NAWAZ SHARIF IN CAMALEON ATTIRE TO DISGUISE PMLN PLAGUED PAST & RETRY TO REDEEM the MISLAID IMAGE & FALSE STATURE?

• Folks does PMLN think we are blind men of Pakistan,our Judiciary is conscious sellers & our establishment is tongue tied? ........Giving highly negative impression as if Nawaz Sharif has been guaranteed Preferential treatment once more by all the courts , supposedly by the subdued or weaker establishment as well as by the much blamed Kangaroo Courts?Why, how he should be left scot-free,why he be given clean chit .....OYE TO FOJ KA JAWAI HE KIA>>>>>JO FOG KA JAWAI CLAIM KARTA HE WO TO NAWAZ KI JALSE ME THAT HI NAHI?(Capt (r) Safdar)......OYE MA KE DHAKKAN ITTNA BEGHRAT HUMARE ELITE ABB NAHI HONGE Jitna Tumm Soch Rahe Ho??????
• Folks this dirty man said not a single word on doorman's plight /welfare in Pakistan,nothing about Afghanistan Refugees Deportation, not a word on CPEC & great friend China or pathetic performance of Ishaq Dar & 17 Months' dirtiest rule of Shahbaz Sharif imported criminal regime?To me he did not even say "Ameen" after his DUA while reading from a chit of notes? He did not even praise the visible excellent performance of 90 days old caretaker govt? Folks KIA ALLAH KE NAAM PAR DUA ME GHUSTAKHI NAHI KI IS MA KE DHAKANNE NE?
• Nawaz Sharif caught in his own cobweb, plan of Israeli recognition Gini is out of bottle, the greed /rosy dream of extorting 50 Billion US $ from KSA & UAE investment plan has been dubbed in? the garb of Palestine Crisis? Nawaz sheepishly tried to show his party support by howling in Yadgar-e-Pakistan ?Jalsa w/o donating a single rupee for saving life of displaced Gaza Muslim…”Lanet ho Aese Lederon par”
• Folks we must ask now from his supporter about Nawaz Sharif UMMID -e –PAKISTAN Economic Package,which has gone for a six after his ploy of entering Pakistan with false impression of returning looted money or FDI deception, this stinking guru gave no looted money back or made any donation for the poor people of Pakistan on his arrival as was expected he rather gave an impression that he would let people suffer & thrive on their miseries again? …”Lanet ho Aese Lederon par
• Folks what enraged us /burnt us today most was , Nawaz made joke of Imran Khan by mocking his tasbeeh pherna as a habit most of the time & he hooted Imran Khan way of pleading Allah, he talked about his Jail Palaces In Adialla Prison specially made for his luxurious style / comfort,?matching it with Imran lockup in an under the belly jibe? Most funny thing was that he was reading his speech/Dua from the paper. …”Lanet ho Aese Lederon par.
• What has angered us is highly disgusting remarks of Nawaz Sharif against girls/females and women of Pakistan inn his GHALEEZ taunting ,he said "KIhan Hen wo hamari Khawatin.....wo dheken kitni Khamoshi se bathi hen?....Koi Nach Gana Nahi,Koi Matrakna nahi...ye Humira Shewa nahi ,...ye kisi aur ka ...SAMAJH Gaye HO NA KiA KEh RAHA HUN,Aur AGAR Samajh GAYE Ho to aur Zorse NARRA maro???" It was very insulting remark against PTI female supporters? Folks this is calibre of Nawaz Sharif entire GWALMANDELA group even Maryam talks inthe language of porn videos? Nawaz Sharif you will have it in the neck now , Pakistani Abhi Itne Bhegherat Nahi HYE ,TUM 3 Daffa ke prime Minister ho TUME MAAN BAAP KIA YE TARBIAT DI HE??????
• Nawaz cunning style of requesting people to lower down US $ value & decrease daily commodity price ,perishable rates was another drama ,which made him bigger laughing stock as if all the other administration,political & caretaker are a failure / irrelevant & he is the only one whom public listen & thereafter his speech civil admin would become tiger to control false price hike? …”Lanet ho Aese Lederon par
• Lamentably (though we are against elections before economic stability ) Nawaz Sharif spelled out hardly any word for asking date of next free & fair elections in Pakistan. He rather assured public that there are 80-90 % chances for his coming back to power…what aa dream.. …”Lanet ho Aese Jhote Lederon par....Folks IS ADMI NE APNE CHEHRE PAR THOKA HE ASMAN KI TAROF RUKH KARKE>>>>>ISE 20-30 % Vote mil sakten hen...Log ya to Imran khan ke bagher vote nahi dalenge ya voters imran ke bande ko hi denge.....WAJAH YE HE KE COURT SE AGAR RELIEF LIA TO YE BHOOL JAO HAMAS SIRF GAZA NE HE??????MY FRIEND THIS IS NAWAZ FATE WRITTEN ON WALL??????PUBLIC ANGAR IS TOO HIGH????
• What looked most awkward was that he seemed begging sympathy from people in the name of dead relatives ....by calling that "Me Marr Gayya ,Me Lutt Gayya, Meri Man Mar Gayi, Meri Kulsum Chali Gayi…..ME Akela REH Gaya Hun …Mera saath Do, mujhe Na Nikalna, Mujh Par Zulm Hua He ……Me Akela Reh Gaya Hun.......... Logo Mujhe Allah Ke Naam Pe Bacha Lo?.........Brathers is tarah to MIRASSI bhi nahi karte ?????????Lakh Lanet Teno ......wale Te Manhoos BUTTA? SADDA PAO NA BANN? VOTE LENAYE TOON>>>>ASI TERI LENI AY IS WARR ?????
• Another seen was Nawaz Sharif saying that me intiqam nahi loonga me ne Allah par chorr dia he……oh ?mirassi ye phir tum ne Army ke khilaff bakwas Shrru kardi he…..Ye bhi kehte ho Sab apni Hadd me reh kar kaam karen …Humara Nizam bar bar Barbad ho jatta he.....kis ki Mudakhlast Se…..Phir usi muun se kehti ho me badala nahi leta hoon?????…….Sab Log badal Jao ? Me na Badlunga?…… …”Lanet ho Aese Lederon par
• Folks think over it "Kia Nawaz Koi hero he ,Kia Jang Geet kar Ayah he …Kia Israel fatah karke aya he…Kashmir India se Le Lia he ….Looti Daulat Warppas kene aya he……Siyasat aur riasat ke lie Kia SOGHAT? LAYA he?……my foot..there is nothing in his credit to be called a human being even?….why did he need such a grand reception….Is it not a fact he is a proclaimed offender ,declared deserter & above all convicted as well as NAAHAL for life time for taking part in? elections …..folks just imagine the way Justice is being manipulated through pornogrphic blsackmail,the way civil admin was seen running in front of him ,the way the cooing,cheering ,rose petals showering ,fire work, shedding tears & lot many other festivity was showered in his way probably depict ,most of us are coward, cheats or seriously lacking conscious or likely PMLN intend ruining Pakistan by purchasing Judiciary, caretakers govt ,ECP, bargaining with establishment & dissidents of PTI, to plunder Pakistan again??? WIll thery be allowed by us/US.
• Folks could you see the hatred of PPP.JUI.JI.MQM,ANP, TLP,TTP.BAP Parties that there was not a senior leader of his party (expect Dynasty) or a single representative of PDM parties or Istahkam-e-Paskistan turncoat of PTI to receive him or sit with him on stage for solidarity? ?
• Folks the best gesture of shameless PMLN leadership could have been ...that they could have donated that "GULCHEREWALI DAULAT "/money which was used on his hugely deceiving JALSA .......for repairing of the broken sewerage system of Lahore /Punjab or repair of METRO STATIONS or repairing of damaged cable of electricity or repair of safe city cameras & broken streetlights or installation of Water Filtration Small Plants or buying lifesaving drugs for dying Pakistanis children or poor Palestinians & earthquake victims of Afghanistan ????? ……Most odd is that he did not go to DATTA sahib for DUA-e-Kher? ?
• Sharif aims to regain voter’s confidence with score of funny, clumsy & fake impression of his concocted popularity by tricking power corridors,most of important diplomatic figures & poor people of Pakistan for the 5th time?
• It obviously seem another mafia’s gangster attempt to wash off the polluted past by appealing against his convictions which bar him from office in future?
• His highly falsified stage management with shedding crocodile tears before the rented crowd in Yadigar-e-Pakistan made him even more disgraced ,No doubt the broken economy is uphill task for Sharif like enemy planted agents?
• Most CHICHORRA part of the game was making Nawaz the demon, a noble Godfather of Pakistani Politics by all channels of Pakistani Television Bikao Commentators & Anchors? All of them left Palestinian coverage and televised every second coverage of live show on the arrival of the DEVIL ? We hope let him be exposed well now, he will soon shed his hide of Chameleon & try to belittle Justices, Juries, establishment & political rivals & soon start hurling abuses as ever upon everyone & if taken to task by the judiciary , he would run away again ?He does not mean elections till the time Imran Is alive?? He is totally a liability on establishment or may be not ,it depends on Media and merit ???

1????? .Worthy audience we most sincerely like to give you statistical proof of our foretelling before saying any thing in the next few paragraphs hereafter as comes ahead ....Folks Nawaz Sharif has said he was ousted from government by the conspiracy of the powerful military after he fell out with top generals, who play an outsized role in Pakistani politics. He says the military then backed Khan in the 2018 general election. Khan and the military deny this.The military and Khan fell out in 2022, and over the last few months they have been involved in a?bruising showdown, which has afforded Sharif some political space.The military denies that it interferes in politics. “An evergreen rule about Pakistani politics is that your chances of taking power are always greater when you're in the good books of the army," said Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center."Over his long political career, Sharif's relationship with the military brass has blown hot and cold. It's now in a relatively cordial phase, and he stands to benefit politically

3.?? Worthy readers can Nawaz Sharif Resurrect The PML-N? After seemingly being written off from politics for the second time, Nawaz has once again pulled off a political resurrection. A recent photograph from London showed Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif dressed in red trousers, matching red socks and shoes and a red muffler, with a face mask stuck to his chin like a permanent fixture. He looked very different from the man who had departed Pakistan four years ago after having been granted permission by the Lahore High Court to seek medical treatment abroad.

• After his return to Pakistan on October 21, the three-time former prime minister has surely encountered a transformed atmosphere from when he left. In many ways, it appears to be a far more congenial environment, where the odds seem stacked in his favour.While he had departed in the wake of a ‘project’ aimed at implementing a hybrid system that blended Imran Khan’s populism with the de-facto authority of the establishment, he has returned as part of another project — one that has the goal of burying the initial endeavour.
• In this new era, his own party seems to hold the position of the King’s party, acting as the driving force behind a reinvigorated hybrid system that the Shehbaz Sharif government has legitimised through a series of legislative measures.
• While his party’s faithful are busy portraying Nawaz Sharif as a messiah who will usher in a period of economic prosperity for Pakistan with his return to the country, the septuagenarian leader first needs to focus on getting his own party in order
• However, the political landscape has also undergone significant changes in terms of public sentiment over the past one and a half years — since Imran Khan’s government was ousted. Midterm elections, public opinion polls, on-street sentiments and the responses to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) calls for public gatherings all point towards the League grappling with an unprecedented decline in popularity.
• While there is a general consensus on the party’s diminished appeal, questions arise as to whether this decline in public support primarily stems from the substantial economic challenges faced after the party assumed power following the vote-of-no-confidence against Imran Khan, or if other factors have also played a substantial role.
• Another critical question is whether Nawaz Sharif, after his return to Pakistan from England, can actually spearhead a revival within the party.

4?? .A PARTY IN NEED OF A REBIRTH. Worthy Audience after seemingly being written off from politics for the second time, Nawaz has once again pulled off a political resurrection. Just like in 1999, when Gen Pervez Musharraf sent him packing to Saudi Arabia, Nawaz was also written off in 2019, when he left for London under similar circumstances. What sets this return apart is the magnitude of challenges that he and his party confront upon his return to Pakistan. When he returned from Saudi Arabia in 2007, the political landscape had not changed significantly. The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) — a party hastily assembled by a military dictator and led by uninspiring figures lacking charisma — had little chance when two political giants, Benazir Bhutto and Sharif, re-entered the political arena.

• This time, however, he faces a new challenge in the form of a party that has eroded a portion of his voter base in urban Punjab. Imran Khan, his primary rival, is currently in prison, and his party is encountering difficulties similar to what Sharif and the PML-N faced after being ousted by Musharraf. However, the significant surge in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) popularity has unnerved the PML-N.
• In defiance of a court order, the PML-N-led Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government postponed elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for a year, while the elections at the center will take place six months after the dissolution of the National Assembly, contrary to constitutional obligations. This delay was orchestrated by approving the Population and Housing Census from the Council of Common Interests and using it as a constitutional pretext for postponing the polls.
• Believing that the decline in its popularity was primarily because of their recent time in office, the PML-N has attempted to create a time gap between their government and the upcoming polls. This strategy is meant to serve as a memory buffer, aiming to make people forget the bitter experiences of economic hardships endured during the PDM government.
• The party has also sought to distance itself from that period by presenting Nawaz Sharif as a fresh solution. In essence, both the elder Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are striving not to take ownership of the party’s rule under Shehbaz Sharif.
• However, Nawaz’s attempt to govern through remote control during Shehbaz’s tenure was, in fact, a major reason for the disarray in governance. One of Nawaz’s most questionable decisions was imposing Ishaq Dar upon Shehbaz.
• Even while in London, Dar had attempted to undermine Shehbaz’s finance minister, Miftah Ismail, criticising him for conceding too much to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), when Ismail had tried to revive the IMF programme that had been suspended under the PTI government. A leaked audio had also revealed Maryam Nawaz’s disdain for the Wharton-educated economist.
• Ismail was unceremoniously removed, and Dar was brought to Islamabad to take charge of Pakistan’s economy. He also doubled as Nawaz’s de facto representative, handling various important political matters alongside economic affairs. Contrary to his boasts from London, Dar failed to secure any concessions from the IMF. Instead, he caused the suspension of the IMF programme at a time when Pakistan could ill afford it.
• Pakistan’s credit rating and several other indicators reached a default level and inflation skyrocketed. Towards the end of the PDM government, the IMF programme was finally revived only after Shehbaz personally intervened and resolved issues with the global lender.
• The Sharif family’s nepotism and selective patronage have alienated various demographics from the party. The PML-N’s system of ‘merit’ operates within three concentric circles. At the core lies the ‘royal family’, where brothers, sons, daughters, sons-in-law and fathers of sons-in-law are given precedence over more deserving candidates within the party. The most attractive positions are reserved for family members.The Dar disaster is indicative of the deep-seated problems within the party.
• The Sharif family’s nepotism and selective patronage have alienated various demographics from the party. The PML-N’s system of ‘merit’ operates within three concentric circles. At the core lies the ‘royal family’, where brothers, sons, daughters, sons-in-law and fathers of sons-in-law are given precedence over more deserving candidates within the party. The most attractive positions are reserved for family members, with outsiders rarely allowed to access them. The way the Karachi-based Ismail was humiliated and Dar was brought in serves as a recent example of this attitude.
• Beyond the family, the Sharif’s Kashmiri clan takes precedence over other Punjabi clans in the distribution of rewards. Despite being a small caste in Punjab, the clan consistently claims a lion’s share of the cabinet posts, often securing the most desirable positions. These leaders also constitute the kitchen cabinet, deciding how the remaining spoils will be distributed.
• Whatever is left is allocated to Lahore and then along the GT Road. The rest of Pakistan is often marginalized, left to be content with meagre offerings.
• This approach has not only excluded the elite from other regions of Pakistan but has also marginalised a significant portion of the population. Pakistan operates on a patronage system and areas that remain outside the sphere of power also lose out on development funds and resources.
• It is no coincidence then that KP, South Punjab and Karachi were among the most ardent supporters of the PTI and the party provided them with a fair share of power. The PML-N stubbornly fails to understand the anger of the periphery and how it is affecting Pakistan’s mainstream politics.
• If Nawaz Sahrif has a roadmap to address the country’s financial challenges, why did he not share it with his brother when his party was ruling the country? And even more importantly, does he have any team members that were not part of the Shehbaz Sharif government?

5???? .DYNASTIC TRANSITIONS, Worthy audience since the PML-N’s politics is centered on the living room, family affairs affect the party disproportionately. The party is currently facing a significant challenge due to its troubled dynastic transition of power.It’s noteworthy that almost all dynastic parties in Pakistan are currently going through generational shifts. The Awami National Party (ANP) is in the process of transferring leadership to its fourth generation, while the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) are handing over the reins to the third generation. However, for the relatively new entrant to dynastic politics, the PML-N, it is undergoing only its second-generation transfer.

• When Nawaz was ousted, imprisoned and later allowed to go into exile, his brother assumed his role. However, the attempt to implement a Saudi-style horizontal succession faced difficulties from the very beginning. Shehbaz struggled to transition from being a manager to a leader, and Nawaz himself was unwilling to relinquish his authority.
• After his removal from power in 1999, Nawaz had been grooming his elder son, Hussain Nawaz, as his successor. However, Hussain lost interest in politics during his imprisonment following Musharraf’s coup. During Nawaz’s government in 2013, he reluctantly allowed some space for Maryam.
• In 2013, during the PML-N government, Maryam was appointed as the chairperson of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP). Nevertheless, in 2014, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) ruled that her appointment was illegal, citing her lack of qualifications for the position and nepotism as the basis for its decision. Consequently, her stint as the head of the youth programme was short-lived.
• Subsequently, Maryam took charge of a social media wing within the party to counter the challenges posed by PTI. While Maryam briefly enjoyed popularity when she challenged Imran’s government and its ties with the establishment, attracting admiration from party workers and large crowds, it seemed only for a while that she might replace her father — at least in terms of the party’s need for a charismatic leader.
• However, her inconsistent style of political activism, characterized by alternating periods of high activity followed by prolonged absences, made it challenging for her to maintain a consistent political persona. This approach seemed to have been employed ostensibly to provide Shehbaz with an opportunity to negotiate with the establishment. But it became evident that Maryam was not fully capable, yet, of stepping into her father’s shoes as the party’s leader.
• The second line of the Sharif family also had a chance to step up. Shehbaz’s son, Hamza Sharif, was given a powerful position. However, his tenure as chief minister was beset by challenges and was perceived as an unsuccessful experiment in parallel succession. This approach led to discontent within the party’s leadership.
• Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif and Ishaq Dar: the PML-N’s reliance on family connections for the top positions is alienating some party workers, especially the young

6???? .DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES. Worthy readers. Similar to the PPP a decade earlier, the PML-N appears to have fallen out of favor with the younger generation. Parties with internal democracy tend to revitalize themselves by introducing new, energetic leadership and by presenting fresh branding and policy alternatives.However, the PML-N seems trapped in a time-warp, with the average age of its top leadership hovering around 70 years. New leaders only seem to emerge when an existing leader passes away, and their son or daughter is often granted a place in parliament.

• These parties have effectively shut the door on young leadership through their unwillingness to foster greater participation within their parties and their hesitancy to fully implement a functional local government system. Their resistance to embracing these mechanisms stems from their desire to perpetuate a politics of patronage, rather than distributing power and resources more equitably downward to younger leaders and at the grassroots level.
• Similarly, the PML-N has made little effort to appeal to new demographics, even as the younger generation within the demographics it represents grows disinterested in the party.
• It’s worth noting that a substantial number of new young voters have been added to the electoral rolls in recent years. In the 2018 general election, approximately 20 million new voters were added, and this trend has continued, with the addition of 21 million new voters in the electoral rolls for 2024.
• This influx of new voters could significantly impact the political landscape and the dynamics of upcoming elections, potentially reshaping the electoral outcomes and the strategies of political parties.The party has not only struggled to understand the mindset of the younger generation but has also failed to effectively communicate with them.
• For over a decade, the PML-N has been ensnared in the communication narratives crafted by its chief rival, Imran Khan, and often merely reacting to his messaging. Consequently, the Sharif family has been unable to shake off the negative image that has become associated with them, especially in the aftermath of the former prime minister’s imprisonment.
• The PML-N’s strategy to engage the youth primarily involves distributing laptops to university students, extending support to anti-PTI social media influencers, and establishing social media cells and digital platforms. However, without a comprehensive effort to modernize, revitalize and rejuvenate the party as a platform fit for the 21st century, these measures offer limited value.
• The party believes, however, that Nawaz can pull off another miracle. He has had an incredible political journey, full of surprises, twists and turns. Luck has always smiled upon him in the game of political snakes and ladders. And this is what the party leadership is again banking on.?
• Maryam Nawaz’s inability to step into her father’s shoes as party leader and Hamza Shehbaz’s unsuccessful stint as the chief minister of Punjab have raised questions about the PML-N’s future

7???? .THE MANY RESURRECTIONS OF NAWAZ SHARIF. Worthy audience Veteran Punjab politico and former PM Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s autobiography humorously recounts Nawaz’s humble political beginnings. He shares the tale of a fair-skinned Kashmiri young man who once appeared at the doorstep of the Chaudhry’s of Gujrat, offering financial support for the upcoming elections. Perhaps the naive young man was unaware that the Chaudhry’s needed no investors. It might have been an attempt to establish a rapport with a family closely associated with the then dictator Gen Ziaul Haq. However, his offer was politely declined, and the young man left without even a cup of tea being offered.

• It was Gen Zia, the Chaudhrys’ mentor, who eventually formed a connection with the young man and his family. Zia, himself stemming from modest origins, felt uneasy around the traditional elite entrenched in agriculture. Instead, he found comfort with self-made industrialists who had experienced challenges under former PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s regime. With Zia having ousted Bhutto, it made them Zia’s natural allies.
• During his initial political journey, Nawaz primarily functioned as a successful organiser of social and socio-economic groups that harboured concerns about Bhutto’s daughter Benazir’s return to power. He skilfully brought the traditional elite into his fold through an intricate patronage network, unlike anything Pakistan had witnessed before.
• This played a pivotal role in diverting people’s allegiance away from the PPP, effectively transforming central Punjab into a pro-establishment region after a considerable period.
• Under Nawaz Sharif’s leadership in Punjab, the province remained under the influence of the capitalist class. However, the distinctions among various elite groups became increasingly blurred, as the traditional elite and the offspring of the salaried class evolved into crony capitalists in substantial numbers.
• By the time he was ousted from power in 1999, Nawaz had transcended his modest beginnings. He had transformed from being merely an anti-Bhutto figure and an organiser of anti-Bhutto factions into a leader of millions and the head of a popular political party. His establishment of a widely recognised national political party marked an achievement previously realised only by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
• In 2007, Nawaz returned to the country as a noticeably transformed individual. Not only had his appearance changed, but his vocabulary and demeanour had also undergone a noticeable shift. Most notably, he seemed to have shed his previously combative nature and the ruthless political instincts he was known for.
• For the first time, he engaged in an election campaign without a confrontational approach, successfully regaining much of the ground he had lost to the ‘King’s party’, the PML-Q led by the Chaudhrys of Gujrat.
• Nawaz adhered to the principles of the Charter of Democracy — signed between himself and Benazir Bhutto in May 2006 — to a significant extent during this period. Key developments, such as the smooth passing of the 18th Amendment and the 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) award, can be attributed to his new conciliatory leadership.
• However, the influence of Nawaz 1.0 occasionally clashed with the more moderate Nawaz 2.0. He supported some of the excesses of the judiciary and cooperated with the establishment in subjecting Asif Ali Zardari to scrutiny.

·??????? During his own rule post-2013, the party found itself being pulled in two different directions, with the powerful interior minister Chaudhry Nisar representing the older Nawaz and a host of other impatient leaders more aligned with the evolved Nawaz.

8???? .ONE PARTY TO RULE THEM ALL. Worthy readers The beleaguered PPP, grappling with the tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007, faced an uphill battle in maintaining its voter base. Under the leadership of Zardari, the PPP’s share of the national vote dwindled from 31 percent in 2008 to a mere 15 percent in 2013, which further declined to 13 percent in the 2018 elections. Today, it is predominantly viewed as an ethnically Sindhi party, heavily reliant on Sindhi identity and an extensive patronage network for its survival.

• In contrast, the PML-N managed to increase its voter base from 23 percent to 33 percent during this period. However, in the controversial 2018 elections, its vote bank once again contracted to 24 percent.
• Remarkably, the PTI, almost non-existent on the political landscape in 2008, was able to secure 17 percent of the votes in 2013, nearly equal to the loss suffered by the PPP, and it surged to 32 percent in the 2018 elections. With Imran Khan now in prison and the remaining leadership of the PTI under tremendous pressure, the PML-N hopes to regain its lost space.

·??????? The public gathering at the Minar-i-Pakistan on October 21 on Nawaz Sharif’s return was meant to symbolise a shift in the fortunes of the party. Lately, the official social media accounts of the PML-N have been harking back to the party’s “bright” political past and economic performance under the stewardship of Nawaz. The party is trying to portray Nawaz as the messiah who will bring economic prosperity to Pakistan.

• The party wants the nation to believe that Nawaz has the roadmap to address the country’s financial challenges. However, with Dar on one side and Shehbaz on the other, there may be questions about the credibility of his promises for a brighter economic future.
• If he has a roadmap, why did he not share it with his brother when his party was ruling the country? And even more importantly, does he have any team members that were not part of the Shehbaz government?
• Similar to how PTI benefited from the decline of the PPP, it now seems to be capitalising on the PML-N’s diminishing popularity. If given an open hand, the PTI could well present stiff competition to the PML-N. However, post the events of May 9, the chances of PTI receiving a level playing field in the 2024 elections seem slim. Given its association with the establishment, the PML-N might well once again ascend to power in the upcoming elections. The real test for it will be whether it can adapt and thrive as a party for the next generation. The alternative would be a slow but inevitable decline in the years ahead.

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