: Pakistan again on the path of a political crisis #IndiaNEWS #Other News Islamabad, July 31 (IANS) Pakistan is heading towards an unavoidable political crisis after the thumping victory of Imran Khans

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Pakistan again on the path of a political crisis #IndiaNEWS #Other News
Islamabad, July 31 (IANS) Pakistan is heading towards an unavoidable political crisis after the thumping victory of Imran Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the recently held by-election in Punjab province. Out of the total 20 provincial seats, PTI won 15 seats in the home turf of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), which could secure only four seats.
This outcome has sufficiently weakened the nine-party Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) coalition government, including PML-N. Immediately after the results announcement, Imran Khan called for early National Assembly (NA) elections in Pakistan. This demand is the main bone of contention and will lead to increased political uncertainty and possible street violence if the ruling coalition does not heed to Khans demands.
PML-N has lost Punjab after the recent polls outcome and may result in the ouster of Hamza Sharif as the chief minister on July 22. There is an understanding in Pakistan that whoever rules Punjab, rules the country.
As a result, if the PTI and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) coalition comes back to power in the province, the Shehbaz Sharif-led government in Islamabad may not be able to survive for long.
Besides failing politically, the ruling PDM alliance has proven unsuccessful in handling the countrys dwindling economy. In such a situation, the powerful military establishment may dump the PDM government.
Although, the coalition partners have shown no signs of holding early elections and are looking forward to finishing the term until mid-next year. This will not go down well with Imran Khan who is far more confident after the recent win in Punjab.
Khan has been going with all guns blazing against the PDM coalition parties, military and Pakistans election commission after his embarrassing ouster from power in April. His narrative against the state institutions and the foreign conspiracy propaganda targeted at the US is resonating well with the voters, both in the urban and rural constituencies.
Punjab by-election results underscore that the Khan factor, which had prevailed in the 2018 election, has again helped the PTI to massively sway the electorate.
Whereas, the PDM government is struggling to sell anything substantial to Pakistani people, who are facing severe food and energy crisis, and long power blackouts. The ruling coalition has also failed to revive the stalled International Monetary Fund bailout programme, leading to more economic uncertainty in the country.
After the Punjab defeat, PML-N supremo and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said in a statement that the party paid the price of difficult decisions taken by the coalition government that came into power in April.

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