MQM ex-supporters will vote PTI, we cannot have both.. those who used to vote mqm, are now going to vote for PTI, because they want betterment of Karachi and they will rightly choose PTI for Peace. mqm is expired
MQM ex supporters wont go to PTI now because they harbor lot of sympathies with MQM and during current hard time MQM is going through they wont leave MQM like that because they still have sentiments for the Party along with whom they have seen Good and Bad Times in the past. Its Anti MQM Vote Bank that PTI has potential to get right now but now since JI has also came in to action that Vote would divide as well.
MQM is a disgusting party. They call every Urdu speaking who does not support them as Mir Jafar/Mir Sadiq.
JI Karachi, PTI Karachi are full of Urdu speakings people, and MQM even calls Karachiites working in ARY as traitors because the aired that video evidence which showed criminals walking in and out of 9-0.
What hypocrites! Claim to fight for rights of Urdu speaking, but till this day not even one protest rally or walk out against Quota System! And their so called leader sits in a foreign land for 23 years.
Meanwhile Imran Khan to visit Azizabad to address workers and supporters in mid April.
Check the difference.
I can agree with you to some extent for JI but PTI has Pashtun Elements stronger in Karachi not Urdu Speaking element if you consider them on organization level. Altaf's words about ARY would effect few people but overall nothing would happened because its very well observed they are BIASED towards PTI. Those Evidences and other things would also effect in favor of MQM because most of the people of this constituency have seen the time during 1990s when Haqiqi was imposed so they have been through all that and also been through Media Biased before.
For PTI JI is the biggest threat because they not only have strong organization but also have substantial Anti MQM Vote Bank and that Vote Bank would get divided if JI doesnt Step down in Favor of PTI as PTI is also trying to secure same Vote Bank.
campaigning? nowhere on the flyer does it say the name of MQM.
it's anti PTI propaganda, mostly definitely by MQM.
If that is the case then JI is also a suspect because Practically both are fighting for same people to Vote i.e Anti MQM Votes.
do you live in karachi? because i live in what used to be a 100% MQM area (tariq road), and not once has mqm ever given us such flyers, at the time of LG polls or 2013 election or any by-poll.
Tariq Road wasnt 100% MQM area rather it was Mixture of Sunni Tehrik and MQM due to large Memon population and that area is quite irrelevant for NA 246 because places like Liaqatabad, Gharibabad, Musa Calony and other areas are located here and even Bhutto was Greeted with Shoes in those areas when he came to Karachi in the same manner Imran Khan is coming. So Tariq Road Example is quite irrelevant to show here and if MQM work on exposing their Sectarian and Taliban outfits links of PTI even that area would be gone from PTI.
it's not about winning, it's about sending a message. if the difference in votes is just a few hundred it will show mqm that they can not rule Karachi through their politics of terror.
Agreed its not about winning for PTI rather providing a message but if JI is able to get Anti MQM Votes then this would give quite opposite message that all PTI Votes of 2013 Elections were belong to JI so either PTI try to convince JI to step down in their favor or try harder then what they are trying so far.
ou can strike out middle class from that, because id say middle class is divided 60/40 in favor of pti.
and who said IK doesn't care about Karachi's problems? have you heard his speeches? and who can say that w/o giving him a chance in karachi? mqm has already been given chance.
Upper Middle Class are mostly with PTI but medium Middle Class and Lower middle Class are still with MQM for the time being unless they dont have another alternative as Imran Khan is perceived as Temporary Phenomenon right now.
MQM has literally 0 support in Punjab. They can't do anything there.
MQM is not interested in Punjab now especially during these tough times because they are more concerned with saving their own base which is Karachi and this Election would be the special case for them if they won they would survive longer and if they lose someone else would take the place. Margin doesnt matter for them as much as its matter for PTI. Survival through winning the seat is a thing which they are trying right now. They can reclaim other seats later but this one is what is most Important for them.
were they not supposed to distribute pamphlets about their own performance ?
They dont need to because their performance during LB system is quite well known to Karachi and also its way better then PTI's current performance in KPK in last two years. Everyone understand the problem that if they are given authority they deliver the results but so far PTI despite of authority of a province have Dharnas and Jalsas to show to people.