Re: Imran Khan’s PTI burn nomination papers
Every looser thinks of boycott as face saving device, be that NS, Qazi, or IK: 
Well, MQM boycott first local body election, resulting in JI mayor of Karachi, who used that post to gather as much support in public for JI while MQM stayed outside local body power house, and had to sit quite until next election. That is what happens and should happen to those that boycott an election.
Actually, three type of parties boycott election.
One is those that think that they could not win anyhow, so boycott does not make any difference to them. For instance, people like Imran Khan.
Second type is those that live in illusion and are fools, and boycott without any future plans. They eventually lose out (I mean those that if not boycotted the election could have won seats).
Third type are those that believe that they are too powerful and they think that they would be wronged in election, so they think they will not contest election but wait and see, or would bring people on road in their support. Well, if parties are thinking to bring people on road, at present there is no opposition party in Pakistan that have that support, as that can be seen from recent past, that even though many parties in opposition were trying, none succeeded in bringing people on road. In the end these unsuccessful parties started making many excuses, but they know the reality. Recently BB made statement that she is willing to talk to NS and would like election adjustment with PML(N) shows that how unpopular PPP has become, else she would not have made such statements. To bring establishment behind her and to back her in election, she also started making statements that she is willing to work with civilian President Musharraf, also shows that she is coming to her senses about her popularity in masses. 