LONSON – In an articlelinkpublishedin Daily Mail, British journalist Peter Obourne believes how Imran Khan isthe one man who can lift Pakistan from the deep dungeons toprogressiveness, in a similar fashion as he led the country’s cricket teamto historic win in 1992 World Cup.
“….And I believe Imran Khan is more than capable of repeating, on the worldstage, what he did for Pakistan Test cricket decades ago.
“He could lift his country out of the doldrums and turn it into anefficient and well-run state, capable of realising its fabulous potential,”Obourne writes.
On the other hand, commenting on Khan’s opponents’ reservations regardingmassive poll rigging, Obourne writes:
“Last night, all rival parties alleged massive election rigging had gone onin order to secure a Khan victory. In his defence, neither of his majoropponents — Nawaz Sharif’s Muslim League nor the Pakistan People’s Party —are foreign to the practice of election rigging. Quite the reverse.
Khan’s critics say, too, that he is too close to the far-Right religiousparties which have done so much to promote bigotry in what was once atolerant country. Cruelly, he’s been nicknamed ‘Taliban Khan’.
The fact is that Khan is by no means the first Pakistani politician to formalliances with the religious Right or the military establishment.”
Nonetheless, Obourne in his article, firmly believes Khan is the only rayof hope.
“If anybody can turn Pakistan into a creative force for good on the worldstage, it is Imran Khan.