Aalsi
March 10, 2009, 3:56pm
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The situation what Nawaz is creating in North Punjab is same as what supporters of Nawaz used to complain about MQM. PMLN has support of around 30 percent Punjab votes but PMLN votes are concentrated in the cities of north Punjab. If PMLN creates law and order problem in North urban Punjab and shut down Northern Punjab to blackmail Federal Government, there action would be same as what MQM in early 1990s were accused of doing, that is creating law and order problem in south urban Sindh and shut down Karachi to blackmail federal government.
Thus, if PMLN take this route of creating law and order problem, they should get same treatment what MQM received in 1990s, and that is military operation against them, their workers and supporters. If Federal government would not do that, than it would create perception that government discriminates between Pakistanis, as government treats people of Northern Punjab differently than Southern Sindh. This discrimination would create discontent amongst people of Sindh and that would be not good for unity of Pakistan.
Sa1eem bhaijan. Thank you for your factual analysis, which highlights the true situation in relation to the limits of support Sharif brothers have. I have yet to see any big rally in support of the Sharifs in Southern Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, and Balochistan, and even Fata.
So it is very much true what you have said about Nawaz Sharif’s support to parts of Northern Punjab.
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