Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
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| Party leader | Imran Khan |
| Party leader | Javed Hashmi |
| Secretary General | Arif Alvi |
| Deputy Chairman | Shah Mehmood Qureshi |
| founding | April 25, 1996 |
| Place of foundation | Lahore , Punjab , Pakistan |
| Headquarters | PTI Central Secretariat, Street No. 84, Sector G-6/4 Islamabad , Pakistan |
| Alignment |
Centrism , Pakistani nationalism , anti-corruption |
| Colours) | Green and red |
| Parliament seats |
Senate : 7/104 National Assembly : 149/342 |
| Website | insaf.pk |
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ( PTI ) ( German Pakistan Movement for Justice ; English Pakistan Movement for Justice ; Urdu پاکستان تحريک انصاف) is a centrist and nationalist political party in Pakistan founded by Imran Khan , a philanthropist and former cricketer . He was the captain of the team at the 1992 Cricket World Cup , the only world championship that Pakistan could win to date . It is currently considered to be the fastest growing political party in Pakistan, mainly due to the dissatisfaction of large parts of the population with the previously established parties such as the Pakistani People's Party and the Pakistani Muslim League .
history
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was founded on April 25, 1996 by Imran Khan in Lahore . Founded as a socio-political movement, the PTI initially grew only very slowly and was not particularly popular. Pakistan's political landscape in the 1990s was very unstable and divided. The two largest parties, the Pakistani People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistani Muslim League (N) (PML (N)), were alternately elected to power. However, they always had to end their respective legislative periods prematurely due to allegations of corruption and a lack of political success, which led to early elections . The rivalry between the two parties led to great conflict, which led Khan to found the PTI, a new, unencumbered party which, in his opinion, represented the true hopes and desires of the Pakistani people. In 1999, then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (PML-N) was ousted by General Pervez Musharraf in a bloodless military coup . Khan supported General Musharraf in the hope that he could unite the divided nation and end the deadlock created by the disputes between the two major parties. Later, however, he would become one of the most vehement critics of Musharraf.
In October 2002, Imran Khan ran in the constituency of his hometown Mianwali in elections to the national parliament and became a member of the National Assembly ( Member of Parliament , MP for short ). PTI supported General Musharraf's referendum in 2002, which enabled him to serve as President of Pakistan for another five years . During Musharraf's government, the PTI largely supported his policies, as they led to relatively strong economic growth, liberalization of the media and a general increase in prosperity and development. Khan himself, however, was very critical of the country's entire political system because he considered it corrupt, inefficient and morally incompatible with Pakistan's founding principles. Therefore, he initiated a grassroots democratic movement to raise awareness of his party and its concerns.
PTI takes the position that Pakistan could never really develop because the governments of the past were incompetent and incompetent. The party attaches great importance to the founding principles of Pakistan, from which it believes the country is far removed. As a relatively young political party, the PTI is striving for a modern, democratic Islamic republic that grants its citizens complete political, religious and economic freedom. PTI Chairman Imran Khan sees the entire basis of his policy in Muhammad Ali Jinnah's vision of a harmonious and peaceful state. Therefore he often criticizes the exploitation of the weak and the corruption in the country.
The recent rapid increase in popularity of the PTI is mainly due to dissatisfaction with the status quo . Since the founding of the state, military dictatorships and democratically elected but corrupt governments have alternated. The latter mostly consisted of members of a few elite families. PTI is trying to counterbalance the two major parties.
The PML-N traditionally has its strongest support in the urban regions of Punjab , whereas the PPP in Sindh . PTI sees itself as the representative of all Pakistanis, regardless of their religious, ethnic, linguistic or geographical background. At the beginning of the Musharraf era, the PTI still showed cautious optimism, but when President Musharraf declared martial law and increasingly opposed democratic movements, PTI withdrew its support and criticized his policies. After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007 and Nawaz Sharif's return from exile in Saudi Arabia , public pressure increased on Musharraf to hold democratic elections. PTI and several other parties founded the All Parties Democratic Movement , the aim of which was to end military rule. The 2008 elections were boycotted by the PTI and won by the PPP. Thereupon Asif Ali Zardari was elected president.
Since the unpopular Zardari came to power, the popularity of Khan and the PTI has grown dramatically due to the rise in corruption, inflation, terrorism and extremism. Because it is precisely these issues that the party has repeatedly addressed in the past. The PTI wants to free Pakistan from the burden of debt and the problems associated with it and is hoping for a high share of the vote in the 2013 elections. In his book Pakistan: A Personal History , PTI Chairman Imran Khan writes that a selfish and corrupt elite of politicians and feudal rulers and military bureaucrats destroyed Pakistan.
elections
Almost a year after it was founded, the PTI competed in national elections for the first time in 1997. But she could not win a seat in parliament in the seven constituencies in which she ran. In the 2002 elections, the party received 0.8% of the vote. Since the share of votes in Imran Khan's home constituency Mianwali was very high, he was able to move into parliament as one of 272 members.
The 2008 elections were boycotted by PTI because there were numerous obvious manipulations in favor of the PPP. Due to popular dissatisfaction with the current government, PTI has seen a large influx of supporters. According to polls, Imran Khan has risen to become Pakistan's most popular politician, whom many Pakistanis trust to inspire real change. Through massive PR campaigns and large- scale demonstrations in several Pakistani cities ( Jalsas ), the PTI hopes to gain enough support to win the 2013 elections . These jalsas were visited by up to 250,000 people each. In the 2013 elections, the PTI was the second strongest force behind the PML-N with 16.9%. In the 2018 elections , the PTI emerged as the strongest force and thus constitutes the government for the first time.
Campaign to recruit members
In order to get people to participate more politically and to familiarize them with the aims of the PTI, Imran Khan started a campaign to recruit new party members, which is particularly successful in the big cities.
The party is financially supported primarily by wealthy donors living in Europe and North America.
Jalsa
PTI calls their large- scale demonstrations in various major cities in Pakistan jalsas or tsunamis (floods against corruption). The first jalsa took place in Lahore on October 30, 2011 and was attended by an estimated 75,000 to 100,000 people. As a direct consequence of the success of the Lahore Jalsa, prominent politicians who previously belonged to other parties, such as Javed Hashmi and Shah Mehmood Qureshi , as well as a significant number of other Pakistanis, joined the PTI. On December 25th, 2011 the biggest jalsa ever took place in Karachi . More than 250,000 people were counted there.
Significant members
The following personalities are members of the PTI:
- Asad Umar
- Javed Hashmi
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Ejaz Chaudhry
- Shireen Mazari
- Asghar Khan
- Meraj Muhammad Khan
- Masood Sharif
- Samson Simon Sharaf
- Mian Muhammad Azhar
- Jehangir Khan Tareen
Individual evidence
- ^ Ian Talbot: Pakistan: a modern history . Ed .: Palgrave Macmillan. 1998, ISBN 0-312-21606-8 , pp. 339 ( online at Google Books [accessed June 22, 2010]).
- ^ Sea change in coastal city before PTI rally. The Dawn, December 22, 2011, accessed March 17, 2012 .
- ↑ Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf - Ideology. (No longer available online.) PTI, December 22, 2011, archived from the original on April 12, 2012 ; Retrieved March 17, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ian Talbot: Pakistan: a modern history . Ed .: Palgrave Macmillan. 1998, ISBN 0-312-21606-8 , pp. 2 (English, online at Google Books [accessed June 22, 2010]).
- ↑ Detailed Position of Political Parties / Alliances in National Assembly General Elections - 2002. Election Commission of Pakistan, accessed January 22, 2010 .
- ↑ 'Rising star' of Pakistani politics: Charismatic Khan wows 100,000 at rally. MSNBC , December 26, 2011, accessed March 17, 2012 .
- ^ 'Recurring Donation'. (No longer available online.) PTI, March 17, 2012, archived from the original on March 15, 2012 ; Retrieved March 17, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
