Re: so what do you think will happen tomorrow in NA 122?
Did you miss the maturity train?
Aleem Khan was heavily ‘disliked’ outside PTI circles. Even within PTI, he did not enjoy unanimous support. In Ayaz Sadiq’s own words, he was a ‘lame horse’.
So a lame horse was able to squeeze the race so tight that Ayaz Sadiq won by a whimper, despite having entire provincial and federal machinery at his beck and call. Its an electoral win for PMLN, but gives further credence to the notion that 2013 elections were rigged. Kulsoom Nawaz’s nephew lost in the provincial seat, so that is a fairly square slap to family politics, and as rightly mentioned above, its a warning sign for PMLN.
PTI has always expected an immediate turn around in the public sentiment, but now I guess they will realize that change will be gradual. Since 2010, sentiments have been shifting gradually, and if PMLN continues the next 2 years the way it has run affairs since 2013, they will see their support erode further in Punjab and elsewhere.