for example, he said something about Zardari deserving the joota he got. now, it might be satisfying for all the people who hate Zardari. but if tomorrow an MQM supporter throws a joota at Imran, will he also accept that since the MQM supporter is only expressing how he feels about Imran?
either we can raise the level of political discourse or we can wallow in the gutter. and if we stay there Imran better not complain when he is on the receiving end.
the guy who can’t even lead his own party is going to lead the nation?
this is a guy who can’t even attract and keep any reasonable intellectual/political stalwart in his party. his leadership of his party is so shambolic that every decent person who joins his party leaves it eventually. I can think of two off the top of my head - Naseem Zehra (probably the finest journalist in Pak today) and Miraj M. Khan (one of the principled, finer politicians) both of who left PTI because of Imran. Miraj Khan’s interview is on youtube. feel free to see what he has to say about Imran the leader.
how is that related to this? if we’re going to criticize people for this kind of stuff, there is plenty in Imran’s past that is far worse than Zardari renaming his son.
I’m not sure what you’re talking about. you said that Imran can’t escape politics because people drag him into it.
my point is that 1) Imran when he decides he does not want to answer a question, he does NOT. that is his track record. so, why couldn’t he avoid the political statements this time if the only reason why he made them because of the people present who forced him to? 2) Imran is supposed to be THE leader here, right? if people ask an inappropriate question or make a stupid comment in the context of today’s situation, it is HIS job to put an end to it and diffuse the situation in a reasonable manner.
fair enough. I just can’t resist posting a response to things like Imran saying that all liberal Pakistanis want to bomb anyone who disagrees with them and that suicide bombers in Pakistan are taking rightful revenge, etc. that is a preposterous statement. similarly, I can’t help but point out the hypocrisy of Imran conducting a political campaign while abroad at the time of the flood and criticizing Zardari for also being out of the country at the time of the flood.
while we’re offering each other helpful and constructive suggestions, I must say that I find it pretty amusing that someone who by her admission doesn’t have much knowledge of Pakistani politics is so sure that Imran is the best thing since sliced political bread and Zardari’s the devil’s spawn. shouldn’t you be educating yourself before giving such definitive opinions that I should accept as the gospel? I get it you attended a fundraiser, talked to him, etc. I’ve attended protests organized by PTI.. a friend is the organizer of one PTI chapter. I considered officially joining it once upon a time until Imran’s conspiracy theories and verbal diarrhea regarding the taliban ensured that I would never support him as a politician.
I suggest you read up on Imran’s views on terrorism and taliban. and I’m not talking about his recent statements. go back a few years and read all of them. you might not like them all that much and you’ll like Imran even less. and you might realize why Imran’s party fares so poorly in the polls and why Imran is considered a rightwing nutjob, closet taliban supporter and ardent terrorist apologist.