Imran Khan is going down and with him the dreams for a better equitable Pakistan. What a loss. The structural problems - population explosion, uneducated youth, religious fundamentalism, water scarcity, among others will keep getting worse and the resulting mixture will become more poisonous every day.
Many reasons why he is going down, among them a trap set up by sharifs and establishment to take a weak government in the midst of an economic default. He had lack of political acumen to take command and no other alternative at the time. But this is not important any more. The only important thing is can Pakistan be saved from chaos.
There needs to be action. Compromise on foreign policy front might help but populism in media, unpopular government and pouncing opposition will not let anyone act logically. The time has come when first the military spending will be cut. Even then the country will not hold on its own.
Second the traders mafia start giving taxes, the earlier these things are done, the better. No one has the solution. Martial laws provide better governance but leave weak civil structures and politically unstable country. No one wants to govern right now or new elections but the country is just going towards them and it is difficult to stop the process either. Even the new government will face the same consequences the economic challenges are really deep this time around.
Many reasons why he is going down, among them a trap set up by sharifs and establishment to take a weak government in the midst of an economic default. He had lack of political acumen to take command and no other alternative at the time. But this is not important any more. The only important thing is can Pakistan be saved from chaos.
There needs to be action. Compromise on foreign policy front might help but populism in media, unpopular government and pouncing opposition will not let anyone act logically. The time has come when first the military spending will be cut. Even then the country will not hold on its own.
Second the traders mafia start giving taxes, the earlier these things are done, the better. No one has the solution. Martial laws provide better governance but leave weak civil structures and politically unstable country. No one wants to govern right now or new elections but the country is just going towards them and it is difficult to stop the process either. Even the new government will face the same consequences the economic challenges are really deep this time around.