properly, and they thought they could get away with some double standards thrown in the mix. PTI need such wake up calls every now and then to stay on its toes, and feel some pressure to balance things out. I wanted PTI to lose this seat, and I couldn't be happier with the results. Sometimes you just have to be cruel to be kind.
I think for your own sake, go through the legislative and institution building work PTI has done in province, and then have a debate on performance. What are your thoughts on historic Whistleblower protection law KPK government is about to pass in their assembly?
So much for Khattak hating, he's the only experienced administrator in PTI ranks who knows ground realities of KPK. Yes he hates giving TV interviews, unlike in Punjab, KPK Gov does not have massive billboards of project and policy ads with Khattak's face all over it, he himself feels no shame in admitting that he's a CM KPK, not a Mayor of Peshawar unlike Shahbaz Sharif. He may not the desired young, dynamic and full personality type CM, but he's equally not as bad as his critics paint him.
All PTI leadership is usually Punjab based with very little know how knowledge of KPK, and it is largely due to Khattak's local expertise and administrating experience that PTI had managed to survive a coalition as a first time rookie government. Apart from Khattak, KPK cabinet is largely made up of new, inexperienced and young faces and in few years time, I definitely see KPK cabinet producing the the next dynamic CM groomed and trained from within.