Prashad posted:Bibi Haniffa posted:I don’t know much about Imran Khan’s politics. But electing him is breaking from the past in Pakistan. This is certainly a new dawn in the era of politics as usual. Hopefully he will move the country forward. But, even if you don’t agree with his politics, you have to admire his achievement. Imran Khan led Pakistan to an astounding victory to the World Cup in 1992. He is a graduate of Oxford University. And now Prime Minister of Pakistan. This is a good role model for the youth of Pakistan. Imran Khan can lead by example and the youth of Pakistan can aspire to greatness because they have someone to look up to in the field of sports, education, and politics.
Imran Khan is an Afghan Pakistani. If Pakistani youth want a true role model then they should look to my boy Javed.
Prash, you really need to stop writing on the basis of your imagination. Imran Khan is NOT of Afghan origin; he is Pashtun and nothing whatsoever in his lineage relates to Afghanistan. I know the man personally and I had several lengthy conversations with him in May/June 2016 when I was there in May 2016 for the inauguration of the Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital in Peshawar; to which Human Concern International contributed US$1 million. Furthermore, there is nothing like 'Afghan Pakistani', there are Afghans who have remained in Pakistan; mostly in KPK, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The government of Pakistan, and indeed most Pakistanis, would like these people to return to their homeland but, after all the years that they have been living in Pakistan andf have raised families there, that is logistically and practically an extremely difficult task.