Thw success of PTI-backed independents in Thursday’s elections shows that most voters were against the establishment’s role in politics. Political parties aligned themselves accordingly in their electoral campaigns, leading to a pro- and anti-PTI contest in Punjab and KP.
Once again, Sindh supported the PPP, a party that avoided aligning itself with the pro-establishment camp. The outcome in Balochistan followed a predictable pattern as pro-establishment candidates won more seats and nationalist parties received limited representation.
Religious parties, however, struggled to gain traction in an environment dominated by pro- and anti-establishment sentiments, failing to create any significant impact.
-- The Dawn
Another article also says ::
The voters turned out in enough numbers to have given the ‘independents’ (read: mostly PTI) almost a century of seats, despite all obstacles in the run-up to polling day; and issues in tabulation and announcement of the results. A number of results are likely to be disputed in election tribunals and courts.
For months and months, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif had been demanding a so-called reset to 2016, while placing the onus of doing that wholly on the political engineers. When the time came, it seems, he placed way too much faith in them rather than campaign with vigour. The party almost appeared lethargic, disinterested.
The past may be another country as the election demonstrated. But we aren’t known to learn from our mistakes.
This election was always going to be a vote for and against Imran Khan. The PML-N campaign did not address that or succeed in selling itself as a viable alternative for the future to a near-decisive number of voters. It abandoned its ‘vote ko izzat do’ slogan which had resonated with millions across the country.
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