the reservations against him by suggesting that his future government would maintain continuity in the foreign policy.

Whenever the PTI chief talked of establishing trade ties with India — something which tends to ruffle the feathers in the establishment — "he immediately balanced it off by mentioning the Kashmir issue", she observed.

'Little practical value'

Journalist and activist Marvi Sirmed was more wary of Khan's speech, saying many points in it were "based on manufactured populism, and have little practical value".

"Still this was a pretty good speech if he really means what he said," she added.

‏Activist and columnist Usama Khilji said the public needed to keep a lookout for the performance of Khan's future government on various issues, including protection of freedom of speech and minorities and women's rights.

Anchor Shahzeb Khanzadatermed Khan's address "positive" but said that victory speeches are usually harder to implement than to utter.

Journalist Iftikhar Firdous reminded his followers that while Khan has promised to turn the Prime Minister House into an educational institution or some other public institution, he had failed to deliver on his vow to turn the Chief Minister House in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into a public library.

'Heavy hitting' on foreign policy

Analysts noted the bold statements made by Khan on the foreign policy front.

Mosharraf Zaidi, a columnist and former adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave a thumbs up to Khan for saying that it is in the Pakistani national interest and the betterment of South Asia to have friendly ties between India and Pakistan.

Writer Ahmer Naqvi also noted the PTI chief's