Imran Khan’s whimsical decision-making is becoming an embarrassment for Pakistan government
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leadership needs to shake off habits that land it in self-created difficulties. An hour ago Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan relies on rhetoric to show that his government is working effectively rather than letting policy measures speak for themselves. | Reuters
Over halfway through its tenure, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government’s early proclivities seem to be hardening into traits that increasingly characterise its whimsical style of decision-making. At times these have landed its leadership in embarrassing situations while on other occasions it has obliged the government to make U-turns on pronouncements it has been hard-pressed to explain.
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, UK & UN.
OVER halfway through its tenure the PTI government’s early proclivities seem to be hardening into traits that increasingly characterise its whimsical style of decision-making. At times these have landed its leadership in embarrassing situations while on other occasions it has obliged the government to make U-turns on pronouncements it has been hard-pressed to explain.
Recent developments have laid bare the first such proclivity announcing a decision without sufficient thought or consultation and then reversing it. The case in point was the newly appointed finance minister’s pronouncement that Pakistan will be resuming trade with India by importing cotton and sugar. The decision was apparently approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan as he holds the commerce portfolio. This was also indicated by a leaked summary to the cabinet signed by him. In less than 24 hours the decision was revoked by the cabinet. It was followed by reit
National
April 12, 2021
LONDON: The United Kingdom is in mourning today at the loss of their beloved Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was 99 years and two months old. He was married to the Queen for 74 years.
Throughout their marriage, he was a tower of strength for her, through personal tragedy and triumph, as a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a great grandfather. The Duke of Edinburgh was a naval officer to the core. As a child he was evacuated from Greece along with the rest of the Greek Royal Family on a destroyer of the British Navy. He joined the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as a teenager, and it was there he first properly met the then 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth in 1939. They were married in 1947.
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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh: A dear friend to Pakistan will be sorely missed
World
Fri, Apr 09, 2021
The United Kingdom is in mourning today at the loss of their beloved Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was 99 years old, two months before he would have turned 100. He was married to the Queen for 74 years.
Throughout their marriage, he was a tower of strength for her, through personal tragedy and triumph, as a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a great grandfather.
The Duke of Edinburgh was a naval officer to the core. As a child he was evacuated from Greece along with the rest of the Greek Royal Family on a destroyer of the British Navy. He joined the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as a teenager, and it was there he first properly met the then 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth in 1939. They were married in 1947.