Well, as usual numbers don’t mean anything to the local TV channels.
So, if a channel was fond of Imran Khan (no points for guessing which one) it would give a ridiculously high figure for the PTI’s Raiwind rally turnout. And if it was a channel that wasn’t fond of Imran Khan (no points for guessing which one) they gave a low figure.
Regardless of what the figure actually was, even the channels pleasantly predisposed towards the party couldn’t hit the 980,000 one wiseguy from the rally stage suggested.
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Channel 44, an affiliate of local Channel 24 and City 42, launched in London the other day. Its launch ceremony had Asif Ali Zardari as a keynote speaker, who gave a well-received speech. On the premises of the house of commons, no less.
It appears that the PPP chairman, through sustained stay in the city, has built a bit of social capital there, among the British political elite.
From the looks of the PPP’s prospects in the Punjab, they might win a seat in the UK before Pakistan’s largest province.
