Re: Imran - a 360 view
Positives-
- He is not corrupt like BB and NS
- He proved himself to be great leader in cricket. Atleast he proved him somewhere, BB and NS did not prove themselves worthy in any area. Imran built cancer hospital again showing his abilities to carry out his ambitions.
- He is the 2nd best option, for many dieHard BB, NS, Mush supporters
- His used Justice as his motto, which is great because thats the most fundamental thing a society is built on, not even on religion.
Very nice discussion here Robert, I agree with all 4 points and believe in Imran as the ONLY good one out of the entire lot. As a die hard Musharraf supporter he is indeed by 2nd best option.
Negatives-
He is a little emotional about his ideas, which sometimes seems like fairy land. e.g. His county like domestic cricket structure solution is hardly workable in a poor country like Pakistan, where a player needs a job first to survive. I am afraid his social solutions (if he has mentioned any), would also be idealistic and unrealistic.
He seems to side with religious fanatics and shys away from saying anything bad about them. He blames Musharaf for whatever these groups do. He called the Lal Masjid episode as a drama staged by the Gov.
He used the MQM issue at a time when it hardly seems like an issue. Karachi is burned by religious groups in the last few years, not by MQM. Some of the worst crimes like burning of KFC etc are all carried out by mullahs. no word on that by Imran. Infact he worsened the situation by adding ethnicity factor to it. Most people in punjab now support Imran, and are anti-Gov now just because Imran turned against MQM.
We have not seen him as anti-Gov as he is now, even though BB, NS and Zia governments were the worst of all. He chosed this time for his hunger strike.
well raised points.
Point 4 is specially imp because that;s where a certain element of hypocrisy strikes in, that is common with all antigovt politicians and activists and even media, judges and lawyers, not admitting whats good, not distributing equal blame, not rising against numerous other evils and making it look like this govt is worst, of course this just damages the call for revolt, the effort for justice and shows agendas only...