Qureshi finally decides to join PTI

[Tayyab1796]

On expressnews they said that this guy Zafer iqbal warriach who joined PTI along with SMQ was in PML-Q and was secretary interior during Musharraf... was involved in operation against lal masjid :O

Lal Masjid operation was commanded at the highest level vis-a-vis Musharraf who was the COAS then . Musharraf did this operation to cement his reputation as a pro-western leader , how could an interior secretary had stopped him . Also this man has only joined PTI its premature to say he will be contesting on PTI's ticket or not. Its good that our standards r very high for PTI candidates but remember this is Pakistan ...our people can vote for fake degree holders while a candidate with good reputation and reasonable qualification usually loses out in rural areas.

 

[Devil Soul]

Lal Masjid operation was commanded at the highest level vis-a-vis Musharraf who was the COAS then . Musharraf did this operation to cement his reputation as a pro-western leader , how could an interior secretary had stopped him . Also this man has only joined PTI its premature to say he will be contesting on PTI's ticket or not. Its good that our standards r very high for PTI candidates but remember this is Pakistan ...our people can vote for fake degree holders while a candidate with good reputation and reasonable qualification usually loses out in rural areas.

My friend the point here is why are u allowing people who have previously served under the dictator, enjoyed all the power and facilities to enter PTI.. what signal will it send to the floating voters ????

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also a lot of PML-Q lota's have joined PTI in last couple of days.... these people are known to shift loyalties .....

 

[Bukhari.syed]

People with good mind do so...

 

[Omar1984]

This will assure PTI's victory.

You people should understand how politics work in Pakistan. To be successful you need influential people who can convince their local people to vote for them. Not everyone is educated like Lahoris. PTI was lacking support in Southern Punjab, and now that all will change.

And people can change so give Qureshi a chance.

Its so naive to think that everyone can be very honest like Imran Khan. In Pakistan, joh bohot honest hain woh peecha rajay tha hain.

 

[Omar1984]

huh....???? u talking about the same guy??
PML-N MNA Faiz Tamman resigns
July 2, 2010

PML-N MNA Muhammad Faiz Tamman, who was elected from NA-61 Chakwal, has resigned. Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza has accepted his resignation. Talking to media, Faiz Tamman said that he was not given importance in the party on which he has resigned. According to sources, charge sheet was given to CM Punjab against Faiz Tamman. Appointment of DSP Bashir in Tala Gang was also made on reference of Tamman, sources added. The DSP doesn’t have good repute in the area.

These PML-N people are all fraud believe me my uncle was also a PML-N member politician. He has retired now and is a supporter of Imran Khan. PML-N are all fraud. All care only about their wealth and they lie so much.

 

[Omar1984]

Shah Mehmood Qureshi joins Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf

Pakistan's ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi attends a public meeting in the southern town of Ghotki. -AFP Photo



ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi joined forces with cricketer-politician Imran Khan Sunday, becoming the most high-profile defector to his growing campaign to win the next general election.

Qureshi made the announcement at a rally led by Khan in the southern town of Ghotki, part of the broad hinterland in the southern province of Sindh and central province of Punjab where the former minister is considered powerful.

“I announce I am joining a movement, which is struggling to win justice for people,” Qureshi said of Khan’s Tehrik-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice) which is fast emerging as a powerful player in the run-up to elections due early 2013.

Qureshi lost his position as cabinet minister in a February reshuffle. He was offered another portfolio, which he refused, and this month resigned as lawmaker representing the main ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

“Winds of change have now begun,” Qureshi told the rally attended by several thousand supporters 420 kilometres (260 miles) north of Karachi, Pakistan’s port city used by the US to ship supplies to landlocked Afghanistan.

“I am embarking on a new journey and from today onwards, Shah Mehmood is part of your team,” he told Khan to thunderous applause.

Qureshi fell out with President Asif Ali Zardari around the time of the reshuffle and says he withstood pressure to approve diplomatic immunity for a CIA contractor who killed two Pakistanis in Lahore in January.

He used the rally to criticise Zardari, whose five-year mandate expires in 2013, a day after Pakistan was plunged into fresh crisis with the US over accusations that Nato air strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers on the Afghan border.

“They have indulged in loot and plunder,” he said. “The time has come to seek a fresh mandate from the people,” Qureshi added.

Khan, a staunch critic of the US alliance, condemned the Nato strike and demanded that Pakistan order all CIA agents to leave in protest.

“We should raise the issue at the UN Security Council because it was an attack on our country and soldiers,” he said.

“We need not bow before any one. The time has come to build a new Pakistan by introducing a new system reflecting will of the people.”


Shah Mehmood Qureshi joins Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

 

[Omar1984]

 

[Omar1984]

 

[lionheartsalahudin]

Pakistan’s urban population is educated and pti does’nt need worry abt them ,they can put forward any candidate in cities,the problem is the mindset of our rural populace and their allegiances to different sect,family,and feudals and no amount of logic can convince them its like in the era of jahala b4 islam in makkah ,our rural folks follow what their grandfathers and father followed ,so for now we need these feudal names in rural areas where average person is not ready to accept any logical and look beyond the feudal and family politics of today “man is ready to face difficulties of the known rather then benefits of the unknown”
Once they have tasted the rights and benefits of PTI’S gvt they will automatically shift their loyalties to pti and the election after that PTI can put forward any candidate,so 1st time arnd we have to put up with these names that these league and ppp supporters are objecting too ,u guys are going to be history u pmln and ppp,goodbye and tc

 

[Omar1984]

Imran Khan will be next Prime Minister and Shah Mehmood Qureshi will be made the next President.

Qureshi to be second-in-command of Imran Khan


LAHORE - Former PPP leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who joined the PTI at a mammoth gathering in Ghotki, will be given the position of vice-chairman with the task of organising the new party in South Punjab and Sindh, it has been learnt.

Close aides of PTI Chairman Imran Khan said Sunday that considering the Qureshi’s inclusion as the biggest political achievement, the top leadership was of the opinion that the former foreign minister was an appropriate person to become the second-in-command of Imran Khan.

They added that the senior leadership strongly believes that the powerful Sajjada Nasheen and custodian of the mausoleum of Shah Rukn-i-Alam and the shrine of Hazrat Bahauddin Zakariya can muster up support for the PTI in the southern Punjab and Sindh.

According to close aides of Qureshi, the former foreign minister had already expressed his desire of a ‘meaningful position’ to organise the party in the southern Punjab and Sindh.

They claimed that Qureshi would show his strength after finalising some matters with Imran in the upcoming meeting of the party central executive committee next week.

Sources in PTI said the party was focusing Sindh keeping in view its weak links, besides South Punjab and Qureshi would be given the task of Sindh and South Punjab, as he has strong spiritual support.

Asked if the PTI can succeed only through Qureshi’s spiritual support, they said that former foreign minister would reveal his political support soon while they and Imran believe that Qureshi also possesses an impacting political influence in Punjab and Sindh.

When reached, PTI central leader Ijaz Chaudhry said: “Qureshi should be the driving force of the party as the second lead man of the party, as he is a seasoned politician who has vast experience of holding various public offices and strong spiritual and political following not only in Punjab but also in Sindh”.

He went on: “No party man can object to Qureshi as the second-in-command of the chairman. The PTI central executive committee will hold a meeting next week and made important decisions during the moot.”


Qureshi to be second-in-command of Imran Khan | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online

 

[Leader]

Close aides of PTI Chairman Imran Khan said Sunday that considering the Qureshi’s inclusion as the biggest political achievement, the top leadership was of the opinion that the former foreign minister was an appropriate person to become the second-in-command of Imran Khan.

this is bad !! why he would be second in command ?? how he earned this position ??

 

[Omar1984]

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this is bad !! why he would be second in command ?? how he earned this position ??

Who is currently second in command?

Pakistan needs a Prime Minister and a President. Prime Minister has more power, so Imran Khan will be Prime Minister InshAllah

Who will be President? Who is fit enough for the job. Most likely SMQ.

 

[Leader]

we have many who are fit for President, hamid khan, dr alvi, and many more VP in PTI, who are PTI loyalists and were there in PTI from last 16 years, and have not joined PTI after Lahore jalsa.

I dont like the idea of SQM being second in command, how he earned this position??

 

[Fracker]

we have many who are fit for President, hamid khan, dr alvi, and many more VP in PTI, who are PTI loyalists and were there in PTI from last 16 years, and have not joined PTI after Lahore jalsa.

I dont like the idea of SQM being second in command, how he earned this position??

What about ME, you haven't mentioned my name :/

 

[Omar1984]

we have many who are fit for President, hamid khan, dr alvi, and many more VP in PTI, who are PTI loyalists and were there in PTI from last 16 years, and have not joined PTI after Lahore jalsa.

I dont like the idea of SQM being second in command, how he earned this position??

Yes you are right. Someone loyal to PTI should be made President. We'll see what happens after PTI wins election, but I think SMQ will get a very high ranking seat.