The opposition
strongly slammed the government's economic policies saying that the head has 'no knowledge of the basics of
economics' and makes decisions in line with advice from his 'courtiers'. [nothing local so don’t jump to hasty
conclusion – it is Current affairs of International politics!]
I remember
that Pongal Test in 1980 at Chepauk when Pak toured India. The star Batsman Zaheer Abbas failed
miserably, getting out to Roger Binny;
some Pakis claimed that to be result of black magic ! .. .. Sandip Patil
debuted and we so eagerly looked forward to his making runs – glaring at him in
the net practice before the commencement of the Test. Sunil Gavaskar was to make 166 and Kapil
bowled so well – a 7 wicket haul in the 2nd
essay ensured a comfortable 10 wicket victory for India. Imran Khan ran in long and hard and bowled
fast – took 5 wickets too – those days there were rest days the 4th day -
18th Jan was a rest day. Years later, in Feb 1987, Imran captained
Pakis and scored a ton, which was overshadowed by a brilliant 123 laced with 18
fours and 2 sixers by local lad Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
Imran Khan was a great Cricketer before entering
politics. One recalls that on that tour
of 1983 – Imran Khan, Sarfraz Nawaz, Sikhandar Bakht, Jallaluddin – repeatedly
overstepped as Indian batsmen found the pace and swing too uncomfortable and
lost the series badly. After 2 decades of international cricket, Khan became a fulltime politician. In its
long political history, Pakistan
peppered with military coups and martial law, elections 2018 were to
be the second successive transition of
power through a constitutional process from one elected government to another.
However, political opponents, the independent Human Rights Commission of
Pakistan, and international observers such as the European Union alleged that
irregularities and election rigging occurred in many parts of the country,
particularly in rural and urban Sindh and Punjab provinces. Imran Khan defeated their own system and
became the PM of Pakistan .. and immediately spit venom .. .. on twitter
taking a potshot at our Indian Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modiji, over the
cancellation of meeting between India and Pakistan. “Disappointed at the
arrogant & negative response by India to my call for resumption of the
peace dialogue,” he tweeted”.
Not so
surprisingly some media in India started saying that India needs to learn from
Imran .. .. the reality as always is far different ! .. .. Pakistan’s Supreme Court expressed its
displeasure with the Imran Khan government, saying it was incapable of running
the country or taking decisions. Hearing the local bodies case, a two-judge
bench, headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq,
expressing annoyance over the issuance of an ordinance on delimitation of
constituencies by the Punjab government, referred the matter to the Chief
Justice, the Express Tribune, Pakistan, reported. During the hearing, the apex
court was informed that the decision regarding the census had not been taken by
the Council of Common Interests (CCI). “Why hasn’t the Council of Common
Interests met in two months,” Justice Isa asked, expressing his anger, the
report said. According to the judge, the government and its allies rule in
three provinces, and yet not a single decision had been taken by the CCI. “The
government is incapable either of running the country or taking decisions,” he
added.
Economic
governance is never easy – and one need not have a panel of foreign experts !
to run .. .. the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) recently
slammed the federal government's economic policies for the last three years,
saying that Prime Minister Imran Khan has 'no knowledge of the basics of
economics' and makes decisions in line with advice from his 'courtiers'. Addressing
the opposition's pre-budget seminar, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
claimed that under the Pakistan Tehreeke-e-Insaf (PTI) government, over five
million people have become unemployed, reported Geo News. He also claimed that
the PTI-led government has pushed 20 million people into poverty and has
heavily burdened people by increasing the price of electricity by more than 62
per cent. Meanwhile, financial losses due to line cuts and electricity theft
have increased to 4.5 per cent, while Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited and
Sui Southern Gas Company Limited were "bankrupt" today, he said. "Pakistan's
economy has shrunk by USD 19 billion in the last three years... People have
received the gift of inflation through a stolen election," he said.
Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan has ruled out hosting American bases in Pakistan for
military action inside war-torn Afghanistan, fearing it might lead to his
country being "targeted in revenge attacks" by terrorists. In an
opinion piece in The Washington Post ahead of US President Joe Biden's meeting
with top Afghan leaders at the White House later this week, Mr Khan also
questioned the efficacy of such US bases in Pakistan. "We simply cannot
afford this. We have already paid too heavy a price," Mr Khan said, amid
reports that the US continues to focus on Pakistan for a military base in the
region. Elaborating the reasons for not giving nod the US to have bases in
Pakistan, which were earlier allowed after 9/11 to coordinate operations in
Afghanistan, the Pakistan Prime Minister said, "If Pakistan were to agree
to host US bases, from which to bomb Afghanistan, and an Afghan civil war
ensued, Pakistan would be targeted for revenge by terrorists again." According
to media reports, the US had used the Shamsi air base in Balochistan to carry
out hundreds of drone strikes since 2008. The drone strikes focused primarily
on suspected Al Qaeda operatives in mountainous tribal areas, but also crossed
the border into Afghanistan.
In a different news, Prime
Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan sparked fury by blaming 'temptation' for sexual
violence against women. It comes just two months after comments he made on
sexual violence drew severe backlash. In April, Khan caused fury when he
suggested during a Q&A session that 'vulgarity' was to blame for rising
sexual violence, singling out Bollywood, Hollywood, divorce, and the 'sex,
drugs and rock and roll' culture of England in the 70s as examples of moral
decline. Defending his earlier remarks, Mr Khan siad in an interview with Axios
HBO that aired on Monday: '...I said the concept of ''purdah''. The concept of
"purdah" is avoid temptation in society. We don't have discos here,
we don't have nightclubs. 'It is a completely different society way of life
here. So if you raise temptation in society to the point - all these young guys
have nowhere to go - it has a consequences in the society.'
When asked by Australian
journalist Jonathan Swan if women's clothing can provoke sexual violence, Mr
Khan said: 'If a woman is wearing very few clothes, it will have an impact on
the men, unless they are robots. And it's common sense.'Swan replied: 'Yes but
is it really going to provoke acts of sexual violence?' Mr Khan replied: 'It
depends what society you live in. If in a society people haven't seen that sort
of thing, it will have an impact on them. Referring to Western culture, he
said: 'This is cultural imperialism. His comments were criticized by Pakistan
Muslim League (PML) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb, who wrote on Twitter: 'The world got an insight into a mindset of a sick,
misogynistic, degenerate & derelict IK. 'It is not women''s choices
that lead to sexual assault rather the choices of men who choose to engage in
this dispicable and vile crime.'
Twice-divorced Khan, was
no stranger to scantily-clad women as he partied in VIP nightclubs during his
bachelor life in London in the 1980s and 90s. The Oxford-educated public
schoolboy famously dated fashion guru Susannah Constantine before marrying
glamorous socialite Jemima Goldsmith in 1995. In January 2015 it was confirmed
that he had married Reham Khan, a former BBC weathergirl and presenter, in a
small private ceremony in Pakistan. That time Pakistani media criticised Reham for her
westernised style of dress, her outspoken political views, and status as a divorcee.
Eventually the pressure became too much and the pair split in October the same
year, with Imran later describing the marriage as 'the worst decision of my
life'. Speaking to MailOnline in April, Reham branded her former husband a
'rape apologist', said he is 'clueless' about women's issues, and is 'failing
miserably' in his duty to set an example
Now where are those media
persons, who advised that India should learn from Imran – have they changed
their views since ?!?
22nd June 2021.
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