In current political situation in Pakistan , its very obvious that no one is happy with both the major parties i.e. Nawaz-League & Zerdari-League . I think this is the best time for any political party who wants to emerge as a third option . MQM is playing a very wise game now and trying to spread through Punjabi using this time , but Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is very much slow with this process . This is the time when they can show people what alternative system they have to fix Pakistan and can try to win their votes for the future elections .
May be they are waiting for some later time , but as they say that time waits for none . This is a golden opportunity for them to advertise their policies and convince people that they can deliver . One thing is very obvious that their party structure is very much hidden from the eyes of people (if there is any) . What you guys think will be the best time for PTI to really go public with a mindset of winning the next elections ?
Since years MQM playing this wise game without any success. MQM should contain where it is and serve its people in Karachi, Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas and Sukkur. They should strengthen their ties with PPP. Forget about "Punjabi" as you said. They will never be accepted their. Accept this reality and move on.
MQM will not be accepted in any part of Pakistan until it ceases its fascist/terrorist tactics.
PTI has no policies. PTI is a one man party and that man is Imran who is only a TV politician. sorry Imran, I love and respect you as a person and a great Pakistani. but your rightist, pro-Taliban politics sucks.
Since years MQM playing this wise game without any success. MQM should contain where it is and serve its people in Karachi, Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas and Sukkur. They should strengthen their ties with PPP. Forget about "Punjabi" as you said. They will never be accepted their. Accept this reality and move on.
It was just an example , suggesting that MQM is ''trying'' . So should PTI do the same , or its not the right time ?
MQM will not be accepted in any part of Pakistan until it ceases its fascist/terrorist tactics.
PTI has no policies. PTI is a one man party and that man is Imran who is only a TV politician. sorry Imran, I love and respect you as a person and a great Pakistani. but your rightist, pro-Taliban politics sucks.
I don't know if its his pro-taliban politics (which I think is not) , or just the bad management inside the party . Means honestly speaking other than Imran I don't even know one other leader in their party . Even if people are ready to trust Imran then still I am not sure if he'll be able to deliver his policies .
Atleast hes not a bikayo maal and criminal like that ulla ka patha Zardari and that freak of nature Altaf Hussain. I thought Nawaz would emerge as a savior, but too bad hes too busy defending Zardari right now.
As for those calling him pro-taliban, so being anti-american makes you pro-taliban? haha this is why we are in such deep crap right now.
feudalism doesnt explain their performance in cities. in the recent pindi elections they did quite badly. if they are anti-feudal they should be building a base in the cities.
as others have pointed out, they lack leaders and policies beyond the taleban are angry young men in the mould of amitabh bachan that gets worked into everything they do recently.
feudalism doesnt explain their performance in cities. in the recent pindi elections they did quite badly. if they are anti-feudal they should be building a base in the cities.
i) No one can win against the PML[N] in Pindi, alot of idiots made a fool out of themselves in that shiekh rasheed thread, not once but twice in the previous two elections. shiekh rasheed lost didnt he
ii) The guy Imran picked over there was someone kicked out of the PML[n] because he was a badmash and you really expect him to do well in that election?
iii) PML[n] and PTI have alot of common supporters and if they get to choose b/w the two, they’d def go for PML[n] esp. if PTI chooses someone whose kicked out of the n league.
Actually their leaders, for instance Dr. Shireen Mazari makes more sense than a person with the combined brainspan of the entire PPP right now. They arent amereeko pithoz, thats for sure. As for their policies beyond the taliban, they have done ALOT on their own without any power, opening universities, food centers, jus ttoday they held rallies in mansehra against load shedding. Intentions achi hoon har kaam ho jata hai merey dost…
his is a golden opportunity for them to advertise their policies and convince people that they can deliver .
Please stop using third person plurals for PTI. That party is not "they", it is "him". Imran and Imran alone. A one man army.
Personally, I would love to see people start casting votes for him, because his vote bank will come at the expense of PMLN or radical religious parties. Either way it will be good.
It means its not wise to consider PTI as 3rd option ??? Even if we do , then still they don't have enough juice to prove themselves . Kinda disappointing because we badly need some other option .
None of this contradicts the point that feudalism is not to blame for their performance in cities. In Punjabi citites they’d lose to PML, in Sindhi cities they’d lose to PPP/MQM, in NWFP they’d lose to ANP and I dont know who they’d lose to in Balochistan. Whether thats because existing parties have the market cornered or just that he hasnt been able to connect outside a certain core base dont know.
The university you speak of, isnt that Imran Khan’s project or is that PTI’s? No doubt he does a lot of good social work, and that should be a model for every political party.
But people dont know what they want, except for blaming america for every thing (i remember their statement of the swat girl being whipped had america in its second sentence).
Shireen Mazari is a pretty good get for them, hopefully they can do something with that.
None of this contradicts the point that feudalism is not to blame for their performance in cities. In Punjabi citites they'd lose to PML, in Sindhi cities they'd lose to PPP/MQM, in NWFP they'd lose to ANP and I dont know who they'd lose to in Balochistan. Whether thats because existing parties have the market cornered or just that he hasnt been able to connect outside a certain core base dont know.
imo, PTI is not even competing for PML-N, PPP or ANP's vote bank. they share their tiny vote bank with JI, JUI-F, etc. that is where Imran's real competition lies. so the question arises why would a JI voter vote for Imran whose policies are basically the same as JI? why not go for the more established badmaashi of JI over the chaotic madness of PTI?
plenty of beardless molvies samb who find imran's appearance better than munawar hussains
fair enough. I guess these beardless moulvis are the same ones who get wet listening to that serial liar Zaid Hamid.
but regardless of whether these moulvi types vote for Imran or JI (and I think they will favor the original flavor which is JI. why go for crazy-lite when you go for the real crazies?), they remain statistically insignificant in terms of electoral politics. I think people have learned their lesson especially after what MMA did to Pakhtunkhawa in Musharraf's dictatorship.
which is slightly sad in a way... because no one can doubt Imran's integrity as a person. he is undoubtedly an honest man... it is possible to be conservative and anti-US imperialism without supporting suicide bombings and Taliban... wish someone would go tell Imran that.
It means its not wise to consider PTI as 3rd option ??? Even if we do , then still they don't have enough juice to prove themselves . Kinda disappointing because we badly need some other option .
As far as I am concerned, I think people need a BETTER option not just "some other" option like Imran.
But anyway, go ahead, ask anyone that you can convince to vote for Imran. There is no one stopping him. Like I said, personally I would really like to see people voting for him (and dividing Nawaz and Jamati votes, mostly).
