Nowhere have I felt this more intensely than in Pakistan, where I traveled to interview the then-candidate Khan last October. The Trump effect means that America is missing the new geopolitics emerging across the world. The most significant coverage Khan gets is as a comic oddity on The Daily Show, where he’s been mocked as an “even more tanned version of Donald Trump.” Nor did many pause over the fact that Khan won that election with the backing of an increasingly pro-Chinese military, or that he promised to pull Pakistan “out of the War on Terror,” or that he’s now presiding over a financial collapse.
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But with cable TV broadcasting Trump nonstop, few bothered to even note that a champion cricketer turned populist firebrand, Imran Khan, won the election as prime minister this summer. Just a few years ago, the news out of Pakistan would have sent official Washington into a tailspin. Nawaz, Zardari and Gilani are named in a reference for allegedly obtaining luxury vehicles from the treasury by paying 15% of the actual price.About the author: Ben Judah is a contributing writer at Politico and the author of This Is London and Fragile Empire. The Cabinet Division is of the view that the release of such details will create unnecessary media hype and news, and it may also impact relations with friendly countries.Ĭases are pending in Pakistani courts against former prime ministers and a president, including Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and Yusuf Raza Gilani over gifts received by them during official tours. The government has refused to share information about the PM's gifts and also challenged the order of the Information Commission regarding sharing this information with a citizen. Taking a jibe at past rulers, Gill had said that gifts from other countries did not disappear and will not do so during the PTI's tenure. “During previous tenures, a 15% amount was paid for such gifts however, during the PTI government, a 50% price of the gift is deposited to the treasury,” he had said. The SAPM had said that usually PM Imran Khan deposits such gifts to the Toshakhana, however, if he desires to retain them with him, he has to pay an amount for it.īut he had not elaborated as to which particular gifts were retained and what was deposited to the Toshakhana. Gill had said that releasing lists of gifts and comparing them with those of other countries is considered inappropriate, especially by Islamic countries with whom Pakistan enjoys brotherly relations. Gill had responded to a debate on social media about the government maintaining secrecy over details of gifts received by PM Imran Khan from other heads of state.
Gill had stated earlier as well that the government will not release details of the gifts received by the Prime Minister, adding that they are neither advertised nor compared with that of another country. PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz referenced a famous quote by Hazrat Umar (RA) who feared God would hold him responsible for dereliction of duty on the Day of Judgment even if a dog died hungry at the banks of the River Euphrates. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill lashed out at PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz for criticising the Prime Minister over his Rehmatulil Alameen speech from October 19.Īddressing the Rehmatulil Alameen Conference on Tuesday, the Prime Minister Imran Khan had highlighted examples from the life of Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and his followers, especially in matters of governance, accountability and morality.
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