The general elections' results in Pakistan is still coming out in a trickle. As per present trends, the following are the standings of the different political parties:-
(a) PPP(Bilawal Bhutto) 39
(b) Tehreek-e-Insaf(Imran Khan) 109
(c) PML-N(Shehbaz Sharif) 57
(d) Others 37
The funniest thing is that Imran Khan has already declared himself the Prime Minister, confirming the complaint by international observers, his political opponents and certain local news agencies that the polls have been rigged. India doesn't even have an iota of doubt that the entire tamasha has been scripted by the ISI and the Pak Army. The related questions are simple:-
(a) How can a party claim the top post without having formed a grouping with the other likeminded
parties and acquired a majority?
(b) Doesn't it require the elected representatives of his party to elect him as the leader or is it that it
is his fiefdom to be the automatic leader? Doesn't it smack of inner party dictatorship?
(c) What are the other political parties gonna do who've alleged mass rigging in the polls? Will
they boycott the entire process like Imran, himself had done, post elections '13?
Some more statistics about the Pakistan General Elections '18:-
* Polls were held in 272 seats.
* They were for the national and provincial assemblies.
* 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for minorities.
* 106 million registered voters.
* This will be only the second civilian transfer of power in Pakistan's 70 year history.
* Up to 800,000 security forces deployed for polling duties across 85,000 polling stations.
* 3,765 candidates were in the fray, 110 registered political parties, 30 active political parties,
18 is the voting age.
Imran Khan, as the Prime Minister.
Is, basically, a cricketer with no political knowledge. The twenty years of trying to gain a foothold in politics is being tom tommed as his experience in the field when he never showed an inclination to respect the views of the other political parties! His personality has been that of a vain guy, utterly shallow, a show offer with strong opinions on those issues that he's aware of and his public utterances have always been insensitive to others' feelings and he gives off a pretentious outlook. His numerous marriages - probably with religious approval - and the siring of many children as rumoured in the book by an ex-wife of his - shows recklessness as well as frivolity. Will such a person be able to give a credible leadership to a country like Pakistan, which has been craving for one since the time it has come into being?
He's gonna be the army's puppet and will, therefore, never be taken seriously in the international fora. For India, he's gonna be of a nuisance value parroting his army's policies. His initial press conference, unfortunately, points to this aspect. His ideas about Kashmir is conservative and simply not acceptable to India.
However, if he were to deliver, unshackling himself from the Army's control and come off with good governance, he might carve a niche for himself and become acceptable to one and all. But will the Army let him? And does he have the guts to stand up to them? That, indeed, is the big question.
But the biggest winner in this elections is the common Pakistani voter who has shown the guts and the temerity to reject all the candidates, belonging to the terrorist outfits outright, unlike their political leadership!
Tailpiece.
Today's Ammachi's remembrance day as per the Malayalam calendar. She crowded my thoughts!
(a) PPP(Bilawal Bhutto) 39
(b) Tehreek-e-Insaf(Imran Khan) 109
(c) PML-N(Shehbaz Sharif) 57
(d) Others 37
The funniest thing is that Imran Khan has already declared himself the Prime Minister, confirming the complaint by international observers, his political opponents and certain local news agencies that the polls have been rigged. India doesn't even have an iota of doubt that the entire tamasha has been scripted by the ISI and the Pak Army. The related questions are simple:-
(a) How can a party claim the top post without having formed a grouping with the other likeminded
parties and acquired a majority?
(b) Doesn't it require the elected representatives of his party to elect him as the leader or is it that it
is his fiefdom to be the automatic leader? Doesn't it smack of inner party dictatorship?
(c) What are the other political parties gonna do who've alleged mass rigging in the polls? Will
they boycott the entire process like Imran, himself had done, post elections '13?
Some more statistics about the Pakistan General Elections '18:-
* Polls were held in 272 seats.
* They were for the national and provincial assemblies.
* 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for minorities.
* 106 million registered voters.
* This will be only the second civilian transfer of power in Pakistan's 70 year history.
* Up to 800,000 security forces deployed for polling duties across 85,000 polling stations.
* 3,765 candidates were in the fray, 110 registered political parties, 30 active political parties,
18 is the voting age.
Imran Khan, as the Prime Minister.
Is, basically, a cricketer with no political knowledge. The twenty years of trying to gain a foothold in politics is being tom tommed as his experience in the field when he never showed an inclination to respect the views of the other political parties! His personality has been that of a vain guy, utterly shallow, a show offer with strong opinions on those issues that he's aware of and his public utterances have always been insensitive to others' feelings and he gives off a pretentious outlook. His numerous marriages - probably with religious approval - and the siring of many children as rumoured in the book by an ex-wife of his - shows recklessness as well as frivolity. Will such a person be able to give a credible leadership to a country like Pakistan, which has been craving for one since the time it has come into being?
He's gonna be the army's puppet and will, therefore, never be taken seriously in the international fora. For India, he's gonna be of a nuisance value parroting his army's policies. His initial press conference, unfortunately, points to this aspect. His ideas about Kashmir is conservative and simply not acceptable to India.
However, if he were to deliver, unshackling himself from the Army's control and come off with good governance, he might carve a niche for himself and become acceptable to one and all. But will the Army let him? And does he have the guts to stand up to them? That, indeed, is the big question.
But the biggest winner in this elections is the common Pakistani voter who has shown the guts and the temerity to reject all the candidates, belonging to the terrorist outfits outright, unlike their political leadership!
Tailpiece.
Today's Ammachi's remembrance day as per the Malayalam calendar. She crowded my thoughts!
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