Re: Imran's Tehreek-e-Insaf launches newsletter
Harid - interesting you mention Dr Sher Afghan Niazi. I was travelling through the Mianwali area in 2004, and I discovered that he (Sher Afghan) is widely popular there, where he is seen as a hard working constituency-orientated MNA - a real people person. Yes, he is a bit of a chameleon and "politically incorrect" on some issues, but he has been in politics for nearly 40 years, and is a seasoned stalwart of the PPP, fiercely loyal to ZAB in the 70's. He is well respected all the main tribes in the area - Niazi's, Khattaks, Awans etc, and even mediates in local disputes. Imran on the hand was seen as rather aloof and distant, and despite his over the top anti-Musharraf rants these days, and his playing of the Niazi card, most people in the area know that he (Imran) would not have won his seat had it been for those intelligence agencies giving him a hand in 2002, because Mianwali was a PPP stronghold. In fact in a straight fight between the two men in Mianwali, Sher Afghan would win hands down.