At least Imran Khan is not being a hypocrite, unlike our last great populist leader.
AUCKLAND: Pakistan’s tryst with extremism is embedded in its DNA. To move against such an innate predisposition is difficult, and near impossible for one who is trying to build his support base.
Furthermore, Imran Khan is strongly conservative by personal inclination; it is only natural that he will embrace the virus in Pakistan’s gene code rather than attempting to counter it. At least he is not being a hypocrite, unlike our last great populist leader.
Shehzad Shah
Published in The Express Tribune, April 13th, 2012.
