It seems Imran Khan has entered the next phase of his own style of politics. His last weeks call to the MQM chief Altaf Hussain was a surprise for many though his justification for not pursuing the case he registered with the England court against Altaf Hussain for the May 12 massacre in Karachi was not convincing. One can understand that he is now thinking in wider canvass of Pakistani politics that if his party is widely elected throughout the country, whether he would be able to take along the MQM in Karachi.
The most recent is his call he made during his talk on a private TV channel that Pakistan should apologise from the people of Bangladesh for the 1971 massacre of Bengali people, which speaks of his wish to probably be acclaimed at the international level, politically.
The love of Bangladeshi people for Pakistan is evident from their fullest support to the Pakistani cricket team players in the World Cup quarterfinal match against Australia, and the team captain, Shahid Afridi certainly thanked them during his talk to Wasim Akram.
When we talk of Pakistan, we unknowingly make Pakistan army a party to the debacle, of which the politicians were equally responsible.
F Z KHAN
Islamabad
