an influential politician, too. and shehbaz sharif, he served as chief minister of punjab, that s pakistan s most populous province, under the government prior to imran khan coming into power. he had a reputation of being efficient, hardworking, credited with bringing in a number of major infrastructure projects. but he and his brother and the many others in his family have also been accused of corruption. now, he hasn t been convicted of an offence, but he has spent periods in jail under this last tenure of imran khan most recently. his brother, nawaz sharif, was disqualified and then convicted on corruption charges. both say that the allegations against them are politically motivated, but imran khan had really led a personal crusade against the sharifs and this other political dynasty, the bhuttos, as well. in terms of foreign policy, well, look shehbaz sharif, his party allies have been saying that they will pursue a different, less anti western agenda than imran khan.
on corruption charges. both say that the allegations against them are politically motivated, but imran khan had really led a personal crusade against the sharifs and this other political dynasty, the bhuttos, as well. in terms of foreign policy, well, look, shehbaz sharif, his party allies have been saying that they will pursue a different, less anti western agenda than imran khan. i mean, pakistan was already very close to china, for example, and china was investing billions and billions of dollars in infrastructure projects here. and that predated imran khan, and shehbaz sharif is very much on board with that. but i think we ll see a different tone when it comes to the west. this is a year when the unthinkable seems to be happening rather a lot. a full scale war in europe, talk of wiping an entire country off the map, millions of refugees,
both say that the allegations against them are politically motivated, but imran khan had really led a personal crusade against the sharifs and this other political dynasty, the bhuttos, as well. in terms of foreign policy, well, look, shehbaz sharif, his party allies have been saying that they will pursue a different, less anti western agenda than imran khan. i mean, pakistan was already very close to china, for example, and china was investing billions and billions of dollars in infrastructure projects here. and that predated imran khan, and shehbaz sharif is very much on board with that. but i think we ll see a different tone when it comes to the west. this is a year when the unthinkable seems to be happening rather a lot. a full scale war in europe, talk of wiping an entire country off the map, millions of refugees, immense worldwide economic problems.