The PPP might not even be able to garner votes in Larkana or other areas in the upcoming elections
LARKANA: The Pakistan Peoples Party appears to have failed in saving its dwindling popularity not just in other provinces but also in its home province of Sindh. The PPP might not even be able to garner votes in Larkana or other areas in the upcoming elections, where it enjoys a strong foothold. Given its dismal performance in Sindh during the past eight years, it is least likely to retain the same number of seats in the upcoming general elections. As the PML-N is often blamed for only benefiting Punjab, the PPP has failed to even deliver the minimal in Sindh. Be it literacy rate, development index or economic activity, no sector has shown any significant development.
During the recent by-election in NA-120, the PPP got the least number of votes. Being one of the largest political parties of the country, the PPP might lose votes quicker than it could fathom and realise. Making it again to the federation is clearly out of the question for them; however, retaining it in the province might be no easier either. Internationally, the Raymond Davis case, Memogate scandal and other policy failures have already worked against the PPP’s fate ahead of the 2018 elections.
Ammara Bilal
Published in The Express Tribune, September 24th, 2017.
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