Although I have no personal liking for Sharifs but they are a political reality, and BTW 58% of country’s population resides in Punjab.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/world/asia/27pstan.html?ref=world
According to a poll taken in October and released in December by the International Republican Institute, a Washington-based outfit affiliated with the Republican Party, Mr. Sharif’s approval ratings outstripped Mr. Zardari’s by large margins.
When asked who they would prefer to have as president, 59 percent of the respondents said they preferred Mr. Sharif, and 19 percent said they preferred Mr. Zardari.
The poll was taken among 3,500 people between Oct. 15 and Oct. 30 in the four provinces of Pakistan, according to Robert Varsalone, the manager of the survey. The margin of error was 1.66 percentage points, he said.
I was just wondering what will be the latest approval rating when a new survey is released for Mr. Zardari. We know he has atleast one supporter, but I doubt he will better his last 19%…more likely figure will be 10%.
Anyway Musharraf continued despite having even lower ratings. He had to leave because of his own stupidities. Although there is a general consensus in the country that Zardari should complete his term for the survival of democracy, but like Aitzaz said nobody can help a guy who is determined to axe his own feet…