PM Imran cites Russian novelist in new jibe at opposition

This is so apt for the Pakistan inherited by PTI, he tweets

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan hit out at the opposition on Sunday as he shared novelist Ayn Rand's words to describe how Pakistan was 'mired in corruption with laws that protected a select few' before he took the reins of the government.

"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion-when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing-when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favours," he quoted on Twitter Rand's 1957 novel 'Atlas Shrugged'.

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"When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you-when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice-you may know that your society is doomed."

This is so apt for the Pakistan inherited by the PTI govt. pic.twitter.com/MHUJWkDUMQ

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) July 7, 2019

"This is so apt for the Pakistan inherited by the PTI govt," he wrote.

Social media reacts

After the prime minister's tweet, social media users were quick to weigh-in with some hailing it while others were not so kind.

Journalist Gibran Peshimam said premier Imran must read the Russian novelist's philosophy.

I’d request the honourable prime minister to please read Ayn Rand to see what her philosophy is.

Hint: she basically believed what was wrong with the world was welfare states such as the ‘Medina State’ https://t.co/qGlbAK9TL2

— Gibran Peshimam (@gibranp) July 7, 2019

Muntazir Haider, another user, hit out at him saying that this actually described where the government currently stood.

u do realize that it also describes where the current govt stands

— Muntazir Haider (@MuntazirHaider) July 7, 2019