PTI: What went wrong?

[Genghis khan1]

This is exactly the problem with PTI. When they do not have an argument target the person

This is exactly the problem with PTI. When they do not have an argument target the person.

Just stating the fact. A simple observation.

The patwari issue is their intellect level. They expect a solid argument over someone’s nonsense opinion

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Actually Imran Khan invited the shit storm himself by appointing Buzdar in Punjab. This give disgruntled media a perfect opportunity to malign PTI from day first. I am sure Imran will never hire Buzdar to run management of Shaukut Khanum or NUML but he gave Punjab to him.

Now it has developed into an ego problem for IK to replace him.

 

[Khanate]

Storm in a tea cup.

 

[HAIDER]

ALL is not well with the government. Fifteen months ago, the PTI swept into power riding an avalanche of hope. Today, it is burdened with disillusionment. What went wrong? Here are five reasons:

1. Lack of direction: Imran Khan’s government still does not know what it stands for. Yes the government is talking and attempting a gazillion things, but that is exactly the problem: hazy focus. As Khurram Husain pointed out in his incisive column on these pages, the PPP and PML-N had legacy projects that defined to a great extent their main achievement but the PTI, so far, has none. Is it accountability? If so, what has the government done to improve the process? As its leaders are fond of saying, opposition members are facing old cases and NAB is doing whatever accountability is being done. And even this process is under criticism because of its partisanship.

If the big ticket item for PTI is not accountability, is it a stunning turnaround of the economy? Not so. Is it a revolutionary police reform? It is nonexistent. Is it the imposition of an ‘education emergency’ with specific targets? No such emergency is in sight. Is it housing? We have not heard Khan speak about housing of late. Is it the Ehsaas programme? Read the excellent story by Syed Irfan Raza in this newspaper and you will have the answer.

So if it is a bit of all this, then there is no clarity in terms of prioritisation. It is such prioritisation that channels a government’s energies, direction and funds towards a legacy-building achievement. The PTI does not have one.

The PTI continues to display a cavalier attitude towards complex problems.

2. Lack of narrative: That the government does not have a narrative is strange for a party that turbo-charged its way to power on the wheels of a powerful narrative. Promise of change is alluring. Its seduction lies in its vague generalities and sweeping statements. But delivering on this promise requires a new set of skills draped in specifics, detailing and execution. These skills require an upgraded narrative that stitches promises with deliverables; that knits intentions with actions; that substitutes aims with policies and that encapsulates all these into a wide narrative arc that convinces people their lives are improving. The PTI is still whipping its container narrative to death. The diminishing returns accruing as a result are obvious.

3. Lack of governance in Punjab: The prime minister birthed the Buzdar blunder. Punjab is the battleground where ‘tabdeeli’ was to manifest itself in all its glory. It was supposed to be the jewel in Imran Khan’s crown. Tossing this jewel to Usman Buzdar was a mistake. Letting him keep it was a blunder. Allowing him to defile it is a disaster. And yet here we are 15 months into the experiment with a fiasco unfolding in slow motion, and here he is blundering ahead with the blunder.

The prime minister is expending a lot of precious — and depleting — political capital by hanging on to the Buzdar blunder despite insistent and consis-tent warnings from his supporters, defenders and benefactors. Punjab is a mess. It is Buzdar’s mess. More importantly, it is Khan’s mess. And he does not seem to mind it.

4. Lack of gravitas: The PTI is handling power callously. It continues to display a cavalier attitude towards complex problems. For instance, most PTI leaders, including their boss, continue to pretend they do not know the difference between an accused person and a convicted one. When this key distinction is ignored while chronicling a political theme, the entire discourse becomes skewed, in fact, dangerously wrong. This same alarmingly simplistic approach is reflected in repeatedly invoking the NRO while knowing — hopefully — that the executive is in no position to make the court cases against its opponents disappear. This linearity and quasi-superficiality of thought in the highest echelons of power is alarming at best and terrifying at worst.

But there is more. When this cavalier attitude morphs into a gung-ho one, you end up with needless complications like the foreign funding case in the ECP. For nearly five years, the PTI has handled this case with barely disguised contempt. Now it is staring into the abyss of an existential crisis. Power is a sacred trust bestowed on the PTI by Pakistani citizens. It needs to handle it with greater respect and humility.

5. Lack of inclusiveness: The government has adopted divisiveness as its political philosophy. The ‘other-isation’ of its opponents and by default their followers has enabled the PTI to inject a lethal dose of hate in our nation’s environment. This revulsion for political adversaries — and the expression of this revulsion through abusive words — has seeped so deep that it almost irreparable. In such a deeply antagonistic political climate, there can be no meaningful debate, discussion or discourse. The death of decent dialogue weighs heavy on us all. The visceral hatred that defines the relationship between key political stakeholders is suffocating democracy’s ability to breathe normally. A smog of revulsion blankets the realm.

The result: the PTI has more than three years of its mandate still left and yet it is battling the demons of existential crises. The government insists these crises exist in the imagination of its critics, and yet this is what makes them so dangerous. Perceptions alter realities, and the PTI is losing the battle of perceptions. It is increasingly seen as a government that is low on delivery, low on clarity, low on policy, high on empty rhetoric, high on vitriolic bluster and high on lofty intentions. Its obsession with vendetta as a substitute for deliverable governance is blinding it to the pummelling it is getting in the ring of public opinion.

A serious rethink is required in Banigala. The wrongs can be righted; the course can be corrected and a new forward-looking, people-oriented and inclusive approach can be adopted. But for this to happen, the lords of PTI will need to open their eyes, open their ears — and above all — open their hearts.

The writer is Dawn’s resident editor in Islamabad.

Twitter: @Fahdhusain

Published in Dawn, November 23rd, 2019
https://www.dawn.com/news/1518365

He thought he will punish these corrupt leaders and control ages of corruption. But, he didn't realize these corrupts control national economy. Capitalist testicles are all around democratic office and bureaucracy .
I see grim chances of his govt survival. I would say his allies should break away and something cause new election in Pakistan... If PTI wants to do something, then they need to come with solid majority in parliament without parachuters ..
May be am wrong, after Alice Wells statement about China/CPEC, it is feeling Chinese-American trade war has found new battle field in Pakistan.

 

[ejaz007]

Just stating the fact. A simple observation.

The patwari issue is their intellect level. They expect a solid argument over someone’s nonsense opinion

You have just proven my point. Personal attack is the only argument PTI has left.

If someone does not agree with PTI he is Patwari.

 

[Musafir117]

Just stating the fact. A simple observation.

The patwari issue is their intellect level. They expect a solid argument over someone’s nonsense opinion

lol why he get a positive rating is
Andha bante reverian..........
he called someone Patwari which may be a SIR name in PTI dictionary?
@Eagle @waz what’s happening around

You have just proven my point. Personal attack is the only argument PTI has left.

If someone does not agree with PTI he is Patwari.

funny thing is that he got a positive on that.
Everything is SELECTED here mate

 

[PradoTLC]

ALL is not well with the government. Fifteen months ago, the PTI swept into power riding an avalanche of hope. Today, it is burdened with disillusionment. What went wrong? Here are five reasons:

1. Lack of direction: Imran Khan’s government still does not know what it stands for. Yes the government is talking and attempting a gazillion things, but that is exactly the problem: hazy focus. As Khurram Husain pointed out in his incisive column on these pages, the PPP and PML-N had legacy projects that defined to a great extent their main achievement but the PTI, so far, has none. Is it accountability? If so, what has the government done to improve the process? As its leaders are fond of saying, opposition members are facing old cases and NAB is doing whatever accountability is being done. And even this process is under criticism because of its partisanship.

If the big ticket item for PTI is not accountability, is it a stunning turnaround of the economy? Not so. Is it a revolutionary police reform? It is nonexistent. Is it the imposition of an ‘education emergency’ with specific targets? No such emergency is in sight. Is it housing? We have not heard Khan speak about housing of late. Is it the Ehsaas programme? Read the excellent story by Syed Irfan Raza in this newspaper and you will have the answer.

So if it is a bit of all this, then there is no clarity in terms of prioritisation. It is such prioritisation that channels a government’s energies, direction and funds towards a legacy-building achievement. The PTI does not have one.

The PTI continues to display a cavalier attitude towards complex problems.

2. Lack of narrative: That the government does not have a narrative is strange for a party that turbo-charged its way to power on the wheels of a powerful narrative. Promise of change is alluring. Its seduction lies in its vague generalities and sweeping statements. But delivering on this promise requires a new set of skills draped in specifics, detailing and execution. These skills require an upgraded narrative that stitches promises with deliverables; that knits intentions with actions; that substitutes aims with policies and that encapsulates all these into a wide narrative arc that convinces people their lives are improving. The PTI is still whipping its container narrative to death. The diminishing returns accruing as a result are obvious.

3. Lack of governance in Punjab: The prime minister birthed the Buzdar blunder. Punjab is the battleground where ‘tabdeeli’ was to manifest itself in all its glory. It was supposed to be the jewel in Imran Khan’s crown. Tossing this jewel to Usman Buzdar was a mistake. Letting him keep it was a blunder. Allowing him to defile it is a disaster. And yet here we are 15 months into the experiment with a fiasco unfolding in slow motion, and here he is blundering ahead with the blunder.

The prime minister is expending a lot of precious — and depleting — political capital by hanging on to the Buzdar blunder despite insistent and consis-tent warnings from his supporters, defenders and benefactors. Punjab is a mess. It is Buzdar’s mess. More importantly, it is Khan’s mess. And he does not seem to mind it.

4. Lack of gravitas: The PTI is handling power callously. It continues to display a cavalier attitude towards complex problems. For instance, most PTI leaders, including their boss, continue to pretend they do not know the difference between an accused person and a convicted one. When this key distinction is ignored while chronicling a political theme, the entire discourse becomes skewed, in fact, dangerously wrong. This same alarmingly simplistic approach is reflected in repeatedly invoking the NRO while knowing — hopefully — that the executive is in no position to make the court cases against its opponents disappear. This linearity and quasi-superficiality of thought in the highest echelons of power is alarming at best and terrifying at worst.

But there is more. When this cavalier attitude morphs into a gung-ho one, you end up with needless complications like the foreign funding case in the ECP. For nearly five years, the PTI has handled this case with barely disguised contempt. Now it is staring into the abyss of an existential crisis. Power is a sacred trust bestowed on the PTI by Pakistani citizens. It needs to handle it with greater respect and humility.

5. Lack of inclusiveness: The government has adopted divisiveness as its political philosophy. The ‘other-isation’ of its opponents and by default their followers has enabled the PTI to inject a lethal dose of hate in our nation’s environment. This revulsion for political adversaries — and the expression of this revulsion through abusive words — has seeped so deep that it almost irreparable. In such a deeply antagonistic political climate, there can be no meaningful debate, discussion or discourse. The death of decent dialogue weighs heavy on us all. The visceral hatred that defines the relationship between key political stakeholders is suffocating democracy’s ability to breathe normally. A smog of revulsion blankets the realm.

The result: the PTI has more than three years of its mandate still left and yet it is battling the demons of existential crises. The government insists these crises exist in the imagination of its critics, and yet this is what makes them so dangerous. Perceptions alter realities, and the PTI is losing the battle of perceptions. It is increasingly seen as a government that is low on delivery, low on clarity, low on policy, high on empty rhetoric, high on vitriolic bluster and high on lofty intentions. Its obsession with vendetta as a substitute for deliverable governance is blinding it to the pummelling it is getting in the ring of public opinion.

A serious rethink is required in Banigala. The wrongs can be righted; the course can be corrected and a new forward-looking, people-oriented and inclusive approach can be adopted. But for this to happen, the lords of PTI will need to open their eyes, open their ears — and above all — open their hearts.

The writer is Dawn’s resident editor in Islamabad.

Twitter: @Fahdhusain

Published in Dawn, November 23rd, 2019
https://www.dawn.com/news/1518365

this guy is a noonie....

where was he when Nawaz was messing around?...



having said that PTI need to make corrective actions ASAP

 

[Xestan]

this guy is a noonie....

where was he when Nawaz was messing around?...



having said that PTI need to make corrective actions ASAP

Um, he has been a long time critic of NS and his former government.

Actually Imran Khan invited the shit storm himself by appointing Buzdar in Punjab. This give disgruntled media a perfect opportunity to malign PTI from day first. I am sure Imran will never hire Buzdar to run management of Shaukut Khanum or NUML but he gave Punjab to him.

Now it has developed into an ego problem for IK to replace him.

Buzdar, man. This guy will destroy the party in my province. Why do you think PTI is holding back on LB elections? Everybody knows PML-N will sweep.

 

[crankthatskunk]

PTI Logic: Target the person, never counter the opinion with solid argument.

I am certainly not PTI supporter. But what is your logic!! PMLN criminal goons!!
As for Fahad, you only see someone's worth when "Ount pahar ke neeche aye".
Enough said.

 

[crankthatskunk]

1- Lack of Direction: Not really. When PTI took over, they probably didn’t realise how bad the economic conditions were. More than tweaking, it needed a complete overhaul. Therefore, the focus was shifted to the economy. It became the direction, until it is fixed.

To fix the Pakistani economy is a slow and painful process, which cannot be rushed.

It needs, direction, focus, perseverance and application. More than all others, it need ruthless implementation. Traders have shown that softer hands approach wouldn’t work, rather iron hands are needed to sort out the malaises of “tax evasion”, under and over invoicing, failure to deposit to the State the Sales Tax collected from the customers. In Europe you would be jailed if you try to steal the VAT you have collected from the customers’ on State’s behalf.


2- Lack of Narrative: I for one is very happy that PTI doesn’t have a narrative. What is a narrative, one should ask the “Aristotle” of Pakistan!! What the PMLN recently created on the “sickness” of Nawaz Butt is called narrative!! Let’s not fool ourselves, the parties in Pakistan for 70 years had narratives and no substance. Forget about substance to their narratives, they are downright liars, crooks and nincompoops.

3- Lack of Governance in Punjab: Once again I for one is more than happy that there is lack of governance in Punjab. What PMLN or in other words the “Mujrim-e-Ala” was doing in Punjab was not governance but pure theft and loot. Yeah, one thing you can give it to the Butts they are ruthlessly efficient to hide their crimes and thefts. I can write pages on their thefts and crimes, but there is no need we are all very well aware of it.

4- Lack of Gravitas: Well, if anything, it shows how crooked Mr Fahd Hussain really is. This crook doesn’t understand that some of us could be real legal buffs, and if he faces some of us, he would have no place to hide. For example, let him explain why Nawaz was not a convict!! Or why for the same reasons Maryam is not a convict!!

Probably, in his weird world of reality, it is ok for someone to submit fake documents in the highest court in the land. Order the judges to settle the cases according to their whims. Called the judge to your residence and order him to provide evidence that he had made errors in his judgement to convict me. If he doesn’t agree, sent your son to a holly place to meet the judge to bribe him. And if nothing works then hold a press conference to oust him.

This Mr Fahd Hussain thinks that we were born yesterday and he is the only one with brains. Ridiculous.

5- What this crook is trying to preach is that we should love the criminals who have looted and destroyed Pakistan for 70 years. He is advising this because he had been happy with those criminals and worked harmoniously with them for decades without shame and remorse. In other nations people demand to jail those crooks. In other nation Mr Fahd Hussain would be working on a “Take Away” serving the drunk nobs leaving the pubs at 11 pm.

6- The Result: The result is that Pakistan is going in right directions. The economy is improving gradually, but like I said, it would take probably the whole term to put it at the right course. People started to understand what had happened to them in last 70 years, how the thieves have stolen from them and all the ills they face are due to the thefts by these criminals. Nothing has exposed the Butts more than the current saga of the fake illness of Nawaz Butt. Now even the common Joe understand that he lied and fooled the whole nation by pulling up a fake illness to escape the justice.


Unfortunately, Mr F Hussain and his journalists’ co-conspirators are all accomplices in the crimes committed against Pakistani nation for last 70 years.