Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan called for
widespread civil disobedience in Pakistan, urging supporters to stop paying
taxes and utility bills in a bid to oust the government of Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif. The populist politician also
raised the stakes- in a speech following a third day of protests in Islamabad,
he warned that after two more days he would no longer be able to stop his
supporters from storming the prime minister's house.
Today, as I write this article, PTI and PAT supporters have entered the red zone and are staging a sit-in in front of the parliament in Islamabad, while supporters here in Karachi protest near my house. I can hear slogans such as “Naya Pakistan” and “Go Nawaz Go” which frankly speaking have become so over used and clichéd, that they've almost lost their meaning.
Imran Khan, in this situation, is a perfect example of an immature stubborn child with an extremely huge ego. What makes me laugh is the fact that he thinks he has over 1 lakh supporters in the ‘inquilab march’ with him, which is obviously ridiculously over estimated. He came into the political scene with such a boom, but he absolutely failed to deliver. I used to be an Imran Khan supporter but during the past few months, I feel let down and disappointed. He can’t even seem to deliver a decent speech at his rally, going on for about 2 hours when he announced his ‘civil disobedience’ campaign, as if purposefully trying to drown in the lack of purpose in jargon.
He talks about fairness and ‘true democracy’ in this country, demanding re-elections in every province except KPK where he won the most seats. That just goes to show the double standards of this country’s politicians, who manipulate people for their own personal gain, and hide between slogans of ‘revolution’ and ‘change’.
Tonight, as all of Pakistan sits glued to their television sets, watching what happens next, I pray that some sense is knocked into PTI and they decide to take up the government’s offer for dialogue; or else it’s highly possible that we’ll see a battle between the supporters and the 30,000 security forces deployed to protect the PM house.
By: Sana Ahmad
Today, as I write this article, PTI and PAT supporters have entered the red zone and are staging a sit-in in front of the parliament in Islamabad, while supporters here in Karachi protest near my house. I can hear slogans such as “Naya Pakistan” and “Go Nawaz Go” which frankly speaking have become so over used and clichéd, that they've almost lost their meaning.
Imran Khan, in this situation, is a perfect example of an immature stubborn child with an extremely huge ego. What makes me laugh is the fact that he thinks he has over 1 lakh supporters in the ‘inquilab march’ with him, which is obviously ridiculously over estimated. He came into the political scene with such a boom, but he absolutely failed to deliver. I used to be an Imran Khan supporter but during the past few months, I feel let down and disappointed. He can’t even seem to deliver a decent speech at his rally, going on for about 2 hours when he announced his ‘civil disobedience’ campaign, as if purposefully trying to drown in the lack of purpose in jargon.
He talks about fairness and ‘true democracy’ in this country, demanding re-elections in every province except KPK where he won the most seats. That just goes to show the double standards of this country’s politicians, who manipulate people for their own personal gain, and hide between slogans of ‘revolution’ and ‘change’.
Tonight, as all of Pakistan sits glued to their television sets, watching what happens next, I pray that some sense is knocked into PTI and they decide to take up the government’s offer for dialogue; or else it’s highly possible that we’ll see a battle between the supporters and the 30,000 security forces deployed to protect the PM house.
By: Sana Ahmad
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