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Zardari will be president of Ik if it happened, Than he will be a clean one like Ik,
Pakistanion ki qismat main yehi Ayyash , Badmaash, Corrupt, Chandah khor ,Bhattah khor Budhay likhay hain,
However Shah Mahmmod Qureshi is better person.
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Exceptions allowed 
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not good for PTI i say, how come he changed suddenly and became all clean and when usa didnt like his face anymore and zardari ignored him... just because he developed** some differences with USA and zardari** doesnt mean he became patriot overnight. wasnt he same person who showed no sham on Kerry Logar Bill issue? wasnt Imran saying "hum USA ki ghulami nahi karaingay?" now whats the need of taking a amrika ka ghulam in your parti?
i hope imran sticks to his promise of not giving ticket to anyone who has a record of corruption or "amrika ki ghulami" until and unless they come clean and prove with their actions that they truly have changed
The differences developed when he confronted US, not personal reasons like no permission for importing expensive cars without commission etc.
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Shah Mehmood has a huge following in Sindh
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Shah Mehmood has a huge following in Sindh
I don't think so.
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It is a sad day for PPP. He was an ardent worker and left ministry on principals. Yes he was following an American centric foreign policy but do not forget he left or was made to leave after disagreeing with America on certain issues. Always respected him a politician and a statesman.
Those who call him a lota should really enlighten us how was he made to leave. He was asked not to come to Garhi Khuda Bakhsh for bhutto’s barsi. He is NOT someone who switched parties for leisure. He does not have a stigma to his name (No corruption charges, no nepotism claims i.e.). People will also call him a party reject but if he is a reject of Zardari League, then its quite an honor lol) He will take a lot of people with him to PTI and a huge vote bank.
Hope Imran continues with his policy of only including clean politicians. SMQ is automatically going to be next to Imran in PTI now. :k:
He has a huge following in saraiki belt.. Not sindh. there he has limited following.
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good for PTI!
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Shah Mahmood Qureshi is not a Lota by any means, He struggled a lot with the ruling elite, but could not be settled.
He said yesterday.
Benazir is my leader and she will remain my leader .
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unfortunately for him it is difficult to follow a leader that is no longer leading.
he is now forced to find an alternative......
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Shah Mehmood has a huge following in Sindh
if that is the case then no one can stop IK's revolution in the villages and cities of Sindh.
MQM should allow him in karachi too.
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Whatever is the real story behind his differences b/w him and PPP's leadership, Qureishi is not another lota like Miaan Azhar or Sheikh Rasheed.
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He is still in negotiation with pmln as well, the only problem he has is that he has a group of 10 mpas in Punjab assembly, and it will be difficult for pmln to accommodate them. There are still 2 weeks to go, let's see what he finally announces.
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And there is lot of PPP workers and supporters who are asking him to make a new group or wait for some time more,In or out .
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ناہید خان کا شاہ محمود قریشی کو پارٹی نہ چھوڑنے کا مشورہ
ناہید خان کا کہنا تھا کہ شاہ محمود قریشی محترمہ بے نظیر سے وفاداری نبھا تے ہوئے پارٹی کو نہ چھوڑیں، پیپلز پارٹی کسی کی جاگیر نہیں یہ کارکنوں کی جماعت ہے۔
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Dr israr shah a long time ppp supporter may also desert the party in the future
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Is this the Shah Mahmood Qureshi in question:
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He might form his own group too, agreed! And in that he will be free to make alliances with PTI or PMLN come election time.
As far as what Naheed Khan is saying, should he await for a miracle staying in the party under the dynamic leadership of Zardari?
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He might form his own group too, agreed! And in that he will be free to make alliances with PTI or PMLN come election time.
As far as what Naheed Khan is saying, should he await for a miracle staying in the party under the dynamic leadership of Zardari?
He was only waiting for Zardari to give him another ministry. When he didn't get it, he left.
Nothing to do with principles.
This is his third party- a typical lota.
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As far as I know he was offered a ministry. Anyways he were a lota I accept that what about naheed khan, safdar abbasi, aitzaz ahsan, dr israr shah and countless others who have been sidelined by people's party for long durations. At some stage all of them will have to decide for their future otherwise they will be kicked out of the political arena. As far as the defense of zardari in this case has come out from pervaiz ashraf (rpp fame who has been instrumental in looting of billions of rupees with the help of the higher ups), Khosa (Punjab governor) and dr firdous ashiq Awam who is a Loti herself.
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As far as I know he was offered a ministry. Anyways he were a lota I accept that what about naheed khan, safdar abbasi, aitzaz ahsan, dr israr shah and countless others who have been sidelined by people's party for long durations.
In the PPP, Zardari is not popular. PPP stalwarts like you mentioned have been sidelined.
But they stay loyal to the PPP, knowing it is their party, the best party in Pakistan - and Zardari will not be around forever.
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Mishandling pushed MPAs into PPP forward bloc
LAHORE, Nov 13: Stoppage of federal funds, a cold shoulder by prime minister and embracing of a turncoat by Yousuf Raza Gilani and his son were the major factors which pushed at least two Pakistan People’s Party MPAs into the emerging ‘forward bloc’ in the party likely to be led by former foreign minister and renegade leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi who plans unfolding his strategy on November 27.
According to the annoyed PPP MPAs — Malik Muhammad Abbas Raan (PP-201 Multan VIII) and Dr Akhtar Malik (PP-202 Multan IX) — they along with some other MPAs had been getting federal grants on the orders of President Asif Ali Zardari for development activities in their respective constituencies after the PML-N’s Punjab government denied them provincial funds.
However, they say that PM Gilani got these grants stopped after he developed ‘misunderstanding’ that they were backing Mr Qureshi since he resigned as foreign minister and became vocal against party high-ups.
They say though they tried hard to meet with the premier many a times in order to allay the misconception he was holding and to convey their reservations regarding acceptance of a ‘turncoat’ back into the party, they were not even granted the right to be heard.
“As we were already depressed because of stoppage of development funds and PM’s wrong perception about our links with Shah Mahmood Qureshi, we (after the curtness shown by Mr Gilani) finally decided to side with the former foreign minister,” Malik Abbas Raan told Dawn on Sunday.
Claiming backing of some 10 to 15 members of the Punjab Assembly, Raan said the group would announce its future course of action under the leadership of Mr Qureshi who would be revealing his plans at a rally on November 27.
When asked what would be the course of the ‘forward bloc’, he said quoting Mr Qureshi the group had three options. “According to Shah Mahmood Qureshi, he was working closely on three options — (1) siding with PML-N, (2) going along Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (both inviting him to their folds), (3) continuing politics independently”.
Mr Raan, however, made it clear he would vote for the PPP candidate in the next year’s Senate elections because he got elected to the Punjab Assembly on the PPP ticket in 2008 general elections.
Another PPP MPA and an active member of the emerging ‘forward bloc’, Dr Akhtar Malik, also listed the same reason that compelled him to side with Mr Qureshi.
“First the PM stopped federal funding last year and then he and his son accepted a turncoat MPA, Rai Mansab, back into the party folds. This man (Rai) won the 2002 general elections on PPP ticket. Then he left the party and joined PML-Q and later defected to the PML-N. Recently, he again joined the PPP and there were reports that PM Gilani and his son Abdul Qadir Gilani (an MPA from Rahim Yar Khan) were announcing him party candidate in the next general elections,” he said, adding, “such attitude of the PM and his son is really embarrassing for us”. He said he had also tried many times to meet the PM but failed.
Malik alleged that the PM Gilani had given a number of jobs in various ‘important’ federal government departments such as National Highways Authority, Law, NBP etc to those people who had been working against the PPP. He further alleged the PM was also supporting some corrupt people and officials.
“Everyone knows what the PM and his son are doing. They are just promoting corruption by supporting corrupt people in the country,” he added.
He said that he and some other MPAs had conveyed messages to the PM that they should not be considered Mr Qureshi’s allies, but Mr Gilani even refused to lend them a sympathetic ear.
He expressed the hope that soon more parliamentarians and party leaders would join the ‘forward bloc’. When asked whether anyone from the party leadership contacted the rebel MPAs in order to resolve the issues, he said: “Yes we are in contact with the Presidency and will be meeting with Raja Riaz on Monday (today) and present our genuine demands.”
Shah Mahmood Qureshi, when contacted, said he would hold a rally on November 27 in which he would announce his future course of action. When asked about joining the PML-N or PTI or announcing a separate group, to include the PPP ‘forward bloc’, Mr Qureshi said: “Look! all options are open. As our consultation process is underway, we will announce our decision on November 27 and not before that”.
The PM’s son Abdul Qadir Gilani was not available for comments despite repeated calls made and text messages left on his cell phone by this reporter.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/14/mishandling-pushed-mpas-into-ppp-forward-bloc.html