The world is amazed as it watches visuals of commoners attacking the Pakistan army installations and vehicles in the aftermath of nationwide violence following the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan. Army has been called out to help civil administration in Islamabad, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa. Mobs set fire to Radio Pakistan building in Peshawar and the corps commander’s residence in Lahore. The man on the street in Pakistan, who used to be in awe of the army in the past, has now decided to give the army a fight. People know that Imran Khan was arrested not by the National Accountability Bureau, but by the Army and ISI. Watching the fast-paced developments in Pakistan, I feel, Pakistan Army, ISI and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have unwittingly made Imran Khan a hero again. When Imran Khan was Prime Minister, the man on the street was unhappy with his regime, because he failed to fulfil his promises. Imran Khan had made lofty promises before coming to power. He had floated ridiculous ideas for transforming Pakistan’s economy, but it was not practically possible to implement them in Pakistan. Imran Khan appeared to be failing as a Prime Minister. Had he remained in power, he might not have won elections again, but in Pakistan, important political decisions are not taken on the basis of prevailing public opinion. Neither the decision to unseat Imran Khan as PM was justified, nor the decision to grab him by his collar and putting him behind bars was correct. After being removed from power, Imran Khan went before the people and became a successful leader in a true sense. The words that he spoke a day before his arrest in a widely circulated video, caught the imagination of the people. The man on the street became ready to fight his battle against the establishment. That single video made Imran a mass leader among the people. The evidence lies in the fact that thousands of people have come out on the streets to protest and fight the army. The people are not scared of the army. These commoners, in the coming days and weeks, will become the biggest strength of Imran and his party. The surprising part is that neither the Pakistan Army nor Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his alliance partners are unwilling to read the writing on the wall. from IndiaTV India: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/qgi1n8N
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