Nawaz Sharif is the only viable option for Pakistan!

[Tripoli]

Voted through rigging, there's a huge difference. Same Supreme Court that Nawaz Sharif burned down?

And i agree, we are all crying. Economy has collapsed, more taxes, will even have to pay a tax on Hajj/Umrah.

Although i love how you completely ignored your Raheel Sharif query when i completely ripped it apart hahahahaa, munh kala karwa liya hai aab khush ho haha.



Developed ?

Developing Lahore is not developing Punjab. Just look at the poverty in Punjab, Hospitals, Schools. Heck, we don't even have clean water in Punjab. Every department in Punjab is corrupt to the core. Name me a single department in Punjab that is actually functioning. Creating roads and bridges just so you can hand out those big fat juicy contracts to Ittefaq Foundry at inflated prices is not Development, its Corruption.



When was the last time you were in KPK? I just came back from there in Feb.

It amuses me how you misinterpreted the entire point of my post(intentionally maybe?). I will say it again Nawaz relative to Imran Khan has done a lot more development. As I said in post no. 36, there is no better option than Nawaz
right now. Imran Khan is NOT an alternative to Nawaz. If I had a choice, I would never pick Nawaz but
if the alternative is Imran, then I will be sticking with Nawaz.

As for corruption in infrastructure projects. EVERYONE does it even PTI. The point is
who delivers more. While some plant trees, others build roads and bridges.

Yes sure he made punjab Paris

Much better than Imran Khan's kpk. Remember we are talking in the relative sense.

 

[Vapnope]

And what do you mean by this liberal democracy.

Liberal democracy is the one that holds human rights sacred even if majority is saying otherwise. The type of democracy we have in Pakistan can best be described as an Athenian democracy where certain factions of the society had no rights.

 

[Norwegian]

Much better than Imran Khan's kpk. Remember we are talking in the relative sense

Imran Khans first time in power. Nawaz government has been in punjab six times already

 

[Tripoli]

Imran Khans first time in power. Nawaz government has been in punjab six times already

I agree with you but why did he not use this opportunity to turn kpk into his version of Gujarat(Modi's gujarat). He would
then have something to show for. His government recently spent hundred of milions of dollars in planting trees (which is still better than doing nothing). That money could have been used to improve the water, sanitation, roads and other infrastructure in the province which would affect the average man.

In 2013 when he won in KPK I had great hope for him but as time passed I accepted the ground reality that he was no better, if not worse than, Nawaz.

We Pakistanis will never get a good leader until we change ourselves and positively contribute
to our society which of course we will never do.

 

[Snakebite]

Chutia her kisi ko apni tara ka samja hua ha Jo noora ki tati ko be sambhaal ker rakhin ga. Main tera baap ki umer ka hoon unless tum apna baap ko be apna beta manta ho

And using such foul language makes you a better person? Even if you oppose some one, do not use foul language and abuse them. And writing like "Ma tumharay baap ki umar ka hoon" makes me think you are a senior member here so give respect and get respect.

 

[IceCold]

And using such foul language makes you a better person? Even if you oppose some one, do not use foul language and abuse them. And writing like "Ma tumharay baap ki umar ka hoon" makes me think you are a senior member here so give respect and get respect.

Instead of lecturing me hit the report button if you are so offended. I replied him in the tone he deserved and would continue to do so.

 

[wasileo80]

I seriously doubt the credibility of the writer.

Yes it is shown through your profile pic

 

[Danish saleem]

yes we can differ with NS or PML N on their politics, but its a factual truth , that he is the only one remaining who understands world affairs and Pakistani Politics.

and we have to accept that after 2002, Pakistan is in better condition, like in law and order, economy, and foreign affairs.

 

[Genghis khan1]

With no alternative vision for governance and two insurgencies, Pakistanis must support Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif [Reuters]

by
Tom Hussain

@tomthehack

Tom Hussain is a journalist and Pakistan affairs analyst based in Islamabad.

Pakistan has undergone a breathless eight years since its third transition from military rule to elected parliamentary governance in 2008.

The elections that year were overshadowed by the tragic assassination in December 2007 of Benazir Bhutto, who was on course for an unprecedented term as prime minister, amid a wave of national optimism. Her murder heralded the onset of a Taliban insurgency that has cost the country dearly.

As significantly, it robbed Pakistan of a leader acceptable to the public across the country's four federating units. The wave of sympathy that followed ushered into power a coalition government engineered by her widower, President Asif Ali Zardari, but his reputation for corruption, justifiable or not, has made him a hugely divisive figure, and certainly not one with whom most Pakistanis wish to identify.

Inside Story - Targeting the Taliban

Naturally, the spotlight shifted to Bhutto's career-long rival, Nawaz Sharif, whose sweeping victory in the 2013 general election reflected the electorate's frustration with the Zardari administration's preoccupation with consolidating power, and inability to arrest the declining security situation and economy, in particular crippling power shortages.

Allegations of corruption
Sharif, too, has struggled. Like Zardari, he has been dogged by allegations of corruption, but unlike the former president, he has been hamstrung by a lack of political wiles.

READ MORE: Death of a warlord will change nothing in Afghanistan

His naivety was exposed by his attempt to seek a negotiated peace with the Pakistani Taliban who, unlike their Afghan colleagues, have no popular support whatsoever.

Khan, while the obvious candidate, has yet to turn rhetoric into a practical course of action...



Similarly, he was tricked into launching a treason prosecution against General Pervez Musharraf, who had ousted him in an October 1999 coup, whereas he should have realised that it would antagonise the country's powerful military, thereby weakening his ability as prime minister to govern.

Thus barely more than a year after being elected, Sharif's government was nearly toppled by raucous protests led by former sports star Imran Khan, who has latched on to the exasperation of many Pakistanis with the country's pervasive culture of corruption, nepotism and lawlessness to emerge as a potential prime minister.

Indeed, had it not been for the outspoken support within parliament of Zardari's coalition, now in opposition, and an embarrassing surrender of defence and foreign policy decision-making to the military, Sharif would have been overthrown.

Nonetheless, his public approval ratings remain very high, according to opinion pollsconducted late last year.

With the odd exception, where by-elections have been necessitated, his party has retained seats in the federal parliament and the assembly in populous Punjab province, his political heartland. It also swept to victory in recent local government elections held there.

Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan [Reuters]
Nor is that level of support likely to change significantly because of the Panama Papers' revelations that his adult children have owned offshore companies.

It is not that Sharif is well endowed with with the charisma, eloquence, instincts and forceful personality that traditionally define a "leader".

Rather, it is because Sharif is acceptable to the majority of Pakistanis, including the the three of four provinces in which his party has no popular support to speak of, because he is perceived as a safe pair of hands.

Confrontational and ruthless
Another factor is the lack of a credible alternative. Khan, while the obvious candidate, has yet to turn rhetoric into a practical course of action, and because of the involvement of an army general in the 2014 protests, is not liked in the southern provinces of Balochistan and Sindh, where people are distrustful of the Punjab-centric military.

READ MORE: Momentum builds for Pakistan to act against corruption

Khan is yet to mature the way Sharif has. Whereas he was a confrontational and ruthless political protagonist in his two brief stints as prime minister in the 1990s, Sharif is now cautious.


Undoubtedly, his forced exile from Pakistan during General Musharraf’s regime, spent mostly in Saudi Arabia, gave him time to reflect. During that period, he also grew close to Bhutto and was profoundly affected by her assassination.

With her gone, Sharif is the only politician in Pakistan with the stature of a credible national leader, albeit it a highly flawed one. Thus Pakistanis have good reason to feel nervous about their prime minister's scheduled open-heart surgery on Tuesday.

Sharif's detractors, after pausing briefly to pray for his recovery, have created a furore about who, constitutionally, can rule Pakistan while he is indisposed.

Minus Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan would be leaderless at a time when it is deeply involved in fighting two insurgencies...



Perhaps they should broaden their perspective.

Minus Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan would be leaderless at a time when it is deeply involved in fighting two insurgencies - one against the Taliban, the other against Baloch rebels. Its economy is tentatively emerging from eight years of austerity.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's relations with neighbouring Afghanistan and India are uncomfortably antagonistic, and it is being diplomatically squeezed by the United States on matters of national security, as evidenced by the US drone strike that recently killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

As such, any pursuit of Sharif's political demise that is not focused on a legitimate transfer of power after the 2018 general election is rooted in callous disregard for Pakistan's stability.

Those political actors are either blind to the nationally divisive consequences of their actions, or just don't care.

Tom Hussain is a journalist and Pakistan affairs analyst based in Islamabad.

The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.

Tommy ka demag chal gia hy.

 

[Archie]

When the alternatives are Zardari and Imran
Nawaz does appears to be the saner choice

 

[BetterPakistan]

Yes it is shown through your profile pic

Oh really?

My profile pic possess a great leader's photo whose name is Pakistan Khan.

Don't worry, soon we're gonna gift you by bolding your na 110 wicket...

 

[wasileo80]

Oh really?

My profile pic possess a great leader's photo whose name is Pakistan Khan.

Don't worry, soon we're gonna gift you by bolding your na 110 wicket...

Great Leader in your views not by my point of view.
And keep your wickets with you and enjoy with those wickets

 

[BetterPakistan]

Great Leader in your views not by my point of view.
And keep your wickets with you and enjoy with those wickets

I don't give a damn about your views so keep it with you.

After taking the wickets we are gonna bat, wait and watch.

 

[wasileo80]

I don't give a damn about your views so keep it with you.

After taking the wickets we are gonna bat, wait and watch.

And vice versa. You also keep your damn views with you. If you post something here then there would be replies.
If you dont have guts to face then why you are here?
This is the problem with most PTI supporters not to accept other's point of view.

 

[volatile]

Tommy ka demag chal gia hy.

An other alternative ?