oK here is an objective look at how pti and pml (n) is faring in their respective govts in province and center with respect to the benchmarks/promises they made in the run up to the 2013 elections. I have pretty good memory and have been following current affairs and based on my knowledge i came up with the following mid term rerpot card for each party.
My scoring criteria is simple
promise fulfilled = 1 mark
promise partially fulfilled = 0.5 mark
promise was not fulfilled = 0 mark
u-turn on promise = -1 mark
Report Card of PML N as of 18 October 2015
1) Bullet train from karachi to lahore = 0
2) End load shedding in 6 months/ 1 year / 3 year = 0
3) Drag zardari on streets of Lahore, Karachi and Larkana = -1 (nawaz sharif actively helped ppp and zardari)
4) Kashkol torna = -1 (nawaz sharif has taken the most expensive loans in the world and went to IMF)
5) youth loan scheme = 1
6) reduce taxes to 10% = -1 (nawaz sharif increased tax burden through record indirect taxes on utilities/fuel)
7) increase tax net/base = 0
8) good governance = 0
so mid-term score for pmln is -2/8 = -25%
Report Card of PTI as of 18 October 2015
1) Change police culture = 1
2) Change patwari culture = 1
3) Improve healthcare = 0
4) Improve education = 0.5 (only primary education has improved)
5) Setup local govts in 3 months = 0.5 (local govts were eventually setup but after 3 months had passed)
6) Make govt accountable = 1 (RTI, right to services, whistle blower law)
7) Catch & eliminate corruption = 0.5 (some corrupt guys were caught but easy load crooks are still free)
8) Open governor house/cm house for public = 0.5 (only rest houses are opened)
so mid-term score for pti is 5/8 = 62.5%
So even though it was first govt ever for PTI (and that too with coalition partners and strong fight with federal govt), they are far ahead of PMLN in delivery at the half-way stage. Even i was surprised by the high score of pti because we are only half way through and for eg, pti can improve on promises (3), (4) and (7) to being their total score after 5 years to 7/8 = 87.5% - quite amazing!
side note: It is unbelievable how poor PTI media management really is. They cant even go through past promises and create a white paper and distribute it in media. A truly shameful effort by media team mostly managed by old/nazarayti members.
All credit goes to IK and Khattak for this good performance and shame on mariam for this worst performance in pakistan's history.
P.S. If anyone has info of other promises then let me know and i will update the report.
My scoring criteria is simple
promise fulfilled = 1 mark
promise partially fulfilled = 0.5 mark
promise was not fulfilled = 0 mark
u-turn on promise = -1 mark
Report Card of PML N as of 18 October 2015
1) Bullet train from karachi to lahore = 0
2) End load shedding in 6 months/ 1 year / 3 year = 0
3) Drag zardari on streets of Lahore, Karachi and Larkana = -1 (nawaz sharif actively helped ppp and zardari)
4) Kashkol torna = -1 (nawaz sharif has taken the most expensive loans in the world and went to IMF)
5) youth loan scheme = 1
6) reduce taxes to 10% = -1 (nawaz sharif increased tax burden through record indirect taxes on utilities/fuel)
7) increase tax net/base = 0
8) good governance = 0
so mid-term score for pmln is -2/8 = -25%
Report Card of PTI as of 18 October 2015
1) Change police culture = 1
2) Change patwari culture = 1
3) Improve healthcare = 0
4) Improve education = 0.5 (only primary education has improved)
5) Setup local govts in 3 months = 0.5 (local govts were eventually setup but after 3 months had passed)
6) Make govt accountable = 1 (RTI, right to services, whistle blower law)
7) Catch & eliminate corruption = 0.5 (some corrupt guys were caught but easy load crooks are still free)
8) Open governor house/cm house for public = 0.5 (only rest houses are opened)
so mid-term score for pti is 5/8 = 62.5%
So even though it was first govt ever for PTI (and that too with coalition partners and strong fight with federal govt), they are far ahead of PMLN in delivery at the half-way stage. Even i was surprised by the high score of pti because we are only half way through and for eg, pti can improve on promises (3), (4) and (7) to being their total score after 5 years to 7/8 = 87.5% - quite amazing!
side note: It is unbelievable how poor PTI media management really is. They cant even go through past promises and create a white paper and distribute it in media. A truly shameful effort by media team mostly managed by old/nazarayti members.
All credit goes to IK and Khattak for this good performance and shame on mariam for this worst performance in pakistan's history.
P.S. If anyone has info of other promises then let me know and i will update the report.