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Numbers game: PTI ready for elections with 10m registered members
PTI chief Imran Khan says they don't fear any political party. Hints PPP and PML-N's vote bank not sufficient.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Insaf professionals forum in Islamabad, Khan said that PTI did not fear any political party. PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, hinting at the party’s successful membership drive in recent months, has claimed that the party now has over 10 million members, Express News reported on Wednesday.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Insaf professionals forum in Islamabad, Khan said that PTI did not fear any political party.
Comparing the party’s burgeoning vote bank with the other two major political forces of the country, Khan claimed that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), arguably Pakistan’s largest political party, did not even have a total vote bank of 10 million people. While the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) could only boast 7 million voters.
PTI had wrapped up its membership drive in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab earlier this year, while they are trying to gather as many supporters as it can from Sindh and Balochistan. The party had extended its membership drive for the two provinces till July 31.
In March this year, PTI was gearing itself for the upcoming general elections by holding intra-party elections to elect election candidates.
Aspiring candidates would then undertake debates and undergo primaries to win a party ticket for contesting on Provincial Assembly or National Assembly seats.
When the drive started, the PTI had aimed for four million registered members for their electoral college.
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Yes :) Inshallah will participate in intra party elections and general elections. My whole family is registered
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No other Party has such courage to stage Intra-Party Elections. VOTE and chose the right people and professionals to run your country, you would not be disappointed. PTI Zindabaad. Imran Khan the next Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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Im a PTI supporter but these figures dont even come close to painting a true picture. Reason is PTI’s membership can be subscribed by sending a simple text message. You dont have to fulfill any formalities or forms. Send a text message and you are PTI member. Now we know how many people just casually sign up to alerts and other text services.
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Yeah..Go PTI Go…May ALLAH bless you with great success in next elections,Imran Khan for Prime Minister of Pakistan :)
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Keep going PTI. There would be many hick-ups and backlashes from internal leaders who are not used to real democratic setup within parties, but this is the only way to make PTI an institution.
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Artificial flowers cannot smell Khan sb.
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@Umair Khan:
Mine too,Family,Friends and all the people know will be voting for PTI…
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@Reasonable:
I believe de-duplication exercise had started a while ago. At that point, IK himself had mentioned that true membership base stands at around 7-8 MM. However, these seem to be updated numbers after that exercise.
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My mom used to tell me the stories of Sheikh Chilli and always advised me that son the Real World and Sheikh Chilli’s world are different and there is a difference in building castles in the air and thinking in a rational way in real life.
Aiming Sky high has no Problem but your foot must be set on the ground first. PTI should also come out of Sheikh Chillis World.
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@Reasonable: it’s not only about sending the text, Sending the text with your Full Name, CNIC, Address and City and there can’t be two CNICs for one person. and PTI volunteers and ISF youth had been working so hard for membership campaign from door to door ans did set up membership camps through out the Pakistan and had tremendous response. Because PTI is the only True National party. Long Live PTI & Long Live Imran Khan.
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@ reasonable
dude it is not like that. PTI have registered members. Party officials also have copy of ID of each member joins the party for identification purpose. Its not via sms.
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@reasonable .. i am not sure if u r a PTI member .. but i never seen a mobile phone user who subscribe by sending confidential info like CNIC number.. all these 10 million members are those who have sent CNIC numbers and those CNIC numbers are verified from new voter lists ..
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@Reasonable
These 10m members are those who have registered themselves by giving their NICs..!
If you haven’t provided your NIC number, then do it now because you are not among these 10m registered members..
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@Awans: Only a Sheikh Chilli would know what his or her world look like! Please come out now!!!
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@Awans:
Read IK book and see how people even Doctors used to tell him that SKMH was Sheikh chillis dream. Real world is full of Zardari, Nawaz sharif, Altaf Hussain etc and they been ruling Pakistan for last 30 years. We have enough of that real world. We want to be in IK's Sheikh Chillis world we we can win World cup, build great institutions like SKMH, Namal University. You stay in Zardari's real world and we go to IK's Sheikh chillis world.
Recommend@Awans:
It seems from your past posts that you are a person who will never change his mind.
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@Awan … Your mother, like my mother and like all mothers was very right in advising you about Sheikh Chilli, no doubt … but hopefully your imposition of that advise to PTI will be wrong, Godwilling, as it is different than dreaming … there is clear effort that accompanies that dream of PTI, maybe you don’t see it, but hopefully you will, and above all you have to dream something to make it a reality, otherwise the word reality means nothing if it universal or unchangeable … PTI may not win the elections but I give them 10/10 for hard work, giving ppl hope and above all giving PPP and PML-N tough time …
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even after getting a beating in multan election, sheikh chilli refuses to stop his claims. His next plan is to claim rigging in the elections based on his ‘registered members’ coz he is going to lose these elections badly.
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@Alif:
Your comment, sir, fails to make a firm point, firstly because as Mr. Reasonable pointed out the membership is accepted with a simple text which is rather silly, secondly I have been a part of quite a few campaigns and membership drives, there are some folks among us who want instant monetary benefits in exchange for their loyalty amd that is where tehreek-i-insaaf’s anti corruption loophole is exploited.
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Imran Khan will be the greatest disapointment ever to Pakistanis. His economical reforms are tried and have failed.
He is riding truly on people’s emotional minds.
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100 Million people may have pledge to vote for you. You know also how many will stand in a line and vote. Pakistani voters are mostly illiterate, they vote for braddery or for wadaras.
Even the educated may change their mind, because of your programs and support to TTP and like minded people.Than you have collected few losers. I think you may get few seats.
I will be very happy if you win this election
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Lolly-pop after lolly-pop= Imran Khan
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It will be a miracle, if 10 percent of them are actual voters.
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My whole family is registered, however, we will vote for MQM.
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I am responsible for my family and myself. I got everyone register at home for vote first time and we stand behind manifesto of PTI team. PTI is only hope for us as we don’t want to make same mistakes of our elders and try these two corrupt parties and their leaders. I AM THE CHANGE.
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To all pessimists: when everybody agrees in the country that Pakistan is at its lowest level in all departments since its independence, you are not even daring to dream that this country can be fixed and criticizing the person, who is trying to lift the moral of this nation. what substance you guys have in your argument other than predictions like “he can’t”, “he would not” etc..get a life. at least let the optimists try to fix this country. I live abroad, but have registerd my vote and would come back just to vote for Imran Khan. I dont care if he wins or not, i would atleast do my part.
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They should give us the number of UNIQUE members among these 10m registered members. I am myself a registered members but I have registered myself thrice accidentally.
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Guys , we overseas Pakistanis should file petition in SC against recent election commission decision, in which ECP denied to give right of vote to overseas Pakistanis.
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10 million already? IK you are inventing a reason to call the elections “RIGGED” after the polls.
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@Reasonable:
Sir , only those people are sending messages who are interested , i mean in my family i am the only one who is member of PTI and it is 110% sure my VOTE IS FOR PTI ..
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Opportunity seldom knocks twice, people of Pakistan don’t miss the train this time. Give support and vote to PTI.
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@nasir:
OK tell me what about Marshall law between 1978-2008 which make up the majority,atleast PPP and PML-N bought democratic process back ,so you people can say we want change without being beaten up by STUDENTS OF PUNJAB UNIVERSITY.DON’T SPREAD WRONG PROPAGANDA MQM and PML-N WERE NOT FORMED 30 YEAR AGO .EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO RUNS THE GOVERNMENT,JUST BECAUSE YOUR HATRED TOWARDS THESE PARTIES YOU POST IMMATURE COMMENTS IN REAL LIFE NOTHING IS PREFECT EVEN LAST 30 YEARS.
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@ Awans
A great achievement is always a result of greater dream. A person’s dream is according to his stature ! A small statured person will never dare to dream big ! so when others dream big small statured people think others lives in a fools paradise !
@ Reasonable
Quite agree with you. Sending SMS and actually coming to vote are 2 different things. I think intra party election turnout would be a real guage to estimate PTIs strength. Although having 10 million members is beyond amazing !
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@Reasonable:
nope you are wrong..its based upon NIDs so it cant be duplicated …i think everybody knows that or it would have been hot debate..i wounder why u dont?????
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@amjid:
never knew you had three NIDs..!!!!!
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I am Awan n I support Imran Khan..
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People save your country and secure your children future. please vote for Mr.Khan
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who registered 3 times as a party member ??? its not possible you can get 3 cards of PTI but you can not be registered thrice because you must have only 1 CNIC. THE CNICs were verified from voter list and than registered as PTI member..Recommend