Re: Zulfiqar Mirza group wins all 14 wards in Badin
In Sindh, everyone basically harps the same old excuse of ‘no alternative’ as an easy cover up of some deep rooted problems.
You go to urban Sindh, and ask why the supposedly ‘oh so’ urban and educated Karachittes vote for mass murderers and extortionists like MQM, you get the same old excuse of “no alternative”. This is “no alternative” rhetoric is very much just a Sindh issue - be it urban and rural, and it is time to admit that it fundamentally reflects the deeply xenophobic mentality of locals where no outside party is ever good enough to be considered an “alternative”.
Watch how MQM sweeps Karachi on Muhajir card no matter how many target killers and Indian funded mass murderers are captured from their ranks, and see how they parrot the ‘no alternative’ excuse.
What makes Sindh so special? KPK never had any picture perfect alternative yet people there had voted PPP, PMLN, ANP, JI, JUI-F, QWP and now PTI. This shows some political maturity and open-mindedness. Similarly in Baluchistan - despite very poor law and order situation and propaganda - PMLN emerged as a strong contender both in 2013 elections and in recent LB polls. So there are bigger and visible chances of competition in war torn provinces like Balochistan (where no mainstream party even bothers campaigning) and in KPK - then places like Sindh. Why is that?
Is there even a desire in Sindh to find/create “an alternative”? Probably not.