Pakistan a Personal History by Imran Khan Review
Review: Pakistan: A Personal History
Those who were expecting that the Oxford-educated cricketer, Imran Khan would bring about a image shift in Islamic republic of pakistan's politics are likely to be disappointed if they read his book Pakistan: A Personal History.
Islamic republic of pakistan: A Personal History
Imran Khan
Random House
Rs 599 pp 389
Imran Khan't was the pejorative used to refer to him when he began his career as a fast bowler. He went on to evidence all his detractors wrong, becoming a legend in his lifetime. The same negativity accompanied his plunge into politics. But after xv years as a marginal player in Islamic republic of pakistan's politics, the human being — who once famously wore a T-shirt with the fable 'big boys play at night' — seems to take come into full batting form with his party, the Tehreek-due east-Insaf, actually being considered a serious contender to form the side by side government.
Those who were expecting that the Oxford-educated cricketer would bring about a paradigm shift in Pakistan's politics are probable to exist disappointed if they read his book Pakistan: A Personal History. First, it is less a personal history than a political manifesto. Almost as if to compensate for his former playboy image, he cannot emphasise his adherence to Islam enough. "…I find information technology foreign that in Pakistan, people who stand up for Islamic values are called rightists. Islamic values actually have more in common with leftist ideologies in terms of social equality and welfare." Could it accept escaped his attention that the sort of Islam being pushed by the fundamentalists who applauded the killing of Punjab governor Salman Taseer would not know leftist credo if information technology jumped upward and bit them?
In many ways, throughout the book, information technology is articulate that Imran is less influenced by the liberal values of the W where he spent many years and has confined himself to coming upwards with a similar version of the vision that Ayub Khan and later Zia-ul-Haq had for Pakistan. He is not immune from the Pakistani penchant to arraign others for the problems the land faces. He sees conspiracies in many of the cataclysmic events in Pakistan'southward troubled history. For example, he sees dark external forces responsible for the killing of Pakistan'south get-go prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan and the mid-air explosion which killed Zia-ul-Haq. In some means, Imran cannot exist blamed for this. A caste of anti-Americanism, a vocal suspicion of the foreigner goes down well with the home oversupply.
Imran rails against taking American assist, returning repeatedly to the theme that America's war on terror has been at the cost of Pakistan's honour. He is fulsome in his praise for Zia-ul-Haq every bit someone who protected Pakistan's sovereignty and expresses not bad sympathy for the mujahideen who he says have fought the good fight to defend the national honor.
He reserves quite a chip of venom for General Pervez Musharraf, though the twenty-four hour period may not be far when he may tie up with him politically. He is critical of Musharraf's power-hungry behaviour and the craven manner in which he obeyed America'southward dictates. Imran is largely contemptuous of politicians, he has few kind words for Benazir Bhutto or Nawaz Sharif, both noncombatant prime number ministers in a country dominated past military rule since its existence. He is dismissive of their lack of political expertise and their inability to come to grips with authoritative matters. One wonders how much the former fast bowler volition be different if he were to come up to power.
He, of course, is in no dubiousness about his ability. His narrative is punctuated at frequent intervals with praise for himself and his 'vision' though after reading the book, nosotros are difficult put to understand what this might exist. There are touching parts in the book in which he describes his failed marriage to heiress Jemima Goldsmith. Here Imran has been every bit the gentleman, explaining how his wife became the butt of a hate entrada and ultimately, he agreed that she should go back to a life and milieu she was familiar with. He speaks with hurting and longing about beingness separated from his children, all of which lends a human touch to an otherwise sterile, cold narrative.
He finds relevance in the message of Allama Iqbal, a source of guidance when Pakistan came into being in 1947. He regrets that Iqbal's prayer for children, "My wish comes to my lips as supplication — May my life exist lilke a lighted candle, O God," has been forgotten today.
Information technology is a pity that though Imran appears to have understood all that has gone wrong with Pakistan, "a country that begs and borrows for its survival had to face such humiliation sooner or subsequently", he does non seem to have likewise many answers. Perhaps, like his predecessors, he will learn on the chore. Whether Pakistan has the luxury of fourth dimension is another matter. Only, despite the many shortcomings in this volume, we cannot aid but be impressed by the tenacity of the great fast bowler, his refusal to go out the field even when things looked hopeless. This is the quality that fabricated him an inimitable captain and perhaps, this will see him through the minefield of Pakistani politics in the future.
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