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Are we now going to watch what we had been promised right since Mian Nawaz Sharif’s third term as prime minister came to an abrupt end last year? Is the Supreme Court order that disqualifies Mian Sahib from holding the office of party chief finally going to trigger the unravelling of the PML-N?</p><p class="">The chorus surrounding the Sharif perseverance would have us believe, one more time, that his end is near. The net around him has narrowed to a point where there is no other way for those clinging to him but to give up and disperse — away and out of the danger area; the call has been heard again. As loud as before. Perhaps louder.</p><p class="">There are reports from Lahore reinforcing the impression that not only Mian Nawaz Sharif but the whole Sharif family is sinking. The bureaucrat who is going to lead to other bureaucrats to spill the beans on PML-N rule in Punjab is claimed to have been found.</p><blockquote> <p class="">The PML-N has thus far defied history and Pakistani common sense to stay alive under extremely trying circumstances.</p></blockquote> <p class="">This to many marks the final, decisive round in which the PML-N is going to be wiped away by the force of circumstances. The timing before the Senate election is just perfect, an answer to all those who had been celebrating the strengthening of Pakistani democracy. There are now scenarios about how a Senate election which supposedly could only further empower a certain party can turn on its head with a few drastic last-minute accidents.</p><p class="">The latest court decision has added great meaning to the politicians and sections of the media speaking out for the permanent banishment of the Sharif brand name. On the other hand, there’s little new the PML-N can do in return. It can only keep its defiant posture. Its counterattack, or counter-narrative as it is fashionably called, has already reached boiling point. It can hardly get more extreme than this.</p><p class="">There is a lot of difference between the PML-N at the time of the ouster of Mian Sahib from the Prime Minister’s Office and the PML-N now. Then it was the establishment’s party. It was Gen Zia’s baby that had been invented to fight the PPP. It had a history of caving in easily to demands from the establishment, including those which, unavoidably, asked for the resignation of prime minister Nawaz Sharif after he had failed to live up to his mentors’ expectations.</p><p class="">This now is another party, if not yet altogether another country. This new PML-N boasts a history of standing up to those wanting to pack up its bags for its hurried departure. It may retain some of the old unwanted traits. Arrogance. Opportunism which allows it to speak the truth about the usurping elements only when its own interests are hurt. A habit of having impromptu, in-the-face celebrations. It is still guilty of holding displays like the one where Mian Sahib is seen making fun of those who advised him against travelling via GT Road — after his dismissal from power. That was a turning point, he believes, and he believes those who did not favour the route must be humiliated post-haste. </p><p class="">The PML-N is inherently a non-democratic party where the whims of its leaders are law. It is an outfit where the mantle of power at all tiers is still passed within the family. Yet there has been a fundamental change in the party over the last half year or so. It has succeeded where others before it had terribly failed. It has remained intact and in the contest despite the most dire pronouncements about its eminent demise.</p><p class="">It is a remarkable story. The PML-N has thus far defied history and Pakistani common sense to stay alive under extremely trying circumstances. It has mocked its political opponents and its sworn detractors in the media. The party has not just survived a vicious situation created by a host of hostile factors. It has actually been credited with growing in strength in adversity.</p><p class="">This is something new for Pakistan and cannot be easily explained. There are various standard theories to understand this unique coming of age of this political party in the country. The more easily accepted ones are explanations that borrow from the old logic that placed the Sharifs in a privileged position.</p><p class="">The saying goes that, as Punjabis and old establishment favourites, Mian Nawaz Sharif & co enjoy a reputation that cannot be easily undone — not even by an establishment which has had a change of heart of late. So entrenched are the old attitudes, the explanation continues, that they are difficult to be summarily removed from within the system.</p><p class="">This may not be a fair evaluation of the state of affairs right now but it surely is consistent with the considered view of how politics, and the politics of the biggest province, functions here. What it does do without doubt is that, apart from providing a measure of the strength of the PML-N at the moment, it gives a fair evaluation of just how strong and weak its chief rivals are. Behind the claim of popularity that is yet to stand the test of a general election, it unveils just how appropriate or not is the PTI’s challenge.</p><p class="">In recent decades, no party that had demonstrated sizeable street power had the same opportunities to penetrate the opponents’ defences as the PTI has had against the PML-N. Imran Khan started with allegations about rigging in the 2013 election, and was gifted opportunities in the shape of Panama and consequently this decision that bars Mian Sahib from acting as the PML-N president. There’s a feeling among the public that Imran was unable to fully exploit these chances to target and topple the PML-N and the Sharif leaders.</p><p class="">This failure of the PTI chief, despite a string of coincidences that hugely favoured him, could be as much responsible for keeping the PML-N up and about and intact as the Sharif formula for defiance. The people are looking for an alternative that is reliable and that can last for some time. 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Such a denouement has been anticipated although the agency of the judiciary is a nice twist.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="brr" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740612">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740612">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5740678" data-id="2"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Nagi</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T09:02:38+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T09:02:38+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 09:02am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Fully agree with authar opinion. Hope people understand</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Nagi" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740678">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740678">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5740692" data-id="3"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Azam</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T09:12:11+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T09:12:11+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 09:12am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Absolutely</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Azam" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740692">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740692">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5740693" data-id="4"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Azam</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T09:12:48+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T09:12:48+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 09:12am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>True that...</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Azam" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740693">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740693">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5740892" data-id="5"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Smile</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T10:34:55+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T10:34:55+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 10:34am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Why do you generalize your opinion with that of the public?</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Smile" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740892">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740892">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5740897" data-id="6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">AD</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T10:40:16+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T10:40:16+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 10:40am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Very well written. In the cricket playing days, it was quite popular that in the field it was Miandad who do the strategy part and Imran Khan, being the captain, was the implementer. In politics also, perhaps Imran need a good political strategist.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="AD" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740897">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5740897">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741039" data-id="7"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Asim</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T11:45:00+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T11:45:00+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 11:45am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Very balanced and thought provoking analysis</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Asim" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741039">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741039">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741070" data-id="8"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">ShahNoor Syed</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T11:59:28+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T11:59:28+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 11:59am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Kudos to Asha’ar Rehman Sahab for excellent article. Congratulations to Dawn and it’s team for standing up to the powerful self serving destabilizing forces.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="ShahNoor Syed" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741070">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741070">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741114" data-id="9"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">worth_commenting</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T12:29:17+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T12:29:17+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 12:29pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>It is the people's loss if they cannot figure out that there is an alternative to the PMLN and not Imran Khan's loss. In the last 70 years, what has Pakistan gained by the musical chairs that have been played by the PPP and PMLN? This is the test of a dead national consciousness to wake up and smell the roses. As they say, you can fool some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time! Hopefully, this will come out true for this country's sake.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="worth_commenting" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741114">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741114">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741167" data-id="10"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Atif Siddiqui</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T13:00:18+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T13:00:18+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 01:00pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Imran Khan led a cricket team. He was never an administrator. To expect him to suddenly turn into one is wishful thinking. All that can be said of him is that he is an honest man.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Atif Siddiqui" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741167">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741167">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741175" data-id="11"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">imran</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T13:05:43+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T13:05:43+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 01:05pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Imran lacks leadership qualities.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="imran" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741175">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741175">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741249" data-id="12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Imtiaz Piracha</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T13:43:01+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T13:43:01+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 01:43pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Well written. </p> <p>However, party politics is not a zero sum game; whether this party or that. All political parties survive, the question is the degree of their popularity which depends on the promise of a better future each one offers.</p> <p>In my view, one of the biggest failures of Nawaz league is that it received the opportunity of returning to power thrice and failed to retain it thrice. The reasons for failure are irrelevant; their three terms should have given them enough experience to tackle the complex dimensions of Pakistani politics. In comparison, President Asif Zardari showed more political acumen by completing his term and smoothly transferring power to another civilian government.</p> <p>Nevertheless, both major parties had ample time to demonstrate their capabilities and both have failed. It is time for a third player to enter the game who looks like having deeper understanding of the country’s real problems, compared to the ‘experienced’ lot.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Imtiaz Piracha" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741249">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741249">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741250" data-id="13"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">onemoreopinion</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T13:43:05+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T13:43:05+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 01:43pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>I for one voted for Imran Khan last elections but realized a year into his tenure it was a mistake. He did not resolve issues confronting his voters and the Pakistani public, but instead chose to bad mouth opponents, and speak negatively of everything. Meanwhile the Sharifs , specifically Shahbaz Sharif was busy building infrastructure and development projects in Punjab. This development is very visible and people truly appreciate the hard work that has gone into this. Corruption is hard to eradicate, and evidence of this exists equally if not more in KP. </p> <p>Imran Khan also has disenchanted educated people because of his hard line non-compromising stance. He appears to be an irrational and compulsive leader who is unreliable and unstable. Additionally, his logic of marrying someone who in lay mans terms is a soothsayer, is as illogical as it gets. We need progressive leaders, not ones who will push us into the cave ages.</p> <p>In the absence of an ideal leader, the choice seems to be tilted towards PML-N because they've delivered a lot more to the public, and could have delivered a whole lot more if their term was not dotted with the dharma crisis created by unreasonable opponents.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="onemoreopinion" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741250">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741250">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741273" data-id="14"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Azmeen</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T13:58:18+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T13:58:18+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 01:58pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>A rational analysis of the current political situation of Pakistan.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Azmeen" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741273">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741273">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741289" data-id="15"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Saif Zulfiqar</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T14:05:42+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T14:05:42+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 02:05pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Imran may be incompetent as per your views, but he will be better than Nawaz whose whole family and their friend looted the country.,</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Saif Zulfiqar" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741289">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741289">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741348" data-id="16"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Adeel J</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T14:29:45+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T14:29:45+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 02:29pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@onemoreopinion, Well said! I too voted PTI in its early years and wished they'd win in 2013 but after looking at their antics, fascist leanings, no concrete plans and wishful pulaos ... no Thankyou !</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Adeel J" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741348">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741348">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741376" data-id="17"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">jawaid</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T14:38:59+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T14:38:59+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 02:38pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>The last sentence of your article is total truth.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="jawaid" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741376">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741376">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741475" data-id="18"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Khaled</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T15:04:54+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T15:04:54+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 03:04pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Good article.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Khaled" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741475">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741475">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741606" data-id="19"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Theossa</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T15:46:51+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T15:46:51+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 03:46pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Reading from comments here, it's obvious that we love corruption and support such politicians. Shame on people who support and vote for such crooked politicians.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Theossa" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741606">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741606">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741693" data-id="20"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Nia</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T16:04:50+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T16:04:50+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 04:04pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Well written! I supported IK in 2013 but he is a huge disappointment. The line up of lotas in any PTI jalsa make me throw each time I look at them . His social media team ran by fake accounts is another turn off. Will never vote for him</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Nia" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741693">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741693">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741782" data-id="21"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Vijay B.</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T16:35:32+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T16:35:32+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 04:35pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>The big problem with Pakistan as we speak is, there is no competent leader on the scene. None of Imran, Bilall, Kadri, Shahbaz, or anyone else is capable of leading the country out of the morass it has gotten itself in to. The future looks bleak, and that is putting it mildly. And I sincerely hope there isn't another military takeover.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Vijay B." class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741782">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741782">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741824" data-id="22"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Mian Basit</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T16:46:40+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T16:46:40+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 04:46pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>We have heard this one before.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Mian Basit" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741824">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741824">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741826" data-id="23"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Wajid</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T16:47:07+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T16:47:07+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 04:47pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Imran lacks honesty, integrity and moral values. He is a compulsive lair who cannot be trusted</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Wajid" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741826">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741826">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5741995" data-id="24"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Nadeem Afridi</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T17:43:24+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T17:43:24+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 05:43pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>It’s a myth. Majority of educated public thinks Nawaz Shareef is corrupt and incompetant and cultivated nepotism around him. On the other hand Imran Khan despite minimal financial support has transformed the way Pakisanti’s think about our country an, our leaders and our priorities.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Nadeem Afridi" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741995">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5741995">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5742169" data-id="25"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">ShahNoor Syed</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T18:41:11+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T18:41:11+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 06:41pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@onemoreopinion excellent and very well phrased.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="ShahNoor Syed" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742169">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742169">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5742326" data-id="26"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Naeem </div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T19:32:22+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T19:32:22+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 07:32pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>IK has to move beyond Dharna and agitation He has to give us his vision of what he would do for Pakistan</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Naeem " class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742326">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742326">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5742333" data-id="27"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Dr.TK</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T19:37:00+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T19:37:00+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 07:37pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>When he started mouthing in favor of the Taliban, some years back, I knew there was something deeply wrong with Imran's persona. He has done great harm to this country with his anarchist tactics.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Dr.TK" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742333">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742333">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5742548" data-id="28"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">OZ</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T21:07:40+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T21:07:40+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 09:07pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@AD Imran Khan not only need a good strategist but he also need some one to keep him focused. IK himself is enough to distract himself. Every time near the elections he windup in his personal issues, such as marriages, or scandals. He appears to be a good activist but public do not see him a serious and focused leader or the head of state.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="OZ" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742548">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742548">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5742610" data-id="29"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Zak</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T21:26:13+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T21:26:13+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 09:26pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Until the public tries Imran khan, how will they know how good he is. We have tried 2 established parties and they have been abysmal in 3 different tenures.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Zak" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742610">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742610">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5742778" data-id="30"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Momin </div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T22:41:33+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T22:41:33+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 10:41pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>What can Imran Khan do to topple the PMLN and win the next election? I feel like he doesn’t have what it takes to win over the province of Punjab. What do he need to do?</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Momin " class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742778">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742778">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5742794" data-id="31"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Momin </div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T22:46:34+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T22:46:34+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 10:46pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@onemoreopinion You are absolutely right!! He didn’t take advantage of the many opportunities he had. He needed to do more in KPK, even more than Shahbaz Sharif in Punjab to actually prove that he is capable of leading the country. Who would you vote for in the next election?</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Momin " class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742794">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742794">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5742883" data-id="32"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Akhtar</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-23T23:28:43+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-23T23:28:43+05:00">Feb 23, 2018 11:28pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Majority of Pakistanis don't believe that IK is Sadiq and Amin. Simple is that.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Akhtar" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742883">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5742883">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5743627" data-id="33"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Waseem</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-24T08:53:55+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-24T08:53:55+05:00">Feb 24, 2018 08:53am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Many people including me believe IK is incompetent but can somebody be more incompetent than Sharif brothers?</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Waseem" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5743627">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5743627">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5743737" data-id="34"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">moona</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-24T09:37:18+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-24T09:37:18+05:00">Feb 24, 2018 09:37am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>NS has delivered; IK has not. It's as simple as that.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="moona" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5743737">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1391175/up-5743737">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5744172" data-id="35"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Babu</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-24T12:34:13+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-24T12:34:13+05:00">Feb 24, 2018 12:34pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Imran is basically a sports person, not suitable to politics of today.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Babu" class="button 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391388/judicial-overreach"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90bed6bd969.jpg" alt="Judicial overreach"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391388" class="story__title font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391388/judicial-overreach" class="story__link">Judicial overreach</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">Can the three pillars of the state coexist in harmony? </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--opinion col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/authors/1277/a-g-noorani">A.G. Noorani</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391386" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391386/back-to-the-future"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90be0659f1e.jpg?r=719563700" alt="Back to the future"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391386" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391386/back-to-the-future" class="story__link">Back to the future</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/authors/112/abbas-nasir">Abbas Nasir</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391385" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391385/securing-the-nation"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90bdb0ea5ec.jpg" alt="Securing the nation"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391385" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391385/securing-the-nation" class="story__link">Securing the nation</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/authors/933/tariq-khosa">Tariq Khosa</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391176" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391176/manifestos-and-education"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a8f7b6a47fc9.jpg" alt="Manifestos and education"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391176" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391176/manifestos-and-education" class="story__link">Manifestos and education</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/authors/568/faisal-bari">Faisal Bari</a></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border--top border--thick border--black mx-sm-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="editorial-stories font--playfair-display my-2"><a class="editorial-stories" href="/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Editorial</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--editorial mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391384" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> February 24, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391384" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391384/senate-poll-challenge" class="story__link">Senate poll challenge</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">An unusual problem has been solved in an unusual manner, giving rise to the usual speculation of partisanship and bias. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391383" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> February 24, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391383" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391383/back-to-load-shedding" class="story__link">Back to load-shedding</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">The govt has acknowledged that there is more to resolving the persistent power shortages than raw megawatts alone. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391382" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial ">February 24, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391382" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150645/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391382/dangerous-nexus" class="story__link">Dangerous nexus</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">INEXTRICABLY linked, illicit economies and organised crime pose extreme threats to societies. 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