Reorganisation: PML-Q sees its chance in government’s failure
Aims to enlist 2,000 news workers in each district.
PML-Q Punjab president Chaudhry Parvez Elahi. PHOTO: EXPRESS/WASEEM NIAZ
LAHORE:
In its attempt to revitalise and reorganise the party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has set the target of 2,000 “diehard party workers” to be enlisted from each district of the province, The Express Tribune has learnt.
PML-Q Punjab president Chaudhry Parvez Elahi presided over a high-level party meeting at the PML-Q House on Tuesday. The 110 party members given tickets for the May 2013 general elections, district presidents and general secretaries of the Punjab province attended the meeting.
Following discussions on how to reorganise the party, Elahi handed 2,000 party membership forms to each district representative directing them to only enlist people who would be loyal to the party. He said the party needed sincere workers who would respond to the party’s call for public gatherings or strikes.
Elahi told party representatives that five party workers should be appointed for each village so that the party could entrench itself at the grassroots level. “The village-level workers should focus on disenchanted workers of other parties, highlight the ruling party’s failure to provide good governance,” he said.
He said he would soon announce visitations to each division where he would address large public gatherings to mobilise workers and the masses against the current regime. He said the series of gatherings would end with a mega public gathering in Lahore.
These strategies have been developed based on several reports the party has received from all its wings and leaders over the past month.
Party members urged the PML-Q leadership to reorganise and mobilise the party as there was a lot of unrest among the masses whom the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz lawmakers had largely ignored after coming to power. The people are now beginning to view the PML-Q as a viable option in the local government elections or the next general elections, they said.
The workers said there was also severe unrest among PML-N workers over their representatives’ failure to address their issues. Now is the time to make a strong political move and announce the PML-Q’s future strategy, the workers said.
PML-Q’s Chaudhry Zaheeruddin and Raja Basharat had presented their report based on findings of consultation from 24 districts in the province. They recommended that the PML-Q consider reorganising the party. The report mentioned that the masses were not satisfied with the present regime at the centre or in the province. Later at a press conference, Elahi lashed out at a recent Gallup survey saying it was not fair to compare chief ministers of other provinces with Shahbaz Sharif. He said the KPK and Balochistan chief ministers had been in office for 10 months whereas Shahbaz Sharif had had nine years.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2014.
In its attempt to revitalise and reorganise the party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has set the target of 2,000 “diehard party workers” to be enlisted from each district of the province, The Express Tribune has learnt.
PML-Q Punjab president Chaudhry Parvez Elahi presided over a high-level party meeting at the PML-Q House on Tuesday. The 110 party members given tickets for the May 2013 general elections, district presidents and general secretaries of the Punjab province attended the meeting.
Following discussions on how to reorganise the party, Elahi handed 2,000 party membership forms to each district representative directing them to only enlist people who would be loyal to the party. He said the party needed sincere workers who would respond to the party’s call for public gatherings or strikes.
Elahi told party representatives that five party workers should be appointed for each village so that the party could entrench itself at the grassroots level. “The village-level workers should focus on disenchanted workers of other parties, highlight the ruling party’s failure to provide good governance,” he said.
He said he would soon announce visitations to each division where he would address large public gatherings to mobilise workers and the masses against the current regime. He said the series of gatherings would end with a mega public gathering in Lahore.
These strategies have been developed based on several reports the party has received from all its wings and leaders over the past month.
Party members urged the PML-Q leadership to reorganise and mobilise the party as there was a lot of unrest among the masses whom the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz lawmakers had largely ignored after coming to power. The people are now beginning to view the PML-Q as a viable option in the local government elections or the next general elections, they said.
The workers said there was also severe unrest among PML-N workers over their representatives’ failure to address their issues. Now is the time to make a strong political move and announce the PML-Q’s future strategy, the workers said.
PML-Q’s Chaudhry Zaheeruddin and Raja Basharat had presented their report based on findings of consultation from 24 districts in the province. They recommended that the PML-Q consider reorganising the party. The report mentioned that the masses were not satisfied with the present regime at the centre or in the province. Later at a press conference, Elahi lashed out at a recent Gallup survey saying it was not fair to compare chief ministers of other provinces with Shahbaz Sharif. He said the KPK and Balochistan chief ministers had been in office for 10 months whereas Shahbaz Sharif had had nine years.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2014.