Kasuri joins Imran Khan's party

[fd24]

Islamabad: Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmoud Kasuri yesterday joined the party of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, widely seen as emerging new star in Pakistan politics.

Kasuri, who served in the government of Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) during the rule of General Pervez Musharraf, announced his decision, standing beside Imran Khan, at a public rally in his home town of Kasur in the Punjab province.

He said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) of Imran Khan was winning support of masses because of its honest leadership and its agenda of social, economic and educational justice for the people, particularly the youth.

Kasuri is the second former foreign minister to join the PTI after Shah Mahmoud Quraishi, formerly a prominent figure in the Pakistan Peoples Party.

On Monday, Awais Leghari and his brother Jamal Leghari, sons of the late former president Farouq Leghari, joined the PTI. The same day popular singer Ebrar-ul-Haq also joined the party.

Other notables who have aligned with PTI include former members of parliament Sikander Bosan, Gulam Sarwar Khan and Ishaq Khakwani and several others known for their political clout in their areas.
‘Political tsunami'

Former federal minister Azam Khan Swati, who recently resigned from the Senate and membership of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F), also joined PTI in the weekend.

Khan has held a series of successful political rallies in Punjab, marking impressive popularity gain for PTI in the most populous province and political heartland of the country, to the unease of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's PML-N, which is in power in the province.

The next main target of what Khan calls his "political tsunami" is Karachi, the country's biggest city and capital of Sindh province, jointly ruled by the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement.

The PTI is due to hold a rally around the mausoleum of Founder of the Nation Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi on December 27, for which it got permission after initial hesitation in the provincial government because of security concerns in the volatile port city.


I love the thought of IK becoming our next leader. 2 things concern me. The first being does he have the political nouse that will be necessary for such a fragile nation? Secondly all these politicians joining IK - Are they going to be vetted and checked for previous misdameanors? Are they "clean politicians?" Are they joining IK because they simply want to join the flavor of the month and join the tsunami for the wrong reasons??

 

[VCheng]

............... 2 things concern me. The first being does he have the political nouse that will be necessary for such a fragile nation? Secondly all these politicians joining IK - Are they going to be vetted and checked for previous misdameanors? Are they "clean politicians?" Are they joining IK because they simply want to join the flavor of the month and join the tsunami for the wrong reasons??

The powers that be will cobble together a coalition of the "willing" to ensure that next change in government goes "according to plan". The concerns that you mention have no place in this process, I am sorry to inform you.

 

[fd24]

The powers that be will cobble together a coalition of the "willing" to ensure that next change in government goes "according to plan". The concerns that you mention have no place in this process, I am sorry to inform you.

but VC - My question is are we expecting much of the same or are these going to be the old politicos just with a new party title?

 

[Raftar]

Wohi SAREY BAKREY WAPIS PAKISTAN KA GHASS CHUGNEY AYEIN GEY.....

 

[VCheng]

but VC - My question is are we expecting much of the same or are these going to be the old politicos just with a new party title?

The faces and names may change, but the system and all its associations shall remain the same.

 

[fd24]

I think to expect and desire so much from one person is obviously asking for too much. I hope and pray he does the best for Pakistan - whether he will have the "clean slate" we all desire remains to be seen.

 

[W.11]

The powers that be will cobble together a coalition of the "willing" to ensure that next change in government goes "according to plan". The concerns that you mention have no place in this process, I am sorry to inform you.

it will be million times better than your patriotic feelings towards pakistanis, pakistan doesnt need a patriotic govt who can sell anything for dollars, we need a reform from the usual patriotic politics

---------- Post added at 11:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:52 PM ----------

Wohi SAREY BAKREY WAPIS PAKISTAN KA GHASS CHUGNEY AYEIN GEY.....

still ghas khain ge, pura pakistan nahi khaye ge

 

[lem34]

I think the following is relevant. Pakistan will change for the better it will take time and dont expect that change to come overnight or by one person:

Iman Khan seems to be the flavour of the moment in Pakistan. The question that we need to address is are we expecting too much of him?

History has taught us that politicians in opposition are able to take positions which are impossible when in power. If they are wrong their posturing is forgotten about very quickly because there are no consequences. If they are right their supporters never fail to mention it. In power a mistake is never forgotten as there are always consequences. There may also be institutionalised constraints. Its all very well complaining about for example inflation when in opposition. However when elected the cure for inflation may be the pain to the electorate ie a freeze on public salaries.

When Benazir was elected the first time many had expectations which in due course gave way to disappointment. This is not something which is limited to Pakistan it happens in other countries too. After Bush there were great expectations of Obama not just in America but around the world. A black son of a moslem father with a cosmopolitan non standard american background. Surely Obama would lead to improved relations with the moslem countries etc. After his election victory whilst he was president elect the Israelis bombed Gaza and signed all kinds of deals with the Bush administration in the anticipation that Obamas administration might show a more even hand between the Israelis and Palestinians. Obama won the Noble peace prize very shortly after becoming President. In hind site it would appear he won that not because of any actions that he took but purely on the basis of expectations. However over time we have learned that he is more Bush than Bush. All be it a sophisticated version of Bush. His policies for example with Palestine or Pakistan are more destructive to the same people that had great hopes of him.

Imran Khan has had opportunities before. During Musharaff’s rule he could easily have bended to Musharaff and used that five or six years in the same way that Shariff did with Zia or in the way that Bhutto senior did with Ayub and build an effective party machinery which in due course could have challenged for power independently. Was it his conscience that did not allow him to work with Musharaff or was it his naivity. In power at least he could have had some influence on the levers of powers. Either option is worrying. We don't need a naive leader and we don't need a leader that is tied up in principle so much that he cant take advantage of opportunities.

Imran is inexperienced and at time appears naive. Lets face it he is anti American and anti corruption two rallying calls to the people of Pakistan. But which pakistani isnt anti american or anti corruption these days? The masses are on his side on both these issues. People seem to be going towards him by default rather than choice. Pakistan has had two PPP administrations with Benazir at the helm and a third PPP administration with Zardari at the helm all failures. Pakistan has also had its failures with PNA(N) with Shariff at the helm. Both parties although claiming to be democratic are the personal fifedoms of two families and the antithesis of democracy in that they have no internal democracy. Simply Pakistanis don't really have much choice.

In Imran we have an opportunity. There seems to be a suggestion by people opposing Imran that the establishment in the form of the ISI is supportive ofImran. Imran is at great pains to suggest that this is not the case. The writer would suggest that there is absolutely nothing wrong in the establishment in particular ISI and army having some influence on Imran. Why is it wrong that a political leader, other agencies and the public have similar views?

One man no matter how good can only do so much. Imran needs to recruit a good team around him, he needs to create a political machine preferably a democratic political party which elects its leaders through its members. Imran needs to work with the ISI and other agencies for the betterment of Pakistan. In fact I would be happier if Imran was used as figurehead rather than held all the power all by himself.

Lets hope for the best and support him. But lets not have too many expectations.

 

[W.11]

the big difference between india and pakistan is tht there were no land reforms in pakistan while india did it in 1947, when even the base is not correct, how can there be a stable government, look at turkey, for decades military influened the government and didnt let the common turkish people come in politics, one can debate how corrupt is tayab's govt, but he made a historical reform, and now it seems turkey is in the right way

 

[Respect4Respect01]

guys guys,we all know that new faces are NEVER going to win any elections, people will always vote for old politicians no matter what,