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and paan is still better than khota..Paan khatay hain ghada thori ke Noon ko vote dalien
Unlikely people will vote for MQM this time too many factions adding with psp “ex mqm “ mohajir vote bank is in tatters .. PTI and the molvi alliance MMA will win many seats even if half of the same people vote this time who voted for PTI in 2013 elections. People are tired of MQM’s mafia and bhai giri they are part of the problemShabaz is wasting his time in Karachi. MQM will win 90% of seats and rest PPP. N-league need to start from KP and south punjab.
Muhajir votebank is with MQM no matter what. There goes 90% of seats in Karachi. PPP could win few in Lyari. Maybe if non-muhajir vote was not divided then others could get few more seats but not much.
Anyway N-league isn't coming back to power because they have lost south punjab.
Unlikely people will vote for MQM this time too many factions adding with psp “ex mqm “ mohajir vote bank is in tatters .. PTI and the molvi alliance MMA will win many seats even if half of the same people vote this time who voted for PTI in 2013 elections. People are tired of MQM’s mafia and bhai giri they are part of the problem
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It is hard for me to believe that the former chief minister of Punjab could see nothing wrong in saying such a thing about Karachiites, and in public. There is also quite a bit of stupidity involved if he actually said such a thing at a time when he is trying to win their votes.
However, as far back as August 1947 and thereabout, the people from India who were rather settled in peaceful regions of India and had opted for Pakistan after listening to Quaid-e-Azam's speech, and had the misfortune of landing in Lahore were given the following titles :
پنا ہگیر ہند و ستو ڑ ے بھئیے غددا ر تلیر
And of course it was not just left at that.
I am sorry to note that things have not changed even in these over seventy years though terminology has changed a bit.
And what is even more shameful is that the highest public servant of Punjab, who is now probably dreaming of becoming Pakistan's prime minister did not think and talk any differently from the ordinary people of Punjab who could perhaps be forgiven for behaving the way they did.
And it was quite an eye-opener when, soon after partition, restrictions were temporarily relaxed at Wagah border to allow Hindus and Sikhs to come to Pakistan to see cricket matches. At that time, Lahorites had arranged a wonderful welcome for the coming Hindus and Sikhs. In fact, arrangements were made to entertain them at special points set up all over Lahore. So, much so that even the killings, rapes and abductions of not all that far back were all forgotten.
In all fairness, I must say that there were some very decent people in Punjab as well who displayed no ethnic thinking at all.
And I did not notice such discrimination in other provinces, at least at that time.
As for Shahbaz's performance, he has indeed transformed Lahore but considering the fact that he has done so by spending the bulk of the budget for the whole province on Lahore thus starving the rest of the province of funds, and of the development that could have been made there had the funds been utilized equitably. As shown on television often, even conditions just outside of Lahore are terrible.
I remember during its last tenure, the Punjab Assembly passed resolution for the Bahawalpur and South Punjab provinces. However, later when the PML-N was ruling both in Punjab and at the centre, and was in the best position to implement the decision, Shahbaz Sharif chose to forget all about it. Coming near the end of his last tenure, the resolutions were only intended to win some extra votes and were thus consigned to the dustbin after their purpose was served.
And that makes me think, and not unjustly, that his promise to Karachiites won't be any different.
And there are also questions as to his future destination: would it be chief ministers house, prime ministers house or, as seems likely, the Adiala jail, where he might be joined by many of his former associates and who knows, even some close relatives.
Our corrupt and inept politicians have brought this country - which came into being with the sacrifies of million of people - to a sorry state; even halving it in a mere 24 years.
So, let us hope that in the coming elections people, for their own sake, manage to rise above ethnic and other such sentiments and cast their votes strictly on merit.
We do need honest and sincere people in the Assemblies to form dedicated government and effective opposition, who could take us forward. Such a government could also manage to bring back the wealth looted and stashed abroad by our corrupt politicians and use it to reduce the crippling loan burden and to start some really useful projects.
This is about our last chance. Only a team of honest and capable parliamentarians could counter the threats that the country faces internally and externally, and put it on a path of progress and prosperity.
And if we do not wake up even at this late hour, we could, God forbid, end up much like Iraq, Libya or Syria. George Bush destroyed Iraq, Barack Obama did much the same to Libya and Syria and now Donald Trump is going for the biggest trophy: nuclear-armed Pakistan and Iran of course. And he has already started threatening us. Luckily, we have a courageous army chief this time who is treating Trump's threats with the contempt they deserve.
It is definitely not time to take the coming elections lightly, like we have been doing in the past, to our own disadvantage of course. Fortunately, the Supreme Court and the armed forces have solved some of the problems but the major responsibility for steering Pakistan out of the dismal situation rests on the shoulders of us voters.
So, let us do what needs doing, which is to cast our votes strictly on merit.
Karachi.