I was at Minar-e-Pakistan on 30 October with a bunch of my lady friends, none of whom had ever dreamt of attending a jalsa without a chaperon in Pakistan. My husband went with his friends, and we actually left a will behind as our four-year-old was being watched over by my parents.
Words cannot describe what we experienced at the jalsa. I speak for all of us when I say that we witnessed history and felt a new-found hope rising in a nation that we thought had given up.
However, the real test of PTI’s credibility started post-30 October. PTI stands for the ideology of freedom of expression, justice and rejecting status quo. I am taking this opportunity of using the first one here to talk about the other two. The ideology can come true with fresh faces, not the old tried and tested ones. Yes, PTI needs polished politicians to understand and help with the political scenario, especially the rural areas. No one can be stopped from joining a political party. But their overnight switch in ideology from another one to yours should not be rewarded with positions of top rank. They do not represent the true spirit of PTI. The old PTI patriots, who have faced the music and ridicule but stood fast; those who have given their heart and soul in bringing PTI where it is today, represent the true spirit. The new members need to first prove themselves and earn that position.
Sir, I don’t see Bilawal Bhutto or the Gillanis in the PM House bringing a change in Pakistan. I don’t see the Sharifs managing to change anything while pulling the strings from their mansion. I don’t see Altaf Hussain bringing a change over a telephone call. But I do see the hopeful common man, the passionate youth, the true Pakistan we saw at Minar-e-Pakistan, bringing a real change from your platform. If the PTI is not capable of considering and revising a decision that is causing unrest and anxiety among its loyalists, I fear the ideology of justice, freedom of expression and rejecting status quo may lose its true essence sooner than the critics have forecasted.
MAIRA OMAIR RANA
Lahore
While I agree with what Maira has said, Imran Khan is the best option we have.
An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep. Imran Khan (our Lion) has shown on more than one occasion that he can lead us to success. Winning the Cricket World Cup, Building and managing a Cancer Hospital, a University and Inshallah a political party that will win and change Pakistan for the people living there as well as its perception in the rest of the world.
Khan is a genuine leader, he will surely bring change…our political system is not good enough to bring a leader in power without the support of these feudals and heavyweight champs like Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Anyhow am highly impressed by IK, his struggle, his vision,his leadership,his patience and everything……..we can get a lesson from his life to struggle and never give up. It seems ALLAH has granted us Quaid-e-Azam in the form of Imran Khan. He will surely bring change INSHA-ALLAH. GOD bless us all.
I can see the concern Maria has regards to the drive and direction PTI could potentially lose with having politicians from other parties joining it in huge numbers and speedily. But as Imran Khan has stated that tickets to the party will be allocated on a merits basis and also those not following PTI ideology will themselves not last within PTI due to pressures from PTI members and the transparency that will be in vogue
Without taking all these olf faces onboard, bringing a change, revolution etc is just a dream, so the way imran is trying to manage, I think he is going on the right direction and we all must support him, because thing, which we need is leadership. If the leader is honest, rest of the things could be easily managed, so we must not lose pataience.
Zulfikar
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