Pakistan to change in next five weeks, claims Imran Khan

[Slav Defence]

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan claimed on Friday that Pakistan would change in the next five weeks if his party wins the upcoming general elections.

Addressing a convention of volunteers in Lahore, the cricketer-turned politician said his party has awarded 35 to 40 per cent tickets to young candidates aged not more than 35 years.

Boasting of his party’s chances of winning, Khan said that the PTI would unveil its manifesto next week.

The PTI chief lashed out against political opponents, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), saying that the two ‘big parties’ were doing politics to build personal empires.

“We will prove through this election that the PTI is a different party. We initiate ruthless accountability when we come to power,” Khan told his party workers.

He also claimed that a huge amount of investment could be invited to the country if corruption was eradicated.

“We will not be bowing our heads before any superpowers. But, for that to happen, the people will have to reject the corrupt politicians in the forthcoming elections,” Imran said.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

This is called "showing green gardens", to use Meera's Pakglish.

 

[Solomon2]

“We will prove through this election that the PTI is a different party. We initiate ruthless accountability when we come to power,” Khan told his party workers.

How accountable are key PTI supporters now? Why would the PTI reveal its skeletons once in power if they aren't willing to do so today?

The U.S. once had a president, General Andrew Jackson, who rode to power as a populist promising to eliminate the corruption of his predecessor; yet, if anything, corruption became much much worse once Jackson's appointees were wielding power. Jackson's background had many similarities to those of Pakistanis leaders today: immersed in a local civil war as a boy, captured and maimed by the Brits as a rebel in the American Revolution, winning renown as a general in the War of 1812, and as president successfully defied the Supreme Court when it tried to restrain him from forcibly relocating peaceful Indians. Accounted as tough and aggressive by contemporaries, he seems a much slimier character two centuries later. Pakistanis might do well to study him and draw their own parallels.

 

[neehar]

5 weeks??? ik just trolled...

 

[ExtraOdinary]

why not 5 days?

 

[JanjaWeed]

Quite an over-ambitious target. IK needs to be realistic & not raise public hopes too high! Over-expectation by the masses due to unreasonable promises may come back to haunt him, should he succeed in coming elections!

 

[illusion8]

Reminds one of Obama's "Yes to Change" - nothing changed though...

 

[INDIAISM]

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.

Carl Sandburg.

 

[Devil Soul]

Being ambitious is ok, but over-ambitious is always dangerous....he will find himself in deep sht!t if he fails to deliver once elected, , another fact could be that he knows that he might not clean sweep so all of his claims wont haunt him later.... thou my best wishes are with him

 

[Jango]

I think he mentioned before as well on the 90 days thing that he meant only the top most structure, comprising of ministers and PM secretariat affairs, the stuff going on at the very top...PM's won't be putting their relatives in hand picked positions, stuff like that.

I think same is the case here.

The lower level rot will take a decade or so to stop.

 

[neehar]

well its easy to say things being an outsider..but once u were the part of govt..its impossible to satisfy the masses..people learn by experience is what i say

 

[Edevelop]

How accountable are key PTI supporters now? Why would the PTI reveal its skeletons once in power if they aren't willing to do so today?

The U.S. once had a president, General Andrew Jackson, who rode to power as a populist promising to eliminate the corruption of his predecessor; yet, if anything, corruption became much much worse once Jackson's appointees were wielding power. Jackson's background had many similarities to those of Pakistanis leaders today: immersed in a local civil war as a boy, captured and maimed by the Brits as a rebel in the American Revolution, winning renown as a general in the War of 1812, and as president successfully defied the Supreme Court when it tried to restrain him from forcibly relocating peaceful Indians. Accounted as tough and aggressive by contemporaries, he seems a much slimier character two centuries later. Pakistanis might do well to study him and draw their own parallels.

Corruption can be limited but never eliminated.

 

[joekrish]

Our PM said 100 days and its only going to be 5 years.

 

[Sher Malang]

That will be a miracle if it happened

 

[Puchtoon]

He is a great leader but great leaders need time and support.

TABDEELI RAZAKARS can help him do the job in few days leave away weeks .