The rise of imran khan as a politician is astonishing. Last 15 weeks of his political career are more rewarding than his last 15 years. But one asks a question. Does the astonishing number of people who are chanting his slogans
are their because of his political Genius or the lack of it in other political parties? Th fact is, people especially the youth who are more politically aware then the previous generation are fed up of the incompetent and corrupt
politicians and leaders. They want change. They want change in the governance, faces, and especially the political system.
One cannot deny the fact that the toppling of dictatorship regime in middle east countries have motivated a large portion of our youth. The campaigns to topple those government have a very significant fact. There was no leader. And this is a fact which defy many rules of revolution. In the past revolutions needed leaders. Leaders like Mao, Lenin, Hitler, Jinnah, Gandhi and Khomeini. These leaders were motivator, organizer and more importantly planners. Recent events in the middle east have shown that revolution can be brought without the leader. And all this was possible through social media. Internet has definitely changed the way things were done in the past. And now everyone who takes part in a revolution can be a leader. He can talk to people, motivate them, plan events and at the same time remain hidden from the opposition. Now the forces which resist change have to deal with million of leaders.
So what the significance of all this in Pakistan context. One theory is, that the wave of change which has arose from the middle east can hit Pakistan can at any moment, the establishment here do not want this to happen. Until now this establishment was successful in dealing with any person who could be a potential leader or a catalyst of change. This tactic could bear no more fruit. They fear a leader-less revolution like those happening in middle east.
So they needed a plan to avert all this. As a plan they present a fake change. Change that will look like a change but in reality its the same old system. They needed a scapegoat. They set their sights on Imran Khan. Imran Khan was a clean politician. Hero to the youth. But he was struggling in politics. So a genius plan was devised. Imran was push forward with a team of political orphans. These orphans will make sure that IK will remain in his limits. Imran khan is just the face. The core and the think tank consist of same old pro-establishment politicians. Qureshi, Tareen, Kasuri, Bosan, AAA, Ghulam Sarwar, Legharis and many more to come. And when people start questioning his team, Javed Hashmi made an appearence. Imran Khan is the last dose of Adrenalin pushed into this dying system. He is a scapegoat. Whose biggest flaw is his urge to make a change. A sheep who has teamed up with wolves in sheep clothes to save his her. Will he succeed or not. He will succeed. His rise has all the ingredients for a win. A leader who is already a hero, an experienced team, a tap on the back from king makers and most importantly the urge of the people to change.
The bigger question is will he succeed in bringing the change. And this question has a big question mark. His team is not credible. Personality clashes has always been a stigma on Imran's otherwise illustrious Man-management career. He talks a lot, but has no solid plan. He is not as cunning as Zardari or as lucky as Nawaz Sharif. So his chances are not very bright on the paper. But he need to succeed. Because he is the last ray of hope before it will all come down on our heads. He is the last bit of candle before everything gets dark
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