A look at Pakistan’s new Prime Minister

Jul 30, 2018 Letters

Dear Editor,
Imran Khan, the just newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan is pledging to help the poor, talk to the Taliban and try to end the decades of dispute over Kashmir.
The former World Cup-winning cricket captain is set to be Pakistan’s new prime minister, following last Wednesday’s general election.
His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party won the most seats, but not enough to form a majority government – so a coalition cabinet is most likely. He has defeated mainstream parties who have long ruled Pakistan.
The ruling party of Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister conceded defeat but is disputing the result, along with opposition groups.
Some people say the vote was rigged. Moreover, they are threatening to call for nationwide protests if the demands for an election re-run are not met.
Khan has promised to investigate the vote-rigging allegations, but has other major challenges ahead of him and his party.
But can he deliver? By the force of his skills and personality, the charismatic Imran Khan endured in the toughest job in Pakistan for a decade, as captain of the national cricket team.
His crowning glory was to drive the team to its first and only Cricket World Cup triumph in 1992.
He immediately retired from this Pakistan duty at age thirty-nine , opened a cancer hospital in memory of his dear late mother two years later, and launched his own political party, Tehreek- e-Insaf (Movement of Justice) four years later.
Overnight, Khan declared victory in Pakistan’s parliamentary election and vowed to run the country “as it has never before been run” by fighting corruption, seeking regional co-operation and forging a new relationship with the United States that was not “one-sided.”
He will become the first international cricketer in the world to be elected as a country’s prime minister, considered the second toughest job in Pakistan.
Congratulation Imran; another victory for you!
Yours,
Rooplall Dudhnath

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