How would the world see Imran Khan as the PAKprime minister

He has done well and is rising very very fast( bit too fast perhaps)

Next assassination target.

Every major politician is an assassination target.

Immy has been appropriately respectful to Al Quaeda thus far; he should be OK.

Al- Qaeda??

You must be listening to him a lot more than i do unless you mean the talibans?

Is it really worth the risk being a high profile Pakistani Prime Minister? He could be making a very nice living travelling to exotic locations around the World commentating on cricket.

PlanetPakistan wrote:Al- Qaeda??

You must be listening to him a lot more than i do unless you mean the talibans?

don't kid yourself

Is the PPP so unpopular nowadays? Also, can he usurp the PML N in Punjab?

PPP is quite unpopular(i think).

Imran has had some huge jalsas in Lahore, Islamabad and now Karachi. Javed Hashmi(key memeber of PML N) along with several other heavyweights have joined Imran's party.

Just read in the Dawn that he wasn't chosen for the leader of opposition because he may have been too "combative" for the role. Is this true? If so, it seems a bit dodgy considering past ignoring by Sharif.

Also, what's the maximum number of constituencies that a single person can comtest in?

tricycle wrote:Just read in the Dawn that he wasn't chosen for the leader of opposition because he may have been too "combative" for the role. Is this true? If so, it seems a bit dodgy considering past ignoring by Sharif.

Also, what's the maximum number of constituencies that a single person can comtest in?

i don't know.

It says that Hashmi contested in 4 seats and won 3. The one he lost was to Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who ironically fell out with the PPP earlier this year.

Hashmi also voted against the party line in the 18th amendment, which was to remove the limit on the PM terms among other changes in 2010, so it's not like his resignation is unfounded.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi is also a part of PTI now...

as i said PTI has made a very very fast progress in the last 3 months.

Yes, I remember that. His arrival into the PTI was huge news here considering his portfolio as external affairs minister.

Imran's policies against terrorism are very good and consistent, unfortunately some less than intelligent folks considered him a dangerous fundamentalist but now even Joe Biden has come out and agreed with Imran.

Coincidentally the rate of suicide bombings has also significantly gone down in recent months(fingers crossed).

Fingers crossed indeed, the subcontinent (and especially Pakistan) has been ravaged by far too much terrorism.

I would reserve comment on his party's policies till it gets into the govt in some form or the other because of the examples of the CPIM in India in 2004 and Lib Dems in the UK and even the PML N, before they pulled out of the coalition.

What a youngster imran is!

From a terrible medium pacer to a world class bowler....from a # 11 to a solid middle order batsman and world class all rounder!
Then captained the team for 10 years and took them to the top in all forms
Then bult a cancer hospital out of NOTHING(95% of the experts thought it wouldn't be possible)
Then a university out of nothing
Then from a failed politican to possibly the prime minister of Pakistan...

Amazing individual!

Not quite sure what to make of IK, from this distance.

He does seem charismatic (can work both ways!), and he does seem to have a strong sense of ethics - though not necessarily everyone's sense of ethics!

He has taken some courageous stances. On the other hand, he is clearly passionate in an ambitious way (so must any politician be, to an extent, but you can be a bit too partisan in your own intersts, so to speak).

He has the potential to be a great populist leader. The only thing is, I am not sure if that is a good thing or not!

"Unfortunate the land that needs heroes", as has been said before.

In other words, you would hope whatever happens that his party is not too much of a one-man band.

And not merely because one, alone, is a big target for assassins.

In other words, PP, what is his party like?

dont know what to make of imran. loads of his speeches indicate some kind of sympathy towards militant organisations. but then i wonder are there any better alternatives?

all a bit moot since pakistan is ruled from rawalpindi, not islamabad

PlanetPakistan wrote:What a youngster imran is!

From a terrible medium pacer to a world class bowler....from a # 11 to a solid middle order batsman and world class all rounder!
Then captained the team for 10 years and took them to the top in all forms
Then bult a cancer hospital out of NOTHING(95% of the experts thought it wouldn't be possible)
Then a university out of nothing
Then from a failed politican to possibly the prime minister of Pakistan...

Amazing individual!

Where's Jemina these days?

The One wrote:dont know what to make of imran. loads of his speeches indicate some kind of sympathy towards militant organisations. but then i wonder are there any better alternatives?

all a bit moot since pakistan is ruled from rawalpindi, not islamabad

Joe Biden agrees with Imran

so The One wonders if he has sympathy towards militants as well

PeterCS wrote:In other words, PP, what is his party like?

He is trying to get rid of corruption, the heavy weights that have joined his party are apparently some of the cleanest politicians in Pakistan.

I think he is moving a bit too fast and some of the people currently in the party may turn out to give him a serious headache.

taipan wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:What a youngster imran is!

From a terrible medium pacer to a world class bowler....from a # 11 to a solid middle order batsman and world class all rounder!
Then captained the team for 10 years and took them to the top in all forms
Then bult a cancer hospital out of NOTHING(95% of the experts thought it wouldn't be possible)
Then a university out of nothing
Then from a failed politican to possibly the prime minister of Pakistan...

Amazing individual!

Where's Jemina these days?

Jemima was translating his speech on the 25th from urdu to English, she is still very pro Imran and came to Pakistan recently to protest against the drone attacks.

PlanetPakistan wrote:
Joe Biden agrees with Imran

No, Joe Biden still thinks the Taliban are a bunch of stoneage backward donkeyf*ckers who are an insult to humanity but that if they didn't allow a terrorist presence they would be a bunch of stoneage backward donkeyf*ckers who the US could ignore.