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Future PM making policy statements in shaa Allah..
I agree with you.. and RAW can do anything... when I say anything, I mean they are after IK..
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Future PM making policy statements in shaa Allah..
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Usually, spy agencies use their proxies with tact, instead of targeting the obvious...
Sympathy wave had changed the outcome of 2007 elections. Not that India was involved at that time but sympathy wave did make its decisive impact.
Our enemies are smart enough to not let any opportunity pass without contemplating its out come, pros and cons.
It is all about opportunities and this is indeed a critical and pivotal election for a better Pakistan or more of the same.
Given a chance, Modi would prefer a Pakistan under the rule of Sharifs. Given a chance any enemies of any state would prefer that their nemesis are ruled a regime more interested in self preservation and safeguarding it's looted wealth stashed abroad rather than the country itself.
Sometimes it's just that simple.
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From Fahd Hussain's Article
A Nawaz conviction is likely. Even he expects he will be found guilty. Two scenarios present themselves thus; either Nawaz goes to jail and his daughter does not, or both end up behind bars. In the first scenario, Maryam will then automatically become the campaigner-in-chief for the party along with Shehbaz. If she too is jailed, Shehbaz will be the lead campaigner, assisted of course by the second line of leadership.
In either case, the party feels its narrative will be turbo-charged once Nawaz is jailed. But wait. Which narrative?
At this point, the party cannot have a Nawaz narrative and a Shehbaz narrative. What happens then? If the party wants to play the victim card, it will lean into the Nawaz narrative — and Maryam (if she’s not in jail) will be well placed to light up the campaign trail with this hardened, no-holds-barred narrative. But if such an eventuality were to arise, what happens to the Shehbaz school of thought? What happens to the delicately built bridges and an inclusive approach aimed at mending things instead of smashing them further? And what happens to the electables still waiting around in the party in the hope that Shehbaz would avoid the dreaded collision?
If Nawaz and Maryam are both in jail, their school of thought would insist the party has no option but to exploit the situation by going full extreme on the victim card by blaming and shaming the system. Shehbaz would then be in a really tight spot — and so would the party.
And if this wasn’t complicated enough, consider the following:
If the victim card does indeed work; and if the electorate does begin to respond; and if the electables within the party do calculate that the ‘political martyrdom’ narrative is paying dividends; and if Punjab refuses to abandon the Sharif ticket; and if the party does look in a solid position to win against all these odds — then will the Establishment be okay with the PML-N returning to power at the Centre or in Punjab or in both? And if not, then what?
Shehbaz is walking a tight rope. He can either save the day for his family and his party, or be devoured by the avalanche that is rumbling across the other side of his brother’s conviction.
At some point this May, Nawaz will need to decide on the big questions. At some point this May, Shehbaz will need to calculate the prospects of his approach paying dividends. At some point this May, the Nawaz School and the Shehbaz School will need to figure out if it is even possible to amalgamate the two narratives into one. At some point this May it will need to be established if such an amalgamation even lies within the realm of possibility. And at some point this May, the PML-N will need to decide what its core is, who its core is and what does this core stand for?
Once the caretakers are in and the party is out of the corridors of power, it will face the full heat of the pressure being exerted from all sides. Before it is exposed to these extreme temperatures, it needs to figure out the contradictions within itself and take the necessary decisions.
And the time for these decisions is May. Tick tock tick tock.
A Nawaz conviction is likely. Even he expects he will be found guilty. Two scenarios present themselves thus; either Nawaz goes to jail and his daughter does not, or both end up behind bars. In the first scenario, Maryam will then automatically become the campaigner-in-chief for the party along with Shehbaz. If she too is jailed, Shehbaz will be the lead campaigner, assisted of course by the second line of leadership.
In either case, the party feels its narrative will be turbo-charged once Nawaz is jailed. But wait. Which narrative?
At this point, the party cannot have a Nawaz narrative and a Shehbaz narrative. What happens then? If the party wants to play the victim card, it will lean into the Nawaz narrative — and Maryam (if she’s not in jail) will be well placed to light up the campaign trail with this hardened, no-holds-barred narrative. But if such an eventuality were to arise, what happens to the Shehbaz school of thought? What happens to the delicately built bridges and an inclusive approach aimed at mending things instead of smashing them further? And what happens to the electables still waiting around in the party in the hope that Shehbaz would avoid the dreaded collision?
If Nawaz and Maryam are both in jail, their school of thought would insist the party has no option but to exploit the situation by going full extreme on the victim card by blaming and shaming the system. Shehbaz would then be in a really tight spot — and so would the party.
And if this wasn’t complicated enough, consider the following:
If the victim card does indeed work; and if the electorate does begin to respond; and if the electables within the party do calculate that the ‘political martyrdom’ narrative is paying dividends; and if Punjab refuses to abandon the Sharif ticket; and if the party does look in a solid position to win against all these odds — then will the Establishment be okay with the PML-N returning to power at the Centre or in Punjab or in both? And if not, then what?
Shehbaz is walking a tight rope. He can either save the day for his family and his party, or be devoured by the avalanche that is rumbling across the other side of his brother’s conviction.
At some point this May, Nawaz will need to decide on the big questions. At some point this May, Shehbaz will need to calculate the prospects of his approach paying dividends. At some point this May, the Nawaz School and the Shehbaz School will need to figure out if it is even possible to amalgamate the two narratives into one. At some point this May it will need to be established if such an amalgamation even lies within the realm of possibility. And at some point this May, the PML-N will need to decide what its core is, who its core is and what does this core stand for?
Once the caretakers are in and the party is out of the corridors of power, it will face the full heat of the pressure being exerted from all sides. Before it is exposed to these extreme temperatures, it needs to figure out the contradictions within itself and take the necessary decisions.
And the time for these decisions is May. Tick tock tick tock.
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Nawaz and Shahbaz. Two sides of the same hand in glove Sharifs.
If either one survives, then it is going to be a repeat of the same old since 1980s.
The time to keep winding the same old clock and expect a different outcome then the duo of moving hands, with an odd quickey moving fast, is not just tried and tested but has failed miserably as they don't move an inch but for their own benefit unless they are twisted at the back end.
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I think the investment in New Zealand shall be the first to surface after this governments departure, depending on when an MLA is sent regarding it.
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Din news nuf said
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This Jalsa size is admittedly beyond my best guestimates...
This Jalsa is not just a jalsa but a grand jalsa of Mega proportions...this is almost twice as big as the 2012 MinarePakistan Jalsa.
Roughly 150 Hecters of open ground set as Jalsa Gah has no more space to hold already and there are long cues on each and every city entry point and Roads leading up to MinarePakistan...
This Jalsa is not just a jalsa but a grand jalsa of Mega proportions...this is almost twice as big as the 2012 MinarePakistan Jalsa.
Roughly 150 Hecters of open ground set as Jalsa Gah has no more space to hold already and there are long cues on each and every city entry point and Roads leading up to MinarePakistan...
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Nayatel Data moments ago
Look at Geo lol
Look at Geo lol
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Even dunya news is ahead of Geo, lol.
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