Pakistan’s hybrid regime is fighting for its life. Will it survive Imran’s onslaught?

[Clutch]

Pakistanis who are bullish on PTI forget that Imran Khan is already a very old man and PTI is not as attractive as anyone else at all, while Maryam and Bilawal are young, time and future are not in PTI above

Maryam and Bilawal are young is your argument?.... Lol, typical failed Pakistani

 

[HAIDER]

minute 23 ... the case of burning MM Alam Sabre

 

[Imran Khan]

Pakistanis who are bullish on PTI forget that Imran Khan is already a very old man and PTI is not as attractive as anyone else at all, while Maryam and Bilawal are young, time and future are not in PTI above

a side note you don't know PTI and ISF at all . first generation of ISF politicians are already banging army these days . ever heard murad saeed ?

 

[Rank]

a side note you don't know PTI and ISF at all . first generation of ISF politicians are already banging army these days . ever heard murad saeed ?

Muraad Saeed, Ali Mohammad Khan .. there are many....

 

[Imran Khan]

Muraad Saeed, Ali Mohammad Khan .. there are many....

this is how political parties operate . even BJP is more democratic then our MF bhuttos sharifs desiels and dalalas

 

[Olympus81]

PTI is mummy daddy party. It went on a collision course and Establishment is all over the place.

PTI is a one man show and has no leadership apart from Imran Khan. Murad Saeed, Mohammad Ali Khan etc.

PTI can only do well in KP. Swept KP, Punjab, Karachi.

PTI has lost all support. Swept by elections.

Imran Khan is corrupt. Toshakhana dead. Al Qadir trust dead.

PTI is a terrorist party. Lets see what happens.

 

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Pakistan’s hybrid regime is fighting for its life. Will it survive Imran’s onslaught?​

We do not yet know whether Khan will win or lose, but what we can say for certain is that significant upheaval is around the corner.
Uzair M. Younus Published March 22, 2023 Updated about 4 hours ago
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This has been quite the ride. And it is nowhere close to being over yet.
What Pakistan is going through right now is the collapse of the seventh iteration of regimes that have governed the country since its founding in 1947, and moving towards a possible eighth iteration. These regimes have had varying degrees of balance between the various institutions that govern Pakistan, in particular the civilian and military ruling classes.

The ones that came before​

The first iteration was almost wholly civilian in nature but lasted only a few years. The death throes of this iteration unleashed a dictatorial kleptocracy whose shockwaves continue to reverberate across Pakistani society.
The birth of Bangladesh heralded the end of the second regime, which essentially consisted of the Ayub and Yahya dictatorships.
The third iteration was born under the guidance of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the resurrector of a nation-state that became the first to keep its name after the majority had split. This dispensation delivered the 1973 Constitution, attempted land reforms, and nationalised industries.
But the tilt towards civilians did not last and ultimately, this iteration was no match for the empire’s revenge. The fourth iteration tipped the balance of power firmly towards the military, giving us the horrors of Zia.
The 1990s saw a fifth iteration, one where the face was civilian, but the power still lay with the military. A game of musical chairs followed — with Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif and four caretaker prime ministers in the mix — leading to never-ending drama where the establishment seemed unsure how to deal with an unwieldy civilian leadership.
Musharraf’s dictatorship, perceived to be ‘benevolent’ by some to this day, was the sixth attempt. It once again cemented the primacy of the military as the dominant player in Pakistan’s political economy. But this regime collapsed soon after the most powerful man in the country took off his khaki-coloured armour and hybrid democracy followed — the seventh iteration of the governance compact that has continued to this day.



Benazir sacrificed her life for this iteration, it survived Nawaz’s disqualification in 2017, but is collapsing under the assault unleashed by Khan and his party. This seventh era may well have survived Khan’s ouster as well, were it not for the former prime minister’s decision to continue fighting. And it is this ongoing fight between Khan and his former benefactors that has dealt a deadly blow to this seventh iteration of a governance compact in Pakistan.

A new dawn (for the eighth time)​

Khan is now seeking to bring forth a new era, which, according to his supporters, will finally deliver the supremacy of the Constitution and rule of law promised to the citizens of the country. The goal, in the words of the PTI leadership and its supporters, is to have real and meaningful civilian supremacy. The status quo is seeking to prevent this outcome, they argue, pointing to nearly a hundred cases against Khan and the assassination attempt that almost ended his life.
Their goal, according to Khan himself, is to kill him, for he has become far too dangerous for his former benefactors. While Khan obfuscates much — like most politicians — here his words are clear.
The fact of the matter is that much is on the line, key among them, the job for the country’s prime minister, de jure the most powerful position in the Republic, and the country’s army chief, de facto the most powerful position in the Republic.
This fight among key actors of the ruling elite is not just about the elite. Khan is raging against the status quo, in particular the machine that has birthed him and many of his predecessors. Those that gave birth to him and nurtured him are vengeful and wield the instruments to achieve their goals. Khan knows this better than almost anybody alive and living in Pakistan, for he himself wielded some of this machine’s power while he was in power.



But what Khan is drawing strength from now is not just his own rage, but the support of millions of citizens who see him as their saviour. For Khan is not the only one who has been hard done by the status quo. Almost every citizen that is not among “them” has a direct or indirect experience of the horror that the status quo power inflicts. This also includes the likes of Nawaz — countless thronged to him and his daughter when he raged against the machine following his ouster.
The key difference now is that unlike his predecessors who have tried to outfox the status quo, Khan is following a direct and confrontational strategy. And while this strategy may have many flaws, its aggression is also perhaps its biggest strength. Around 60 per cent of Pakistan’s population is under 30 and they are angry. A significant portion of this demographic supports Khan. He recognises that, and uses it to his advantage.
But Khan is up against the leadership of the most powerful institution in Pakistan. He appears to have split the establishment itself and has the gavel bending to his power. This in itself is significant and heralds for things to come. We do not yet know whether Khan will win or lose, but what we can say for certain is that significant upheaval is around the corner.
The regime is dead. Long live the regime.

The main issue with tehreek e insaf is:
Although they mostly are sincere people who want to see a change for good. The issue is, they are not giving time to exactly pin point the corrupt and how they are doing corruption. For example, army is corrupt, but which soldier did which corruption is not known. Similarly, This politician was involve in xyz corruption.
Similarly something is wrong with this country, but what? And how can we correct it?
PTI should start publishing papers regarding people, economic conditions, our international loopholes etc.

PTI needs institutionalization. From professor to soldiers, all members should be organized.

 

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[BamsiBey]

However you missed a very important point. How old is Imran Khan? Imran Khan is 71 years old this year, not 51 years old, how many years can IK be active in Pakistani politics? PTI people are all frustrated politicians who defected from pmlm, PPP, pmlm(q) in the past. What charm can these people have? What is the popularity? As Imran Khan grows older, PTI will inevitably decline eventually! !

Age doesn't really matter in this part of the world politics. IK is bigger and stronger than ever before, mashallah
So long as IK is alive, he will get the votes to win.

Also, PTI is not just a party but an ideological movement to restore justice.

 

[RescueRanger]

Imran Khan's onslaught ran out of steam on May 25 last year. The new Government was visibly nervous at that time. Now they are attacking and mocking PTI. They are not afraid anymore.

The fact they are resorting to threatening people and charging an 11 year girl with rioting should tell you how scared they actually are.

 

[nbamba]

And these btards maryam and bilawal is the future you want, dynastic silver spoon fed retards, whose only skill is sarcasm… They have no character, no principles, no dignity, no sense of decency, or morality. Just because they know how to use Twitter does not give them credentials to rule over 240 million of which the majority are underprivileged and poor..
These 2 btards want to rule to get a name and the perks, they have no interest in the progress of the country, in providing education, healthcare, employment, social uplift.

Anybody who supports any of these two is either uneducated or complete retard, or as they say PARIYA LIKHA JAHIL..

You are so ridiculous! Who told you that politicians in hereditary dynasties must have no future? Japan, Thailand, Philippines, these countries are much richer than Pakistan, these countries are still controlled by hereditary dynastic politicians, are Pakistanis better educated than Japanese and Thais so that they cannot accept hereditary dynastic politics?

 

[Hero786]

دہشتگرد سپاہ صحابہ کی ریلی جو شیعوں اور سنیوں کی قاتل تنظیم ہے
موجودہ نام پابندی کے بعد "اہل سنت والجماعت" رکھ لیا گیا

https://twitter.com/x/status/1660581406261624834

 

[Imran Khan]

دہشتگرد سپاہ صحابہ کی ریلی جو شیعوں اور سنیوں کی قاتل تنظیم ہے
موجودہ نام پابندی کے بعد "اہل سنت والجماعت" رکھ لیا گیا

https://twitter.com/x/status/1660581406261624834

inshallah gray list of FATF again

 

[nbamba]

this is how political parties operate . even BJP is more democratic then our MF bhuttos sharifs desiels and dalalas

Your ignorance of history is amazing. Why did Bhutto and Sharif practice family rule? That's because if they don't implement family rule, PPP and PMLN will easily be divided and bought by the Pakistani military and ISI and eventually disintegrated! After Ali Bhutto was executed, a large number of unsettled elements of the PPP were wooed by the Pakistani military to leave the PPP. After Sharif was replaced by Musharraf, the PML quickly split into PMLN (Q). The suppression of Bhutto and Sharif by the Pakistani military was not comparable to that of Imran Khan. Imran Khan has always been the darling of the Pakistani military!

 

[Fasbre2]

You are so ridiculous! Who told you that politicians in hereditary dynasties must have no future? Japan, Thailand, Philippines, these countries are much richer than Pakistan, these countries are still controlled by hereditary dynastic politicians, are Pakistanis better educated than Japanese and Thais so that they cannot accept hereditary dynastic politics?

In other countries, the dynasties have an interest in the country’s progression… in Pakistan their only interest is their own financial progression AKA looting… open your eyes… you sounding like a pariya likha jahil..