@Dear commentators

apki tawajoh ka mustahiq

Shoumi-e-qismat, dolattian jharrti hay MQM
munsalik hay rishta-e-azwaj mein PML say Qiun ?

Dhondti hay mauqa parasti, hujoom-e-himmaran
Orh li usnay chunaria be-ghairati ki sar pay qiun ?

Bajj uttha yun saz-e-fughan-e-haram-e-maikadah
Ghull macha, ismat-e-peham lutadi, Sanam nay qiun?
Rafay Kashmiri

“e. If there had been full participation in the elections, there would have been a greater turnout and a better chance of defeating the status quo parties.”

I beg to differ. The boycott calls issued by members of the urban middle class had absolutely no relevance in rural constituencies. At best this part of the urban middle class has some influence in some urban centers in northern punjab. And in these urban constituencies, it was PML-N that clearly came out on top because of its unequivocal stance on the judiciary. So the theory that the boycott calls somehow reduced the no of the anti-establishment seats does not seem to stand the test of scrutiny if you look at the results in the relevant constituencies.

The only place where not boycotting might have produced better results for anti-establishment parties is Baluchistan where the nationalists decided not to participate. However, even here, one can not be sure because places like Dera Bugti were totally out of bounds for neutral observers, and the PML-Q’s relatively better performance in Baluchistan suggests that there may have been more rigging in this province. But in any case, the nationalists are certainly not the ones you would associate the urban middle class (the main object of your criticism) with.

But the key question still remains unanswered. What we have to do, as a nation, to make Mush Mush realize that its time for him to go away. Disappear! He is way toooooo ‘dheet ‘