I think it's hard to deny that Imran Khan is at least doing something right, when we see all the corrupt parties are sitting on the same table and threatening to end the government.
If you think about it, Imran Khan is actually cleaning up 70 years of the mess that many rulers have left Pakistan in. He is doing it one step at a time:
- from urging people to pay tax,
- resisting blackmailing from businesses
- develop plan to increase exports
- inviting Pakistan expats to invest in Pakistan
- focusing on "vertical" growth of our cities, as opposed to horizontal growth-ex) Karachi, is a mess that has expanded way too far and become overcrowded. For some silly reason, Pakistan had a restriction on high-rises which was only recently removed! Amazing how the world was moving in one direction and Pakistan the other? Just compare Jakarta or Manilla to Karachi and Lahore and see how badly cities have suffered.
- throwing corrupt politicians in jail,
- establishing new alliances with countries like Turkey or Malaysia which helped with FATF
- expanding current relationships with China to be more beneficial to Pakistan-i.e, like demanding reciprocal access for Pakistani goods
- repairing old relationships with US, Afghanistan, even Iran
- solidifying alliances with Saudi, GCC
- reformatting relationships on economic diplomacy - something countries like China & India built with US & rest of the world which is long-term unlike Pakistan's transactional relationships based on war
- avoiding zero-sum game relationships like Cold War alliances and establishing relationships with all powers - US, China, Russia, etc.
- developing KPK, FATA, Balochistan to catch them up to Punjab & Sindh. essentially cutting off vector R&AW uses to foment separatist groups like PTM
- Imran Khan has become a national leader, liked in all provinces. PTI is only part to have moved past ethnic card, which in context of our history (Bangladesh, BLA, PTM, etc) is a very big deal
- Not selling Pakistan's interests!
For once, Pakistan seems to be heading in the right direction.
I don't 100% support Imran Khan. I extremely disagree with his peace overtures to India, it was humiliating. I wish there was a leader that wanted to combat corruption, improve the economy, education systems, infrastructure, but
at the same time, be an aggressive "carnivore" when it comes to foreign policy. Someone that would give the go-ahead to shoot down multiple aircraft intruding airspace or sink submarines swimming in EEZ.
Unfortunately, someone like this doesn't exist and
cannot exist as long PML-N & PPP remain here to rig elections. So right now, I see Imran Khan as a "stop-gap solution". He can solve this election rigging problem which prevents the voice of the middle class from being heard. His sincerity cannot be doubted and the one thing everyone can swear is that he is not a thief.
