Tahirul Qadri's long march

[yazdi]

Re: Tahirul Qadri’s long march

@Ali_Syed

^ I feel PTI was in a state of indecisiveness for the whole 4-5 days. Their stance was not clear. When Imran Khan appeared on TV two days back he was talking of not supporting the long march and on the same time asking his supporters to be ready for his call for Tsunami march. If I were in his place I’d have refused to participate in the march, and refrained of talking about the tsunami march as well. The next day PTI was supposed to do another press conference but after the categorical statement of the opposition of not supporting any unconstitutional mean the conference was cancelled and PTI announced that they wont participate (this should have been done the previous day). IK was saying that he supports Qadri’s demands as most of those are what PTI has been demanding for a long time but he didnt agree with the unconstitutional way (long march) to have them implemented? If long march is unconstitutional is Tsunami march constitutional?

This was a test of IK’s leadership skills and for me it has shown a lot of flaws. This round has been won over by PMLN appearing clear on the matter and tagging along whole opposition with them. IK should have tried to form some sort of coalition with JI and PKMAP to ensure their votes are not divided in pashtun areas but PMLN seems to have won them over too.

That’s the reason why he has earned the name of “Confused Khan..” which does not go well for a person who is aspiring to lead the nation.
He should have come out on the first day with a clear stance that any illegal demand would not be supported by PTI.. however any legal demand ensuring electoral reforms would have been backed fully by IK.. it’s not the first time IK lost initiatives.. and came out as a person who can not take clear stand on the matters and fight for them. His boycotts of all the bye-elections was another big mistake committed by “Confused Khan..” These bye-elections if fought with full force would have given much needed boost to Khan’s efforts.. and if Khan would have gone with full force with personal campaigning in these bye-election.. and in fact if he would have won even one bye-election.. it would have been end of all status quo parties. Khan lacks political acumen and basic wisdom.. and I can tell you all the other leadership of the party wanted to participate in these bye-elections.. including Hashmi and Qureishi..