Amid an unimpressive lot present at the presidium at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on the Iqbal Day, Imran Khan was the only speaker who had something concrete to say. Others were eloquent, rhetorical, fiery but not practical. Imran inspired a large number of people present there by his speech which highlighted the character of the Quaid-e-Azam, the vision of Iqbal and the future of a drone-plagued, poverty-stricken, load-shedding-paralysed Pakistan.
Although everybody knows that he is neither a good orator, nor an impressive politician; yet what is undeniable of him is he is a patriot, sincere and a great inspiration for the youth.
The PPP government has proved to be a comprehensive failure, they say. PML(Q) minus Mushahid Hussain, Marvi Memon and Sheikh Waqas Akram is a spent-out force. MQM doesn’t seem to win the hearts of the Punjabis in near future.
The PML(N) has started showing nerves with every passing day. Imran is fast becoming a political threat to the once exiled-for-Pakistan leadership. The PML(N) knows that if some party is going to lose to Imran, it would be none but the PML(N). Interestingly, the big guns of the League are ignoring the fact, or at least not dealing with it adequately. They are not doing anything practical to cope with this threat; instead, they are trying the old methods of defaming and denouncing Imran.
The PML(N) should not overlook the fact that the university students have become ardent followers of Imran. They are waiting for an Imran who is politically more mature and practically more influential. And, Imran is improving in both the dimensions fast.
AHMAD HAMMAD
Lahore