Imran Khan a well know icon in Pakistan, he has dedicated most of his life to cricket, he is the first person who made Pakistan win the world cup in 1992 and is the last till now. He was a very bold cricketer and had that touch of bringing up the players together on a single platform and taking the best out of them. But soon after whining the world cup for Pakistan, he turned his eye on the game of politics, he already had that touch of doing social work for the country he founded a cancer hospital “Shaukat khana memorial hospital” which gives cancer treatments free of cost. Since that time he has been trying every thing he could do.
But the critical side of his dong politics come’s when we see this politician going on doing boycott, at a time when this country need’s him. In the present election of 2008 in Pakistan he did not even submit his nomination papers just because he did not have trust in the polls, Now this is the point what I am talking about where he looses his audience and the fame that he has. By not talking part in the elections does not solve the problem, The biggest problem I see in him, He does not have that artistic touch in playing politics in Pakistan, I am not saying that he does not know how to play politics but the problem is in Pakistan politics is played in a bit of different way, that he still Lacks. He has to get his hands dirty if wants to play this game! I know he is strictly against the (PCO) provisional constitution order but he is not the only one! Does that mean he sits quietly and the enemies reap the reward??
If we take a look at politicians like Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz sharif and Altaf Hussain who are well experienced players in game of politics, they never tend to loose there audience and have that touch of playing with the emotions of their people and they know how to trigger there audience when bad time comes to them! When they can sit out of the country and do politics by deploying their robots in side the country to do all the dirty work for them, then why cant he?? By doing boycott from the election ground does not impress the people? Recently Benazir Bhutto was assassinated a former PM of Pakistan every body was Expecting (PPP) peoples party parliamentarian will pull out of the election! But that did not happen, they not only fought the election but they also won it by majority! So in the end conclusion matter’s. I remember when he first hopped in the game of politics and was running for general elections; he said that “he will not even vote him self “NOW why will a person not vote himself when he is standing in the election! I believe he could be one of the best leaders this world has ever seen. But the problem is of him getting into power. I know he is not a person who will bow his head in front of any party. He has remained a tiger in the field of cricket and I think he can be a tiger in the game of politics too, only and only if he could understand “how to bring the people on their toes”, This is Pakistan, one has to try alternative ways to put thing back into shape in my language its called (JUGAR) so he has to play that gugar. But I am sure his intentions and policies are correct and he goes for justice.
Once i watched him on TV tell how he won that 1992 world cup, he said that after the toss he was asked for a chat? the person asked him what will be his strategy be? And he answered that ‘he was a cornered Tiger and can do any thing to save my self! at that time he knew the england tem was listing to him in the dressing room so to demoralize them he said those words and it worked for him! I believe he is still a cornered tiger and can do any thing to save this country but he has to simplify his word to the people because they don’t understand him but he does understand there problems!.. I also see he has been hit socially, people have been talking rubbish about him after he had married a British lady, they were simply against him marrying a western lady?? See again they don’t understand that has nothing to do with politics and its his personal life but that is the way people are here in Pakistan! There have been a lot of minus points for him. I believe the key to his success lies if he knows how to mold the thoughts of people in the way he wants! After he has that art it doesn’t take much effort for him to reach the throne.In the present 2008 elections I did not vote when I was asked by some WHY? I simply said I don’t see any one deserving and that is true that we need deserving people like him to make the country presentable to the world and betterment for the people.
I Wish he avoids mistakes like these in the coming future but the coming future but it will be after 5 years that he will be testing him self again in the general elections.
Well said… Imran khan should have to get his hands dirty to be able to contest
Comment by Yasir — February 27, 2008 @ 5:28 am