I totally understand where you're coming from after reading some posts between you and others in this massive thread. Simply put, you and I can have difference of opinion. But we must respect each others point of view instead of becoming personal, prolonging the discussion (just because I don't have anything better to do) and start mud-slinging.
I'm obliged you shed some light on Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and ANP as I wasn't aware of their past.
True we should give ANP full credit for their achievement but only question is. When they saw
atrocious security situation in KPK then why they didn't escalated it and ask Army for help?
In recent times, circumstances in KPK have enhanced thanks to operation Zarb-e-Azb. In general, in the country, it's Pak Army which is controlling the security, because it was belong the power of civil government. So I don't think PTI can take too much credit for it. However, I would also like to ask the following from you or others (as resident of KPK), where PTI claims the credit.
Do you see improvement in Police department? They claim that Police has improved and it's none-political police in KPK.
1. Do you see any progress/improvement in Public parks?
2. Did PTI invested it Solar energy?
3. Did they invested in education?
4. What about health care and hospitals? I know only about Shaukat-Khanum Peshawar.
5. Have they invested/are they investing in infrastructure (building new road and flyovers and recarpeting existing ones)?
6. Any investment toward sports any sports complexes?
7. How about minorities and their religious practices? Is there any religious Peace and harmony?
At the end of the day, we both have to agree that no lead is saint in political parties in Pakistan. They all of have skeletons in their closet. Therefore, if I were to choose then I'll go with the devil who had infected less harm/pain to me in past.
ANP have actually paid a big price for their support for military actions against the TTP, and no party has suffered more at their hands.
As I mentioned in the other thread, there is noticeable improvement in the Traffic department. On the main roads of Peshawar, the police actually instructs you to wear seatbelt and you get fined if you talk on the phone while driving. It is not efficient, but it still a start.
These rules and regulations are very new for the public of Peshawar so it is going to take time.
My biggest criticism is on healthcare and education. I have worked in one of the big two public hospitals in KPK, and it is as bad as it was before during the reign of ANP.
The free healthcare model, which was one of PTI's main talking point prior to 2013, has still not materialized. There is absolutely no cleanliness, you will see cats walking on beds and most of the equipment has malfunctioned and there is no one to repair.
It is good that we have some outstanding private hospitals where the rich can afford excellent healthcare, but what about the poor?
The plight of the poor that I have seen on daily basis for a whole year has sickened me to the core.
As far as education is concerned, most of the changes have been on Jamaat-e-Islami's will. 'Good morning' has been replaced 'Assalam-o-Alaikum' in 1st-grader's textbooks; Quranic verses have been added to 9th-grade's Chemistry book; chapters on Raja Dahir and Ranjit Singh have been removed; Hindus are labeled as 'enemies' and just like as it happened during Zia's reign, Islamiat textbooks have started to talk about Jihad again.
I am not a fan of Musharraf, but his school curriculum reformation to secularize the textbooks was a very positive step which of course, was rejected by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal in 2006.
Investment in infrastructure has been decent. We have a much needed new flyover called Baab-e-Peshawar, which will go a long way to solve some of the traffic issues is one of the busiest area of the city.
As far as sports are concerned, he talks about building new grounds but only recently, a ground was converted into a park, and there is one popular ground in peshawar where people regularly play cricket, but nothing has been done to improve its condition.
Yes there has been investment in solar energy. Under the new Green Growth Initiative, approx. 5,800 homes over 200 villages will have solar panels installed. There are quite a few streetlights already which are solar-powered, and as part of this initiative, approx. 1 billion trees will be planted in KPK over the next 5 years. All of this is wonderful, but we should wait to see if it will practically materialize. Initiatives never look bad on paper.
Time will tell if this will be different to the free healthcare system (still not in motion) or the mobile court initiative, whose buses are parked somewhere in Peshawar catching dust. I haven't heard or seen any case that the mobile courts have solved.
News on minorities places of worship is mix-bag. Recently, a famous Hindu temple that was built in the 1500s was destroyed for a plaza in Karimpura, an area in old Peshawar that cannot be more unsuitable for a plaza. No action was taken by the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB).
On a positive note, a Sikh temple was recently reopened after 60 years.