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Winning two PA seats, nascent TLP gets ready to enter Sindh Assembly
[DAWN] KARACHI: Amid many surprises and upsets in general elections 2018, Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistain has emerged as a new force to claim the highest number of religious votes in Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... . It beat the five-party alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, which many say is fast losing support of mainstream parties of the Barelvi school of thought. The TLP, however, says it is a "well-deserved" rise for the party, which came into the limelight after the execution of Mumtaz Qadri, the self-confessed and convicted killer of Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... governor Salman Taseer, with the name of Tehrik Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (PTUI!). The TLP turned into a political party last year when it launched a protest sit-in across the country against the alleged change in the oath for politicians in parliament and the declaration for voters regarding Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. "We got 321,000 votes in Karachi for our National Assembly candidates while the number of votes for our Sindh Assembly candidates is much higher and we won two [PA seats]," said Bilal Ghazi of the TLP. "We could perform much better if the results were not held back. In three provincial assembly and in one National Assembly seats, the results were changed. We could have won at least six Sindh Assembly seats and one of the National Assembly." He said the role of the TLP during the past two years helped it make inroads with religious voters, who had been disappointed by the mainstream religious parties. It was a "natural rise", he said, which was successfully turned into votes by the party. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-30 |
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