Why Imran Khan must NOT become the Prime Minister of Pakistan

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Why Imran Khan must NOT become the Prime Minister of Pakistan
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Shahid Ahsan Baloch |

Being a common man, what I can recall from my early adulthood years (in the nineties) was a Pakistan already broken into two; people disenchanted, taking to arms became a way of life for some segments from Balochistan, Karachi, and probably any and everyone who could get access to them; public institutions, including educational, and health ones, declining in almost every conceivable way.

The generation which I belong to has always been confused every couple of years – whether the country has finally started treading on the road to development or is Pakistan moving in a backward direction. I remember closing our enthusiastic debates on the state of affairs with the hopeful sentences that behind every peak there is a fall, and the darkest hour is just before dawn, but that dawn seems to be lost somewhere.

Somewhere between hope and fear emerged Imran Khan
Then emerged Imran Khan (IK), as someone who after his effectiveness in setting up Shaukat Khanum decided to get into the world of murky politics, and launched a struggle which had all the reason to fail, and that too in a miserable way, but against the odds is still here.

However, even though Imran Khan & PTI – are capable enough to win the election, he should, in my opinion, never become the Prime Minister of Pakistan.


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[Hareeb]

Agreed.

Asad Umer will be a great choice but I fear likes of Shah Mehmood Qureshi will become PM if incase Imran Khan is not nominated for premier's job.

 

[Musafir117]

Coz he is stupid

 

[Murgah]

Coz he is honest while people of Pakistan like chor and daaku

 

[Little Falcon]

In my opinion, He can be influenced a lot. Which is not good. However if you look at Trump, then ……

 

[Norwegian]

IK must not become while NS must not resign

 

[NakedLunch]

Firstly as far as the article is concerned it reads more like a blog post and a personal opinion. That in itself is not the issue, there is nothing wrong with that. However, he does raise a couple of important issues concerning both Khan's personality and PTI as an institution or political party.

Like Musharaff, Imran Khan made a huge mistake. Musharaff allowed a wholesale laundry of the most corrupt people in Pakistan with his NRO and was rightfully slated for it, Imran Khan felt the need to throw his principles to one side to make way for political expediency by starting to induct some of the most shady characters across Pakistan's political spectrum. The only effect that had was to dilute his own credibility which to be fair he had plenty of at the start of his political career. The same 'chors and dakus' started appearing in the PTI and that lost him the support of those who were purists and expected the PTI to filled to the rafters with people who were honest and committed rather than bringing a vote bank with them -Qureshi is one such example. A dyed in the wool feudal who still has people prostrating to him out of 'respect'. Distasteful to say the least.

Then there are numerous political decisions and statements he has made which boggle the mind and appear to be almost childish outbursts and tantrums rather than well thought out statements of leadership.He is the only politician I can think of in Pakistan who can quite easily jump from the 'Right' to the 'Left' take a breather at the 'Centre' and then back to left and right. That in itself is a sign of inconsistent thinking. His political decision making is questionable. A case in point was his support for Goldsmith in the London mayoral elections. I am a Corbyn supporter so I didnt have a dog in that fight and Sadiq Khan was never my choice but the way the Tories ran that campaign was even decried by certain sections of the Tory party itself for bordering on racism and Islamophobia. Imran Khan's support for his brother-in-law in that campaign was disgusting. Did he mean to do that? Probably not, but did he think it through? Absolutely not. That raises question marks about his judgement and how he appears to those looking at him objectively.

The Pakistani political system is a sewer and from day one I have been saying that if Imran Khan can keep himself clean in that environment it will be a miracle. It has panned out just the way many many people predicted. He has repeatedly soiled himself in an environment which takes a special kind of steely determination and self awareness to remain unpolluted. An almost impossible task.

Then there is his personality which seems wildly whimsical. His flip flops are not what makes a Statesman but definitely a politician. And that is the question. Did he see himself as a Statesman or a politician? If the former well just compare him to the one Statesman we can all agree on (Jinnah) and then size him up with all the other dregs we have in 'leadership' or have had. If IK's intention was to be a politician then we have plenty of those. A dime a dozen. If he saw himself as a Statesman then by all accounts he has failed in that endeavour.

Then there is the issue of the PTI. What is it? An institution or a cult of personality? What happens to the PTI if IK never makes it to the PM seat? The most democratic Party in the country ironically and surprisingly is the Jamaat Islami who have no tradition of dynastic power transfers unlike the PPP and PML and are institutionally healthier than both those parties. The advantage the PML and PPP have is that they are grass-root parties (PPP floundering notwithstanding) and have political sustainability in the long term. IK seems to be on a dash to the finishing line with the PTI as the vehicle he wants to ride to get there. What if that fails? What next? IK was always at a disadvantage in the sense that in a two-party system (which is what we have) a third force is always on precarious ground and is at risk of imploding. Look what happened to the Liberal Democrats because of one single mistake they made. The UK is also a two party system.

Anyway, going back to the original question of whether he should or should not be PM. I think the question itself is wrong. He has every right to be PM the question is, is IK responsible for the almost certain probability that he wont make it that far? That is the issue.

 

[Eminent Mainstream Media]

Why Imran Khan must NOT become the Prime Minister of Pakistan
Global Village Space|

Shahid Ahsan Baloch |

Being a common man, what I can recall from my early adulthood years (in the nineties) was a Pakistan already broken into two; people disenchanted, taking to arms became a way of life for some segments from Balochistan, Karachi, and probably any and everyone who could get access to them; public institutions, including educational, and health ones, declining in almost every conceivable way.

The generation which I belong to has always been confused every couple of years – whether the country has finally started treading on the road to development or is Pakistan moving in a backward direction. I remember closing our enthusiastic debates on the state of affairs with the hopeful sentences that behind every peak there is a fall, and the darkest hour is just before dawn, but that dawn seems to be lost somewhere.

Somewhere between hope and fear emerged Imran Khan
Then emerged Imran Khan (IK), as someone who after his effectiveness in setting up Shaukat Khanum decided to get into the world of murky politics, and launched a struggle which had all the reason to fail, and that too in a miserable way, but against the odds is still here.

However, even though Imran Khan & PTI – are capable enough to win the election, he should, in my opinion, never become the Prime Minister of Pakistan.


read full story: Why Imran Khan must NOT become the Prime Minister of Pakistan

It would be interesting to see how the Army behaves If Imran Khan win majority in the house-

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

Why Imran Khan must NOT become the Prime Minister of Pakistan ?
because he is immature, egoistic and so full of himself : D

But on serious note its not for you or me to decide but its choice of majority which will decide this in election 2018 and choice of majority should be respected irrespective of our individual choices

I think we should give him one chance though so that we can bring hardcore ptians back in reality from their la-la land of naya imaginary Pakistan free of corruption and any social ill

 

[YeBeWarned]

and here I thought Tabdeeli a gaye hai

 

[Riz]

One day he will be pak PM and these thugs and ghulams will be taking there last breaths ..lol i wana love to see that day...Will the all nora league will suicide ? dont worry i will arrange choahy maar golian for you guys...