2024 Elections

2024 Elections
election results in 2024..PTI in 2018 just a pukhtun based party literally surged in Punjab and karachi to emerge as the largest party with 114 seats in the national assembly...Though imran did not win a majority in 2018,he even failed in 2024 because of more cooperation between the PMLn and PPP and the collapse of the majlis amal and the breakup of imrans coalition whom he derogatorily alleged were trying to blackmail him alongwith losing the backing of the army and the resurgence of the mqm-P and JUIf...Imran a very biased animosity proned person...on becoming captain he had sacked prominent cricketers Zaheer Abbas and Abdul Qadir..he did not like Abdul Qadir's praying in the dressing room...there is a large difference in the 2018 upright imran the cricket captain and the dubious looter/crazy politician imran in 2024 and the running after money, embezzler of party funds/funds from dubious contractors..looting state gifts and using a foreign office cipher for propaganda the world over..his mean and nasty influencers also did not help his cause...the PTI used to lap up everything the PTI influencers put out...Imran does not accept reality...!

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

The Daily Pakistan Politics (aka Political Punch/Pakistan Punch) Feb 16-28, 2026

Mar1-2026--Iran says it has fired misiles at a US carrier and attacked a tanker which is sinking while the USA says it has a sunk a iranian corvette...missiles being fired at Tehran while iran is firing missiles at israel and many arab states..at least 150 tankers have dropped anchor in open gulf waters while another 100 are stationery inside near various oil states

Mar1-2026--reports of small shiite/MWM/TJP iranian controlled orgs demos at press centers in peshawar and US counsel offices in lahore and karachi and other places..violence in karachi reports nine dead due to gunshots and two policemen hit with blunt weapons...while crowd has been detained at serena chowk in islamabad...police shelling in peshawar, lahore and islamabad...army called out in Skardu after violence and office burnings of UN and AKD..rangers were in position at several places in karachi and roads were closed at places..many shiite type leaders also expressed grief and sorrow...

Mar1-2026--Alireza Arafi obviously an Ayatollah has been named as the interim successor...peshkian, ali reza and the chief justice will run the country initially...he runs the seminaries and probably knows the value of people... supporters, followers and opponents...and policies that need changing...The iranian president a relative moderate has obviously opted to keep things under control and the system which has widespread support in Iran seemingly has brought in a conservative visually trying to look tough...support and stability comes over time and how he runs things...however there has been widespread bombing damage and at least 40 senior military and religious figures have perished with widespread destruction of official buildings...shiites revel in mourning and death and that controls generalized behaviour...despite the proxy wars, protests and suppression khamenai had a lot of support on the religious side...with the military and IRG leadership decimated alongwith advisors to khamenai a new younger group will have to take control and handle things..militarily they still lack anything apart from missiles , oil and the strait of hormuz and will probably face further attacks on military installations...they should obviously sue for peace and start some negotiations to achieve some interactions and normality...iran has fired missiles at almost all arab cities and israel including oman, riyadh, dubai, jordan , doha, qatar, uae, with some causing more damage in bahrain..there have been attacks on places other than US bases like residential areas,airports, ports and hotels...In the present situation further attacks from both sides will cause further trouble and instability in iran and possibly the oil market ...with Iran almost isolated apart from a few countries...countries opposing attacks on iran include china, russia ,the crazy pakistanis and the UN..israel is a bad influence on the USA and with the USA has decimated iranian proxy leaders and the leaderships in Iran since Suleimani was eliminated by Trump...

Mar1-2026--things are now moving towards succession theories...Iran has a system that has been tested only in selecting presidents and there is a rudimentary theologists controlled parliament... and a IRG controlled by the Supreme Leader... Under Iran’s constitution, an interim council comprising President Masoud Pezeshkian, the judiciary chief, and a cleric from the Guardian Council is to assume responsibilities until the Assembly of Experts appoints a successor.The Assembly must choose from among senior Shia clerics. No consensus candidate has so far emerged.

Names circulating in Tehran include Sadeq Larijani, the former judiciary chief and a close aide to Khamenei; Alireza Arafi, who oversees Iran’s seminaries; Mohsen Araki, a longtime member of the Assembly; Mohsen Qomi, an adviser within the Supreme Leader’s office; and Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ruhollah Khomeini.

The only difference in shiite ayatollahs is whether they are  milder, moderate or strict theologians...a moderate choice could bring peace to the middle east although by nature the religious shiite elite will have the same system,  behaviour and aggressive militarism that has brought iran to this stage...Irans fighting nature will bring its assets to the fore and cause more and more bombardments as Trump if he can foment change said.."see u a few years later"...irans best hope is for the democrats to win the next US presidency..There is very little chance of the monarchy being restored at the moment

Mar1-2026-- According to media reports Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenai has been killed in US strikes...it was announced early saturday...some family members also killed including daughter, son in law and grand daughter..he was in power since 1989 and was responsible for brutal suppressions...the recent uprisings and killings were said tobe the worst after the killing of Mahsa Amin in police custody and resulting protests...Iran was involved in many of the midde east problems but has had to face problems by the US and israeli elimination of its proxy and IRG leaderships...the gulf oil problems may exacerbate due to closure of the Hormuz and how long this war lasts although there are outside sources of oil and there has been no immediate surge of oil prices

Mar1-2026--flights to middle east suspended as diverted flights land at Karachi 

Mar1-2026--DI Khan ,Bannu and North waziristan under curfew 

Mar1-2026-- Iran says 200 have been killed in US attacks as Trump says many iranian leaders killed...defence minister and IRG commander rumored dead..one pakistani dies in UAE from missile debris

Mar1-2026--Pathetic salman agha with only 47 runs in the tournament describes failure as underperforming as shanaka socked them for eight sixes in closing...he is widely being regarded as weak, uneasy and lacking initiative as a captain and batsman and one sees sahibzada with 5000 t20 runs as  widely more respected and capable..he is a captain of an almost pukhtun team and it would be suitable to name a senior pukhtun as captain...the team lacked capable batsmen/hitters and only spinners cant do the trick...the alrounders rarely succeeded and new blood should be introduced from  the under19's and shaheens...

Cartoon: 27 February, 2026

Feb28-2026--Pakistan has named its military operation against Afghanistan as "Righteous Fury" while the US operation against Iran is named "Epic Fury"...countries like UAE , Saudia , Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain are not big military powers but have Patriot missiles that can defend some places against missile attacks...their militaries are focused on internal defence against the state and terrorism...most middle east states have shiite opposition in various forms while others are shiite majorities like lebanon and iraq and iranian proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas and the Yemeni houthis...Saudia and UAE have a small airforce and Qatar has a sizable airforce...the USA and Israel have avoided airforce attacks initially relying on missiles...Bahrain is the middle east base of the US navy's carriers and USA Airforce midair supply planes have been shown stationed in israel..Since Iran can make missiles it only needs enriched uranium near 100% to build a nuclear missile in which it can replace ordinary ammunition with a nuclar warhead..Iran is said to have 400kgs of 60% enriched uranium and it could take it a month to enrich it to weapons grade depending on availaibility of required centrifuges...why iran wants to upgrade to 60% and not above is not known...iran has had nuclear capabilities since the shah's time and it is said Ayaytollah khomeini had a stated position not to build nuclear weapons...

Feb28-2026--The USA and Israel have initiated military operations against Iran after reports said that nuclear talks had ended or an IAEA report has been called for...Trump was frustrated with the talks but thought that Iranians wanted a deal...the mediator Oman had reported some success...reports of bombings in Tehran, Isphahan, Qom, Karaj, Kermanshah,Tabriz, kharg island(from where iran exports its oil) and Bushehr...Bushehr is a port city that houses the iranian nuclear power plant...reports also of iranian attempts to refloat the isphahan enrichment center...Iran has launched missiles and drones against Israel, Abudhabi, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and Bahrain...reports indicate that at the moment officials are being targeted and the iranian top leadership has fled tehran...there are no known important targets for the USA but Trump has indicated that he will go after missile factories and the iranian navy and will not allow iran to build a nuclear weapon...Trump says the iranians already have missiles capable of striking europe and they are trying to make missiles that can strike the USA...Iran does not seem capable of a horrific retaliation at present but that is what they are saying they will do...Iran is attempting to build some sort of aerial defence and acquire supersonic anti ship cruise missiles...at the moment they might have a small cache of medium range missiles and military drones..reports suggest that several days of US bombings are planned...regional arab countries should be wary of iranian attacks..USA could back off if Iran manages continuous regional attacks or a attack on its warships or air carriers...regional states have condemned irans missile attacks on them while some say some of the missiles were intercepted

Feb28-2026-- while Afghanistan said that they had stopped hostilities midight Friday...Pakistan continued operations againts sporadic fire upto early hours of saturday...to stop any possible intrusion of bombers or terrorists...Pakistan said a total of 415 afghans were killed and 132 check posts destroyed..31 posts were captured and 171 afghan tanks/vehicles/troop carriers destroyed. 29 location were bombed by PAF across Afghanistan...Afghanistan has agreed to talks on the urging of regional countries and world powers which it had earlier refused..ISPR says that afghanistan attacked at over 53 places and a mosque in bajaur was also damaged...a number of drone attacks were reported in Swabi and Abbottabad..Police in Rawalpindi put on alert against possible afghan terrorists

Feb27-2026--government has asked bus operators in Rawalpindi addas to make intercity passengers walk thru  scanning gates after recent incidents of terrorism that had bombers travelling in buses loaded with suicide belts

Feb27-2026--Iran has two positions on talks with the americans..one that they are going smoothly and two that americans are putting up harsh conditions..what transpired is that the USA wants IAEA inspections especially at Isphahan or where the agency thinks the iranians are trying to recreate enrichment processes and storing... 

Feb27-2026-- Punjab government to provide 1100 electric taxis to both male and female drivers..government to pay 50% of down payment of male drivers and 60% of down payment of female drivers

Feb27-2026--at least ten terrorists kiled in a military operaton in Zhob near the afghan border

Feb27-2026--SC shoots down latif khosa request to hospitalize imran and that it was the government problem and they would provide all treatments necessary...a minister also assured that Imran would also be sent abroad if some serious ailment arose...everything that has happened in the health field is known even to ordinary people...imran has had a serious eye problem whose treatment was delayed initially in a war of words between aleema khan and the interior minister..however a senior eye surgeon who says he has treated almost 1000 retina patients from Pims(relatively good large govt sector independent islamabad hospital ) checked and conducted tests in jail..however he was transported to hospital for a VEGF injection...a second injection was given on the 25th..in between two eye specialists also checked Imran..he can now see as initially his right eye was blurry and with glasses his vision returns to normal...if imran has had specific problems his physicians should send his file to the jail superintendent or the doctors treating his eye problems...imran apparently has had a stent installed and has had physical problems from sports injuries, in a firing incident and a fall from a rally stage...

Feb27-2026--Afghans attacked across the tribal districts borders in Khyber, Chitral, Mohmand,Kurram and Bajaur...Pakistan also retaliated and airstrikes hit targets in Afghanistan..there are reports of 12 soldiers being martyred and nearly  274 on the afghan side with over 73 afghan checposts destroyed and 18 occupied...hostilities took place overnight and into the early hours of Friday..afghan drones found over sibi, abbottabad and nowshera and shotdown..pakistan say they did not target civilian areas and aerial targets were hit in kandahar, kabul and paktika...

Feb27-2026--ECP again announces  Zehri as the winner in PB-21 and the IHC suspends the order..initially Bhootani had won and Zehri was third..in a recount  13000 of Bhootanis votes were rejected and poll vote percentages increased and there were incidents of five intruders carrying votes and inside the vote record room etc....zehri who was initially third than became first and bhootani became third...The court should check how 13000 votes were rejected in a recount two months after the poll result..given the strange circumstances the court should order a re-election...

Feb26-2026--In past few days 34 terrorists killed in Kp and baluchistan... 

Feb26-2026--four cops killed in Bajaur in firing on their patrol vehicle 

Feb25-2026--17 died during Basant..three electrocutions,  two fell from trees and 12 fell from rooftops...

Feb25-2026--Imran again taken to Pims for eye problem injection...Information minister had announced a day earlier that he would be taken to Pims 

Feb25-2026--USA attacks on iran if they take place could be interesting apart from missile attacks on US bases..irans defensive measures now incude shoulder fired anti aircraft missiles and fast  anti ship 290km cruise misiles

Feb25-2026--9 law enforcers lose their lives in Kp, Punjab...two cops killed in suicide blast at Bhakkar checpost..six incuding DSP slain in Kohat ambush, constable shot dead in Wana..police vehicle torched..one person going for court appearance also killed

Feb24-2026--three FC men killed in karak ambush as ambulance coming from a quadcopter incident attacked

 

Feb23-2026--Pakistans brilliant economy...mutton 2500 rupees a kilo.....guavas 450 a kilo...car Rs25-40 lakhs... Daily News cartoon...!


Feb23-2026--a pakistani origin  PHd scholar  from Canada has disappeared from lahore...in the middle of the night two days ago..!today it came to light that he was in NCCIA custody for anti state social media posts against the political leadership and other charges such as stalking etc...it is not known if the law applies to foreign citizens...!

Feb23-2026--PTI demands that imrans cases be scheduled and he be given a complete medical checkup by  dubious administrator doctors of SKMT...imrans blood tests were all normal...!they also want a judicial commission to check killings in operations by Punjab CTD...In last eight months there have been 670 CTD operations and 924 deaths...HRCP has blamed CTD for staged encounters causing extra judicial killings...while only two police officials were killed it has reduced crime in lahore..HRCP blamed police without checking...Police say they do everything according to the rules


Feb23-2026-- ECP to hear case afresh of PB-21 where the candidate who came third won the election in a recount based on perceived ill-regularities and was made a minister too...FCC than ordered ECP to hear the case afresh and the minister was removed as an elected candidate and minister

Feb23-2026--security forces kill five plus suicide bomber in Pishin... 

Feb23-2026--Iran maybe short of missiles for another round of retaliations...but it could still fire of several missiles at various USA bases...Iran may have made a $589 million deal in December with Russia to acquire 500 Verba shoulder mounted low level anti-aircraft infrared guided missiles over three years…reports suggest that deliveries of the Verba have already taken place and give Iran low altitude attack capability...Iran had no answer to aerial fighter bombardments which destroyed a lot of its infrastructure... The USA despite amassing two aircraft carriers in the Gulf may not be too eager for another round of bombardments... Iran also acquiring chinese ati ship cruise missiles whih are difficult to defend against...However, Iran says they are fast trekking an agreement and the US is not too keen on ending nuclear enrichment... However, the bombardments will probably be on enrichment centers and attempts to attack the leadership of Iran...with the recent protests in mind attacks may also focus on IRG centers... The USA maybe wary of Irans new misiles...The USA would however like to control Iran politically and Iran should be willing to give up some sort of sovereignty...and keeping 60% enriched uranium is of no particular use if Iran does not want nuclear weapons…like Iran nobody afraid of retaliations on US bases...however US has moved troops from many bases...upto now most of iranian retaliations have not caused much damage...Since 2022 Iran has supplied Russia with drones and fath360 ballistic missiles and acquired Mi28 attack helicopters...recently russia has participated in military exersizes in the gulf

Feb23-2026--over 80 terrorists killed in military-air strikes on seven camps in three afghan provinces of Paktika, Nangarhar and Khost along Afghanistan border in retaliation of recent terrorist incidents in Pakistan... Afghanistan protested and threatened a response

Feb22-2026--over 469 trees and 715 shrubs relocated to make way for three underpasses on Peshawar road, Rawalpindi...74 dead trees were also removed...green areas also being increased from Motorway chowk to Chur chowk which is a very dusty truck infested area

Feb22-2026--ltcol and a soldier lose their lives as terrorists ram a suicide vehicle into their vehicle in a Bannu operation...five terrorists also killed...CTD also captured a female suicide bomber in Di khan

Feb21-2026--teachers in Punjab told to wear uniform clothing or black gowns...

Feb20-2026--The PTI blocked sixteen roads leading out of KP for five days until road blocking was declared unconstitutional...here is a picture of the situation at the Attock bridge...


Feb20-2026--Imrans sons have depicted his jail room as a death cell and as 6X6 in size…here is a rendition of imrans jail room...it seems as if imrans picture is imposed on the room...


Feb20-2026--Punjab Govt announces that the 16 seater gulf stream jet acquired for Air Punjab and will be part of its seven plane fleet including the Punjab vip helicopter..Vip's will travel by Air Punjab which starts in April this year and Punjab government will pay airfare when they use Air Punjab...The price of the Gulfstream is Rs.11 billion while PIA was sold for Rs10 billion...

Feb20-2026--Salman Akram Raja says imran can see wall clock and its needles and they had recommended one of the specialists from Al Shifa eye hospital…It seems that PTI it is very satisfied in private at humbling the Govt and over treatment provided to Imran...The doctor Dr.Arif who provided initial treatment says he has given such injections to over 1000 patients...in contrast one of imrans personal doctors is an administrator...the two doctors who saw him next are very senior eye consultants

Feb20-2026--four terrorists killed in Lakki Marwat operation

Feb20-2026--a building collapses after gas cylinder blast with 15 casualties in soldier bazaar, Karachi 

Feb19--2026--14 terrorists killed in Quetta, Barkhan CTD operations

Feb19-2026--The Punjab government has acquired a Gulf Stream jet GVII-G500 manufactured in 2019 for its VIP's...its call sign is Punjab-2 when the chief minister is on board...no announcement has been made, but a ad for a pilot has surfaced...the plane costs up to dollar 42million and it is not known whether it is on lease, rent or is a direct purchase...there are several companies who rent out corporate jets..

Feb19-2026--attack on DI khan police station and customs camp leaves two dead 

Feb19-2026--Police bomb experts defuse a 40kg suicide vest on a lakki marwat highway...

Feb19-2026--The main problem in these supposedly good economic times has been the astronomic  persistent effects of price hikes...below a dawn cartoon...while poverty is generally less people still feel the effects...the government only concerned with the problems of billionnaires...


Feb19-2026--a Pakistan returns after 18 years in prison from India... Imran children protest his 900 day imprisonment... Nelson Mandela was in jail for 45 years while the Kurd leader Ocalan has been in jail since 1999 in Turkey...an MIT educated Pakistani women has been jailed for 20 years in the USA...

Feb19-2026--First day of Ramadan on the 19th here...Saudia, Uae, Qatar and Afghanistan to have first Ramadan on 18th and the rest of the world mostly on 19th...Kp usually follows Afghanistan on this...

Feb18-2026--12 terrorists eliminated as troops retaliated a check post suicide assault in Bajaur...11 security personnel also killed...

Feb18-2026--after the PHC disallowed road blockages as being unconstitutional the IG KP swiftly cleared all 16 roadblocks  that were being blocked by the PTI which included the  Attock Bridge, M-1, M-14, Hazara Motorway and key roads in Dera Ismail Khan, kohat etc...with universal countrywide free healthcare and the hazara motorway below it does not look like KP is in the stone age...


Feb18-2026--the PTi made fun of the CJP by saying that despite the urgent nature of his job he had gone of to see a desert car rally over the weekend in south Punjab...!reports suggest that the imran family was being consulted but that agreements allowing personal physicians and shifting to shifa international did not take place...they also allege that the medical reports were not written by doctors...the only treatment that imran was given was a anti vegf injection and according to the report another one or two injections will be given...they also insinuated that they donot know if a poison injection is being given or not...Imrans friends the russians are the only ones known in recent times to inject a toxic substance to eliminate a opponent in jail...the only reason to be in a hospital for an injection is that if a sudden reaction occurs it can be handled...everyone seems tobe satisfied apart from the imran family and pti officials...imran in his talks with his children says that treatment was given after three weeks and in between that period the jail superintendent was also transfered...there is also some confusion on who from the family would be allowed to visit...the primeminister and interior minister are also always on foreign visits it seems...apparently the PTi chairman goher ali khan refused to come to be with the physicians when they checked imran...mohsen naqvi says that aleema khan's political games delayed Imrans checkup

Feb17-2026--KP government involved in KP blockade of all roads leading to Punjab for last four days... the anti punjabi nature of the PTI is quite clear and goods for ramazan and meat supply are blocked by small PTI groups..other reports suggest that martial law may be iposed on KP for which sohail afridi has ordered the blocking of all roads leading mostly to punjab

Feb17-2026--Reports circulating on various TV station news suggests that imrans eye is getting better with inflammation reducing substantially..Both imrans eyes show some deterioration in sight but see normally with glasses(6/6-6/9)...Imrans left eye is almost normal at 6/9 and right eye has 30% deterioration at 6/24...there are some minor-moderate hemmorages and inflammation in the right eye with some cotton floaters while retina is attached...three types of eye drops advised for anti inflamation(nevanec), reducing intraocular pressure(co-sopt) and systane(for dry eyes)...anti vegf therapy to continue plus some tests...these eyedrops are very normal...the team included two senior doctors from two hospitals who briefed opposition leaders and talked to imrans doctors on the phone

Feb16-2026-- Salman agha's pathetic captaincy loses the pakistan india match..first he bowled first when records show that playing second against a good total is a  recipe for defeat...than he played six spinners who could not restrict India too much with Ishn kishn's heroics...than pakistans batting collapsed patheticaly...why salman did not complete his four overs after bowling two for ten...and why bring in shaheen shah to be thrashed in the last over...!pakistans relatively good fast bowlers naseem shah and salman mirza were left out...!a team built on spinners and supposed alrounders flopped like a tent..all four top order batters got out easily without too much pressure...

Feb16-2026--a five man team of doctors checks Imran's eyes and conducts tests and blood tests in Adiala jail...results to be announced later..various rumors according to personal preferences making the rounds..PTI holds minor protests at parliament gates, Kp house and parliamentary lodges.They also apparently block roads out of KP stopping goods traffic from Punjab...rumours include that imran would be shifted to shifa international or al shifa eye hospital..there was also one that had imran being airlifted on a helicopter to CMH..however imrans current problem of loss of retina effectiveness in one eye could  require longterm therapies or partial loss of eye sight...jokingly referred to as the emergence of Mulla omar 2...Imrans eye problem of loss of vision in one eye emerged in early January and were treated on January 24...he could possibly have minor eye problems earlier which were treated with eye drops which is how most eye problems apart from some surgeries are treated...

How it all started...coups and politics and islam and democracy...

How it all started...coups and politics and islam and democracy...
how bhuttos and imrans uncle(a general) + profesor ghafoor(JI) got into politics ---the ayub coup was a gath jor between sindhis and pukhtuns to topple the majority provinces of Punjab and Bengal in 1958...

debacle in Dacca

debacle in Dacca
another imran uncle---total humiliation...India had steadily destabilized east pakistan over twenty years playing on ethnic, financial, development and military concerns...pakistan was not that rich at that time and the ethnicists played on phsychosis generated by cyclones, floods, tea and jute...the army and west pakistani politicians could not accept a bengali dominated government and a small army contingent could not defend against the mukti bahini and the indians as teh US withdrew its support as usual...When teh going gets tough teh US chickens out as usual...!! The indians have continued teh same themes in karachi, sindh and balochistan but similar tougher responses have not allowed their success although pakistan is now at best a divided land with a pathetic center...!!While it left pakistan numb at the time many now feel the seperation was a proper solution as east pakistanis did not get along with pakistan and they would be better able to solve their problems with india...others still pine away for the lost land of rivers, tea and jute...others suggest that india should handover kashmir in exchange...while some still want to repatriate those considered pakistanis and left stranded in bangladeshi camps...others however heave a sigh of relief as teh problems with the remaining provinces are generally insoluble.....and ethnic regionalism or provincialism mixed with economic and racial nonsense is not a pleasant mode of politics anyway...

allah be praised

allah be praised
allah be praised...i do own forty factories but the people think i am a pauper...i really donot need sarkari umra's....please allah i did not promise imran khan the government when he fell off the platform...cant u make him my slave and not ask for recounts...!

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