Re: [Split discussion] Punjab vs rest
Not entirely true. PPP has received historical support from Punjab where people like Hanif Ramay who were no where near ‘electables’ who won the elections.
PPP was so popular in Punjab after Zia that ISI had to invest a lot of money into making IJI to reduce Benazir’s influence. I remember Faisalabad was 80% PPP supporter. So were many other cities. Jahangir Badar and others won several times in Lahore. Punjab has supported PPP in 3 elections after Zia. You cannot attribute it to purely shrewd politics. However, these governments were more corrupt one after the other. The latest one under Zardari was nothing but loot maar ka circus.