ziaulislam
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The core issue is PTI wont come in.power because its not popular enoughThank you for posting this. It is indeed thought provoking podcast. The time has come for us to take a decision as to whether we talk about change or become part of the change. One thing appears certain we can no longer be sitting at the fence. We are possibly facing a momentous occasion in our history (I will name it the pheonix moment) where we need to emerge as a nation out of the ashes of the old into a new Pakistan.
One can say that IK is full of faults and I would agree. He is a human being and therefore not without his own weaknesses. I look at the other side and ask myself " Do I give up IK for these goons? Comparing the 2 who will I side up with?" The answer is as clear to me as it is to all of you.
I tend to agree that it is the harder route that IK has taken. Street politics has not achieved much in Pakistan for a very long time. It used to achieve its ends in the 60s and 70s with iconic leaders like ZA Bhutto ( irrespective of his faults) Asghar Khan, Nawab Nasarullah Khan etc. Karachi has not seen a surge in political movements for a very long time mainly because there has not been an emotive movement other than Altaf Hussain which has riled up Karachiites for a very long time. However unlike Altaf Hussain the PTI is a national movement (something AH either never had the vision for nor did his intellect /policies/motto allowed it). For once we have a voice which provides a common platform for everyone to gather together and tear the old system down and formulate a new system which reflects what Pakistan should be like not how the powers that be want to see it as. Will there be problems? Sure. Will this nation be able to overcome these I think/hope so.
What should IK do now?
I think there are 2 aspects that he should now concentrate on.
Firstly rsorganizing the party. This is something which is already in the offing.
Formulate focus groups to tackle the problems a new government of his will face and get the relevant people in place now with short intermediate and long term plans (the most difficult part as it involves people management which PTI has not been good at) and keep them hidden away so they cannot be poached/corrupted.
He will need finances and I do not know where that will come from but perhaps a Shaukat Khanum type party initiative might be the way ahead so the people who finance the movement take ownership of it.
Lastly party discipline must be imposed in a balanced manner
Those are come of the thoughts that come to mind.
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The old time tested formula of "khata hey tu lagata be hey" works
Spend money and skim 20% on top of it, is acceptable to pakistan. This is the price we have decided to pay. The same way chinese decided to pay freedom of expression price and so on..
Unless i see a 80+% support from current 30-40% no change will happen
As 60% opposition is bigger then 40%
IK thinks i am wrong people dont support corruption but thats not true