I wish things change in Southern Punjab - not at all as we discuss on April 25th, 2017. Punjab starting from Okara till Rahim Yar Khan bordering rural Sindh is totally under feudal lord influence - exceptions might be there (1 in 1,000 - where Jamaat-e-Islami candidates might win few small central city seats like one in RYK or Jamshed Dasti because land holdings in his constituency is smaller than most others, there might be one or two other examples like this but generally speaking look at land holdings of current and last terms MNAs and MPAs and you'll see how the heat map looks like. The stretch continues from Okara to RYK and goes till pretty much Hyderabad from where Sarwari Jamaat of Makhdoom Amin Fahim's family will undoubtedly will win majority and urban Hyderabad will be MQM - that's a long stretch of feudal mafias.
GM Khan is not a winning candidate for sure - and it will hurt PTI more than benefit as selective optically illusional PMLN camp will make hue and cry on him joining PTI - ironically these Noonies were quiet when 72 tickets were allotted by PMLN in 2013 to Musharraf's or PML of Shujaat Hussain's MNAs/MPAs but selective amnesia is always a bliss for those anchors and PMLN supporters for making Roshan Pakistan without loadshedding (PMLN's sales pitch in 2013 elections) - but wait: hasn't shortfall increased from 4,000 MW to around 7,500 MW - that's acceptable since its done by King Sharif - or more recent glorified connotation - The Godfather.