Charisma and perceived perfection of an individual is not enough to change things.
LONDON: With reference to Mahreen Khan’s article of November 6 titled “Imran’s revolutionary road — II”, may I ask how many seats in the National Assembly can Imran Khan occupy? The answer is one. How many other members of his political party are electable or are likely to win seats in the National Assembly? Five, 10 or 20? The reality is that his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, has no chance to win an outright majority in parliament for Imran Khan to become the prime minister. At best, come the next elections, he would have to form some sort of alliance with other parties. At that point, he will have to make compromises and the reality of his rule will be quite far from what people hope. Personality driven politics is not enough.
The massive disenchantment with President Obama which has seen a massive resurgence of the Republican Party goes to show that charisma and perceived perfection of an individual is not enough to change things.
Syed Nadir El-Edroos
Published in The Express Tribune, November 8th, 2010.
