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Naya Pakistan 2.0

Turn in the script was in in the near future, especially after the foreign conspiracy program was terminated. When the dust has settled on disbelief movepti’s narrative wavered on three-way pivot – indirectly placing the blame on state institutions and explicitly on foreign powers, for a few days before finally resetting in on what the Naya Pakistan 2.0 electoral rhetoric will include in the aggregate.

Imran Khan show of political power after his dismissal was, to put it mildly, remarkable, spontaneous appeals heralded in waves of supporters to his rallies. What’s interesting to note is the carefully crafted script that Khan and his PTI adhere to when assembling. up momentum and keep mobilizing support in in run up to next polls.

Khan’s tirades in political rallies were very clear, simple and to the point. Establishing an obvious connection with his support base – urban middle class – naive subgroup of political youth. While the rhetoric prior to 2018 was focused on fight against corruption and how accountability we will fix countries problems, new rhetoric until 2023 about how national sovereignty is at stake and how status of an independent country automatically solve all our problems.

Not strategy, just trick. In both of his public addresses, Khan never mentioned any of myriad of problems faced by the country, not to mention the proposal of solutions. He didn’t talk about development and economic reforms or whatever next the plan is to bring the country out of in current economic mess that PTI government left This is in.

Instead, he building on his all-encompassing mantra as the savior of Pakistan, telling support base that only a sovereign independent state, free from the clutches and influence of imperial powers, will lead country to prosperity. He deftly switches between calling himself someone who is not anti-Western, proud to have earned the respect of Western leaders because of his status as a free independent Muslim leader who does not bow down to anyone bye also capitalization on inherent anti-American sentiment.

Meanwhile, Khan turned his weapon on the judiciary, attacking the latter, portraying himself as a victim, made victims for independence of judiciary, now facing main blow of their intended activity. Interestingly, the growing criticism ensure constant pressure on judicial branch for number of cases that should follow – the most important is the foreign funding case, which is pending for in last some years with election Committee of Pakistan.

The trick is simple and multifaceted: keep ratcheting up the story that, due to foreign intervention, sovereignty of the state is at stake, and compromised leaders have been placed in office by external forces. He will endure with his brand of divisive politics make a wedge in civil society and in national institutions – all the while targeting the judiciary to increase pressure for the last constitutional defense to come to cost of his populist support and will of in people.

That’s for sure like the same anti-corruption enchanting dust of Khan sparkled until 2018. These ideas sell well for the cult that follows him for multiple reasons. Youth bulge forms the main chunk of his support base, a demographic group that is out of touch with harsh realities of management and sees in his cultivated image of a political crusader in checkered political history of the country. Narration also simplified and resonant with naive middle-class urban electorate who fuss in age of disinformation, populism, economics misery all in en environment where any story devoid of of rational proof and logic may be conveniently acceptable.

regardless of all this, it is important to note that the Khan brand of politics did not win the election for he is both in 2013, like 2018 – without engineering support. Even so, he did not have a two-thirds majority and had to rely on on coalition partners for simple majority. Turnout of PTI supporters in political rallies in urban centers during the previous two election cycles and now again are precisely false meaning of puffed up bravado that fueled PTI confidence what they were driving on wave of popular support last time at the national level. Although this worth confession how Imran Khan refreshed political mood and mobilized his supporters who responded to his calls even in Ramadan, especially in Karachi.

While before-power mantra of anti-corruption and dynastic politics turned to people as of underlying need for change in political systemIt is remains to see if its current narrative will continue to fuel his campaign momentum and bolster his biased electorate, if not snowball in additional support. After all, jalsa numbers are not translate in electoral success as a constituency politics have another reality.

The writer is a politician. analyst based on in Karachi.

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Derrick Santistevan
Derrick Santistevan
Derrick is the Researcher at World Weekly News. He tries to find the latest things going around in our world and share it with our readers.

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