Jango
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Both parties were given a chance to get out of the situation and still keep face.
Recall, before the date of the march, all commentators said that N league is planning to go within a week. But once IK called the march, N doubled down as if aisi ki taisi.
Now IK could not get out of the march without a concrete outcome either.
The way negotiations have went (this is purely my own analysis from hearing things from those who know things), IK was told keh N nay pehle damagh bana lia tha dissolution ka, but they aren't gonna call that if you are sitting in Islamabad, that would be a huge political loss for PML, keh they dissolved under pressure from IK.
IK gets to save face by saying that fauj got brought in, he didn't want a clash, etc etc...which is somewhat true as well. He got told keh you go back, chill a while, N does what it wants with the overseas and EVM vote (note, PTI already knew it cannot be implemented in 2023 elections), passes the NAB bill, and then dissolves, by saying keh ham nay apnay electoral aur NAB reforms kar liay hain (which is the line they have towed since the beginning, keh ham nay electoral aur NAB reforms kay bad elections karnay hain), is liay ham election kar rahay hain, not because of IK.
IK gets elections, N gets to do them after passing the bills and saves some face.
Now, this much was on the cards since yesterday midnight, and things accelerated after the IMF decisions too.
Now, some say that PTI knew the prices were going to be increased today, as it had become imperative to do so in light of the IMF breakdown, and 1-800-dialdaddy (thanks @RescueRanger ) ensured PTI complied.
But the question mark is, if N is going for elections, then why the heck would it raise the prices now? Poora masla hi yehi tha they wanted to increase prices only if they were guaranteed a full term. Agr elections pehle karnay hi hain, aur prices bhi barha hi di hain, to pehle hi barha dete.
The conjecture is obviously that the pressure from the help line above was too much, but I do not believe that for a bit.
Either IK got played again with a truck ki batti, or N ceded that it has to give up some political leverage and increase the prices AND also go for elections.
Let's see how it unfolds.
I can't believe I am agreeing with you, but yes.
We all know how cases are kept in files all along, to be fast paced at the time of opportunity.
In this case too, someone did tell me back in 2018 that PTI seats were 'managed' to keep them around the 130 mark, and not go above that so they make a unitary government and go solo. I did mention this scenario on the forum as well (can't quite find the post), but I too brushed it off as conjecture at the time.
Recall, Kh Asif has himself admitted in many meetings that he was losing the election, but then he got some 'help'. There are many PTI MNA candidates who alleged rigging too, but that got drowned out in the aftermath.
Unfortunate realities.
