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It’s monarchy in Pakistan, not democracy, says Imran

December 17, 2011

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The leadership of Pakistan’s political parties is being passed on like sceptres from father to son like in a monarchy, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Saturday.
Khan said both the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had passed on the leadership of their parties from one family member to another, Geo News reported.
At a political rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the former cricketer was referring to the PPP’s first chairman Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was succeeded by his wife Nusrat Bhutto and later by his daughter Benazir Bhutto.
After the assassination of Benazir in December 2007, the party was led by her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who passed on the mantle to their 23-year-old son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
Similarly, the PML-N is led by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, whose brother Shahbaz Sharif is a key party member and the chief minister of Punjab. Shahbaz Sharif’s son Hamza Shahbaz is also an important party leader as well as an MP and now Nawaz’s daughter Maryam Nawaz was also being launched in politics.
Khan said this was not democracy, as “the political parties are being run like dynasties”.

35 COMMENTS

Yasir M. Cheema November 30, 1999 at 05:00

theek e tay kah rya ay……
Auwais Ahmed November 30, 1999 at 05:00

so true
Kiran Afshan November 30, 1999 at 05:00

yehee haal hai jab hi hmaarey pak ka
Ghani Cheema November 30, 1999 at 05:00

Shut up imran khan
Yasir M. Cheema November 30, 1999 at 05:00

kiun cheema sb gussa kiun aa gya hy…..? kia bilawal ny seat sambhal nai li…..?
- AshK December 17, 2011 at 22:28
  
  I agree with this Cheema!
Jahanzeb Kamal November 30, 1999 at 05:00

cheema vs cheema
- AshK December 17, 2011 at 22:28
  
  LOL
Ghani Cheema November 30, 1999 at 05:00

Iska apna tu koi bacha hai nahin jo abhi aa sakay…80 saal ka buddha youth ka inkalaab laye ga..dramay bazz
Yasir M. Cheema November 30, 1999 at 05:00

hahhaha Kamal sb its not vs….its just difference of point of view……waisy to sara media raula pata hy k PTI supporter badtameez hain laykn lag rahy hy k IK k muklif b kuch khas tameez k alam nai uthy hoy…..
Ghani Cheema November 30, 1999 at 05:00

Shakal say tu 100 saal ka lagta hai lougoun ko pagal bana raha hai
- AshK December 17, 2011 at 22:40
  
  So, basically you are disqualifying Imran Khan on the basis of his age. It is imran Khan's "views" on how to attain a progressive Pakistan that young people like. Your lack of intellect makes it unable for you to think and have views therefore, you and (and people like you) focus on meaningless things like his age and hairstyle etc. So, stop saying silly things and making a fool of yourself!! I will name this Cheema, the Silly Cheema!
Yasir M. Cheema November 30, 1999 at 05:00

sir ap shakal ko chorin amal ki bat karin……jo shakhs es k bat sy pagal ban gya hy…wo to phr khud he aqal sy farig hy……
Usama Fazal November 30, 1999 at 05:00

it doesnt matter he has a view like younger people
Ghani Cheema November 30, 1999 at 05:00

Fikar na karain lougoun ko samajh aa rahi hai election anay dein lag pata jaye ga apni seat bhi nahin jeet sakay ga…sab chor sath milla raha hai
Yasir M. Cheema November 30, 1999 at 05:00

Sir applicable views matters more than “Shakal”…waisy b us ki shakal ny jitny logoon ko dewana kia hy hamari top leadership slot main kam he hon gay…..
Yasir M. Cheema November 30, 1999 at 05:00

ab usy poonder na kah daina..mehrbani ap ki….lolxxxxx
Hanif Awan November 30, 1999 at 05:00

Vice chairman PTI SHAH MAMOOD is exempted for his son n brother, n so on…………
Tayyaba Rana November 30, 1999 at 05:00

wt imran says abt himself. he is party chairman for 16 years. is this democracy?
khan December 17, 2011 at 17:14

true
Daud December 17, 2011 at 17:40

pmln and ppp suffered a lot on this pith. Benazir father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutfo was hanged his daughter murdered. Nawaz Sharif a primeminister of 2/3 majority hardly passed 2 years in office and the man who built motorway and declared pakistan an atomic power was arrested banded his hand with seat of a plan ousted sentenced life time prison and then sent to in exile for 10 years. Imran did not experienced such things.
shamaz December 17, 2011 at 17:47

welsaid khan but beware ov people coming around u.it happened to jinnah,bhutto n now ur turn al ov them done by their own but after winning r near to win,hired these jackpots.u all know what happened next…….
salman December 17, 2011 at 19:47

khan sahab you r going 2 good way…………v good
Mohammed December 17, 2011 at 20:02

When asked by Jeremy Paxman about why the leadership of the major political party was passed on like family heirloom and the idiot Bilwalal said thats the way we do it. What contempt for the idiot members and supporters of the PPP. Don`t you understand you are just the servants in a family business.
Shahid Malik December 17, 2011 at 21:23

Imran Khan has been Chairman of his party for too long. He should give chance to somebody else also.
- Mohammed December 17, 2011 at 23:31
  
  As soon as Imran is about to kick out the crooks you want him to step down. While the families that have destroyed Pakistan, the Sharifs and the Bhttos can hand the nation down like an hierloom. The servants will always crawl out of the woodwork to defend the masters!
- wkb December 18, 2011 at 03:33
  
  hehe what a joke! … His party is in building phase and you are saying he should give chairmanshipt to someone else …
- Akram December 18, 2011 at 07:40
  
  Have a heart. If I say you have lived too long, now you should die and give place to other human beings on earth, would you like it.
asim December 17, 2011 at 22:51

please check histrory of people joining you as well.Shah Mehmood , His father & grand father ..?Is this not dynasty?
wajid mustafa rind December 18, 2011 at 00:00

well said.truthful statement.
schahid December 18, 2011 at 04:04

Imran is very true.no lcal body elections since so called democracy came.both ppp and nawaz league both failed to go for local body elections.what a shame democracy?isnot it?all mnas are mahrarajas,they take develomental funds,rather these funds should be used through local governments to solve peoples problems.mnaz should not be given single penny excep for their salaries….ppp and nwaz league are going through the phase of transfering thier parties to their next generation….so very true is mr imran…dont you see this happening in front of your eyes………..open your eyes o people of pakistan….
dr.rabiya.ghazi December 18, 2011 at 04:59

we should all know that PPP and especially PML N has started to pay people to come online and start saying anti-Imran and anti-PTI things. Shahbaz Sharif apparently has started to distribute laptops in Lahore so that 'youth' can say they are with PML-N. These 'supporters' have all been paid off. It is important, however, as PTI supporters to always tell the truth about them on all forums.

The real story is : IMRAN KHAN IS THE NEXT PM OF OUR BELOVED COUNTRY!
Billy December 18, 2011 at 10:50

Imran sent his sons abroad so he can easily criticize others. He has no connections with this country. He is a man of west,,,or jews.
BoooTA AlI December 18, 2011 at 13:52

Another dictator coming.HIs face shows haTE FOR nAWAZ sharif only.
he now LOVES MQM,TARGET KILLERS,BATHAKHORS for POLITICS.
He does NOT WANT ZARDARI HIS PEOPLE TO CRTICIse as much he only DOES TO SHARIF,.THAT IS HIS target. not poor ruined by this government and mqnm,anp,mlcc,mma
Tanzeel December 18, 2011 at 15:54

PTI's confused followers and leadership need to respond the fumble they have recently made.
http://blogs.thenews.com.pk/blogs/2011/12/18/1217…