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Prime Minister Imran Khan says Pakistanis shouldn't be concerned about creating a "soft image" of their country only to win approval from the West, calling such a perception an "inferiority complex".

Addressing the launching ceremony of a documentary drama titled "Paani Ke Pankh" in Islamabad on Thursday, the premier said the nation should instead strive for being seen as an independent nation which has confidence in itself and does not have to rely on anyone for aid.

"I repeatedly hear we need to present a soft image of Pakistan. What does a soft image mean? Why do we say this and if this soft image is established will the world consider us very good?

"We shouldn't fall into this kind of misunderstanding; this is an inferiority complex. When a nation loses it confidence it tries to please people," the prime minister emphasised.

He said people shouldn't plan their actions based on what Western countries would approve, citing the example of the vision of "enlightened moderation" introduced by former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf.

"We heard the term 'enlightened moderation' for the first time in our lives. Nobody knows what it means. Most people understood it that the more we resemble people in the West the more we will appear moderate. So people started speaking English and wearing Western clothes, and [thought] they had become moderate.

"Is this moderation? Please understand this is inferiority complex."

Prime Minister Imran said Pakistanis only had to promote one image: that of an independent nation standing on its feet which believes in itself, doesn't rely on anyone and doesn't take loans from or beg anyone.

"Only then does the world respect you," he said, stressing that a nation that is self-reliant and thought big held the true honour.

"So the nation shouldn't think we go around pleasing the world, presenting a soft image."

The prime minister reiterated that Pakistan had made a "mistake" by entering the US 'War on terror'.

"We entered someone else's war which wasn't ours, we should've never joined it," he said, adding that Pakistan had first taken part in "glorifying jihad" in the 1980s and making the Mujahideen "heroes", and later pursued them as "terrorists" on instructions of the US after 9/11.

"So the country inevitably had to pay a heavy price for it."

In this context, the premier said, people "shouldn't think we need to present a soft image of ourselves because they (the West) started calling us 'terrorists'."

"You can never enter someone else's war, take benefits from them and not suffer for it," he stressed.

He said the potential in Pakistan was unmatched by any other country and the nation tended to "undersell" itself.

"Until our thinking remains that we can't do anything until someone from the outside gives us loans due to our soft image, we can't move forward."

Prime Minister Imran promised his government's "complete support" for the film industry to produce original documentaries and films.

He said there was a time when Pakistan Television's (PTV) dramas were watched across the border in India, adding that the once-thriving film industry had fallen behind because it "started copying cheap Indian films".

'Decade of darkness'
Highlighting the importance of long-term planning in nation-building, Prime Minister Imran said in Pakistan, governments tended to want to finish projects within their five-year tenures so they could be shown to the public by spending billions in advertisements in order to win the next elections.

One of the biggest damages caused by this "handicap", he said, was that even though hydropower in the country was cheap and water reservoirs beneficial for agriculture could have been built, the past governments made decisions for the short term due to which the electricity produced by Pakistan was today among the most expensive in the subcontinent.

The premier noted that Pakistan's winter consumption of electricity fell down to 8,000-9,000MW from around 24,000MW in the summer but the country had to pay even for the power that was not used in winter due to the type of contracts signed by previous governments.

"So this all happened because of short-termism. There was corruption in this, there was short-term thinking that we only think about the next election."

Prime Minister Imran said in the 1960s, the Pakistani industry benefited greatly due to cheap electricity but the "destruction" took place as the country entered the 90s. In the 2008-2018 period, which he referred to as "the decade of darkness", he said all institutions were destroyed and Pakistan's debt increased.

Why debt has risen under PTI
Responding to critics who accuse the PTI government of increasing Pakistan's debt burden, the premier said when his party came to power, the country's liabilities stood at Rs30,000 billion and the loans due were Rs25,000bn.

During the PTI's 2.5 years, the loans have risen from Rs25,000bn to Rs36,000bn, Imran said.

Giving a breakdown of this Rs11,000bn increase, he said loans worth Rs6,000bn were taken to pay interest on loans taken by the previous governments. Another Rs3,000bn were added to the debt because the dollar rose from Rs105 to Rs160 due to historic trade and current account deficits.

Of the remaining Rs2,000bn debt, he attributed Rs800bn to the gap created by a decline in tax collection due to Covid-19, saying the rest of the loans were spent on the pandemic relief package given by the government.
 
He was very modern even by western standards. I hope this Pakistani Messiah can turn his country into something substantial apart from talking. That is the only way to get over an inferiority complex. I mean, a nation that does not have access to clean water how they can develop a superiority complex. Half the nation does not know how to stand up in a queue then we say that we should not be dictated by western ideals.
90% of Islamic teachings the western countries have been following that's why they are progressing further. And, we write Islamic teachings on the wall "Safai nisf emaan hai." I mean, Pakistan has a lot of issues from a lack of education and an identification crisis. 50 years of craap can not be fixed in 5 years. Tabdeeli aye na ayee.
 
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Wise words from Imran. Not making any comparisons but I see a lot of similarities between Jinnah and IK's vision of Pakistan.

May Allah guide him.
 
He is trying to strike a chord with the average Pakistani. If Imran Khan really wants us to be independent, he should stop bending over backwards for the Arabs and stop taking loans and aid from the West.

Somebody needs to tell him he lived all his life in the West and his sons continue to live in Europe. He should be the last person telling us not to emulate the West.

Unfortunately, Imran’s rhetoric since to power has been to appease the right wing and portray himself as the Caliph. He spends a lot of time building up his pious image such as posting pictures holding prayer beads, and performing prayers.

He has not ever talked about important issues such as education, health, human rights, honor killings, rape, science and minority rights.

He is more interested in Ertugrul’s horse than in the economy.
 
Wise words for our nation from a legend. Sometime i cannot believe we have IK as our PM. Looking at the reaction from our people, we certainly don't deserve any decent human being as PM.
 
He is trying to strike a chord with the average Pakistani. If Imran Khan really wants us to be independent, he should stop bending over backwards for the Arabs and stop taking loans and aid from the West.

Somebody needs to tell him he lived all his life in the West and his sons continue to live in Europe. He should be the last person telling us not to emulate the West.

Unfortunately, Imran’s rhetoric since to power has been to appease the right wing and portray himself as the Caliph. He spends a lot of time building up his pious image such as posting pictures holding prayer beads, and performing prayers.

He has not ever talked about important issues such as education, health, human rights, honor killings, rape, science and minority rights.

He is more interested in Ertugrul’s horse than in the economy.

:)))

Now that was funny
 
He is trying to strike a chord with the average Pakistani. If Imran Khan really wants us to be independent, he should stop bending over backwards for the Arabs and stop taking loans and aid from the West.

Somebody needs to tell him he lived all his life in the West and his sons continue to live in Europe. He should be the last person telling us not to emulate the West.

Unfortunately, Imran’s rhetoric since to power has been to appease the right wing and portray himself as the Caliph. He spends a lot of time building up his pious image such as posting pictures holding prayer beads, and performing prayers.

He has not ever talked about important issues such as education, health, human rights, honor killings, rape, science and minority rights.

He is more interested in Ertugrul’s horse than in the economy.
Also noticed it look fake as hell, I mean why are you getting filmed when you're praying (I thought it was a deeply private thing for actual religious people), also those prayer beads "pics"
Man would make any normal person cringe with those antics

Remember Sadam praying while getting filmed to portray his "image" to iraqi people as a pious man
Didn't they say Immu learnt from the best!
 
He is trying to strike a chord with the average Pakistani. If Imran Khan really wants us to be independent, he should stop bending over backwards for the Arabs and stop taking loans and aid from the West.

Somebody needs to tell him he lived all his life in the West and his sons continue to live in Europe. He should be the last person telling us not to emulate the West.

Unfortunately, Imran’s rhetoric since to power has been to appease the right wing and portray himself as the Caliph. He spends a lot of time building up his pious image such as posting pictures holding prayer beads, and performing prayers.

He has not ever talked about important issues such as education, health, human rights, honor killings, rape, science and minority rights.

He is more interested in Ertugrul’s horse than in the economy.

really? i mean go ahead and criticise him for his obvious errors but really? Why are some of his crtitics so tone deaf? I just dont get it.

As for your final comment it shows your complete lack of knowledge and understanding of the situation and what he is trying to do. I suggest you worry about the farmers riots in your country.
 
Also noticed it look fake as hell, I mean why are you getting filmed when you're praying (I thought it was a deeply private thing for actual religious people), also those prayer beads "pics"
Man would make any normal person cringe with those antics

Remember Sadam praying while getting filmed to portray his "image" to iraqi people as a pious man
Didn't they say Immu learnt from the best!

So lets focus on prayer beads. whats wrong with holding prayer beads? Lots of people do it. Especially in Pakistan. He is clearly quite religious. Why not just take it at face value? why do you believe its fake? is it perhaps because your not very religious yourself and hence do not understand the concept?
 
Says the leader who doesn’t have the guts to criticize China for its atrocities against Muslims.

“When a nation loses it confidence it tries to please people”

Is that why you are trying to please China?

We should not strive to please the West; we should strive to please China.
 
So lets focus on prayer beads. whats wrong with holding prayer beads? Lots of people do it. Especially in Pakistan. He is clearly quite religious. Why not just take it at face value? why do you believe its fake? is it perhaps because is it perhaps because your not very religious yourself and hence do not understand the concept?

Nothing wrong with holding prayer beads everything wrong in posting pics with it on your sociol media account to build an image
I don't care if he is religious/athirst/agnostic just keep it to yourself and do your job and not go for the sociol media image building campaigns
Hold up man why are you assuming I am not religious? :) Stereotyping much!
Really hate saying this but I'm sorry I am tired of the stereotypes surrounding western overseas pakistani youth I have to say it even though I really hate saying it
my parents were so conservative they didn't even have cable, stayed in dorms with all sorts things but even in that environment never missed a prayer and this dude out here claiming
 
Big talk from the soft Oxford educated playboy PM

And his supporters fall for his drama.

His religious is just an act. It is a performance.

After womanizing, having children out of wedlock, drinking, doing drugs etc. during his playing days, he has become a reborn muslim and is now lecturing others on Islam and cultural/family values.

The convenient timing of his “enlightenment” is not coincidental - it is carefully planned to benefit his political career.

He knew he had no chance of succeeding in politics in Pakistan with the same image that he had during his cricket days, and hence he had to shed that image.
 
Wise words for our nation from a legend. Sometime i cannot believe we have IK as our PM. Looking at the reaction from our people, we certainly don't deserve any decent human being as PM.

Our search for finding a decent human being as our PM is still ongoing.
 
And his supporters fall for his drama.

His religious is just an act. It is a performance.

After womanizing, having children out of wedlock, drinking, doing drugs etc. during his playing days, he has become a reborn muslim and is now lecturing others on Islam and cultural/family values.

The convenient timing of his “enlightenment” is not coincidental - it is carefully planned to benefit his political career.

He knew he had no chance of succeeding in politics in Pakistan with the same image that he had during his cricket days, and hence he had to shed that image.

His hypocrisy is what i hate about him. He did whatever he could in his hey days and now lecturing people. He knows how to play with people's emotions, I give that to him. But he is dishonest and definitely fake.
 
Nothing wrong with holding prayer beads everything wrong in posting pics with it on your sociol media account to build an image
I don't care if he is religious/athirst/agnostic just keep it to yourself and do your job and not go for the sociol media image building campaigns
Hold up man why are you assuming I am not religious? :) Stereotyping much!
Really hate saying this but I'm sorry I am tired of the stereotypes surrounding western overseas pakistani youth I have to say it even though I really hate saying it
my parents were so conservative they didn't even have cable, stayed in dorms with all sorts things but even in that environment never missed a prayer and this dude out here claiming

there is noting wrong with him doing that. Your making a mountain out of a molehill.
 
His hypocrisy is what i hate about him. He did whatever he could in his hey days and now lecturing people. He knows how to play with people's emotions, I give that to him. But he is dishonest and definitely fake.

so what your essentially saying is that once you have decided to be a playboy you should always be a playboy and never change? what is wrong with someone coming back from that pathetic lifestyle and realising it was hollow and worthless? and then imparting that knowledge to peple like you? or do you believe we should never change as human beings?
 
Says the leader who doesn’t have the guts to criticize China for its atrocities against Muslims.

“When a nation loses it confidence it tries to please people”

Is that why you are trying to please China?

We should not strive to please the West; we should strive to please China.
China is not a western country.
 
China is not a western country.

Yes, which is why he should have clarified his statement.

What he said:

“When a nation loses its confidence it tries to please people”

What he actually meant:

“We need to please China”
 
As a wise man once said, a sajdah is only worthy when it is performed with black hair, because once our hair go white, we all have the time and the sense to think about our grave and remember God.
 
I do not like the attitude of Pakistanis. They take up the citizenship of the western countries and yet they say bad things about them. The same goes for Imran Khan - It is OK to take their financial aid yet say bad things about them. Look at Germany how many immigrants they have taken from Syria and Iraq. They provide them housing, monthly income of 800 euros. They provide education free of costs. Look what Arab countries and Pakistan have done to accommodate them.
As recent as a couple of years ago, his ex-wife wrote in her book that Imran khan had no respect for the month of Ramadan kept listening to music loudly, and never saw him praying during her time with him.
Yeah, no protests by so-called Pakistani Islamic parties against the atrocities of Muslims in China. That's why the whole world does not take the issue of Kashmir seriously because as a whole Pakistan has vested interests there. Hypocrisy is condemned in Islam as well.
 
so what your essentially saying is that once you have decided to be a playboy you should always be a playboy and never change? what is wrong with someone coming back from that pathetic lifestyle and realising it was hollow and worthless? and then imparting that knowledge to peple like you? or do you believe we should never change as human beings?

Please be a little more respectful as far as the bold part is concerned.

On your post, humans can definitely change. But we have no idea whether it is genuine or not in this particular case. I hope Imran is genuine indeed. But he needs to stop with this do this do that nonsense. He does not have any right on how any person should behave or think. It is individual's choice.
 
Also noticed it look fake as hell, I mean why are you getting filmed when you're praying (I thought it was a deeply private thing for actual religious people), also those prayer beads "pics"
Man would make any normal person cringe with those antics

Remember Sadam praying while getting filmed to portray his "image" to iraqi people as a pious man
Didn't they say Immu learnt from the best!

He uses prayer beads every time. You can see that in his meetings, jalsas, (even with Trump). He is not going to put his tasbeeh back in his pocket every time a camera is onto him.

He is into this stuff man, there is nothing fake about it. There were a few references towards spirituality in one of his books that came out in 80s. His inclination towards Sufism has only grown with time. He regularly visits shrines (sometimes even prostrates there :danish), enters Madina barefooted, cancer hospital, panahgahs etc you can see a pattern there.

Moreover, it is foolish to think that people are swayed by his namaaz and prayer beads. Mullahs would have been ruling us long ago if that was the case.

There are other things that can be said about him but he is not fake by any measure. And don't get me wrong, I personally don't like those tasbeehs during meetings and his inclination towards sufism (a pacifist sufi leading us in this cut throat region is not ideal) but he believes what he believes.
 
I too, don't get this fascination behind 'soft image' (a word used by a lot of confused Pakistanis). Its an irrelevant term.

Get your economy right, keep a strong military, adhere to an ideology and the world will respect you.
 
really? i mean go ahead and criticise him for his obvious errors but really? Why are some of his crtitics so tone deaf? I just dont get it.

As for your final comment it shows your complete lack of knowledge and understanding of the situation and what he is trying to do. I suggest you worry about the farmers riots in your country.

Tell me if he has ever talked about the brutal treatment of minorities in this country. Whenever a minority member is killed, IK and his whole cabinet goes mute. He does not talk about the horrible treatment of women in this country. He never talks about whenever a person is lynched on the streets by a raging after being accused of blasphemy. This man is only fit for firing off tweets at India and harping on about the alleged bad treatment of Muslims in faraway lands.

He has truly lost the plot because, now, he has even more belief in superstitions which really cloud his judgement. He refuses to go anywhere near a dead body or a funeral because he believes it will bring a bad omen.

We have a leader who goes out of his way to show his religiosity and uses superstitions to make decisions.

Recently, he has been obsessed with family values, morals and the so-called Eastern cultural values. This whole facade of portraying himself as a super Musalmaan is nauseating given his colorful past.
 
As a wise man once said, a sajdah is only worthy when it is performed with black hair, because once our hair go white, we all have the time and the sense to think about our grave and remember God.

That wise man was not so wise tbh
Guidance anytime in someone's life is not worthless, not the wisest thing to say... wise man Sounds very judgemental :inti
 
A soft image is not necessarily a bad thing. Islam essentially encourages softness unless one is wronged and even then if you capacity to forgive then that's a better choice.

Pakistani should absolutely portray themselves as "soft" if they want to encourage tourism, foreign investment and spread a bit of positive news about the country. Why would they want to do otherwise its completely illogical?

The biggest tyrant countries such as the USA appear quite soft and nice, however, when they are wronged they react harshly. The problem with Pakistanis is that we posture and then cower when push comes to shove.
 
A soft image is not necessarily a bad thing. Islam essentially encourages softness unless one is wronged and even then if you capacity to forgive then that's a better choice.

Pakistani should absolutely portray themselves as "soft" if they want to encourage tourism, foreign investment and spread a bit of positive news about the country. Why would they want to do otherwise its completely illogical?

The biggest tyrant countries such as the USA appear quite soft and nice, however, when they are wronged they react harshly. The problem with Pakistanis is that we posture and then cower when push comes to shove.

Imran Khan is actually encouraging tourism and foreign investment, I don't think that's what he means by soft image. If you read his speech, what he is saying is that we have an image that when USA makes demands, Pakistan will inevitably comply, even if these demands are against their own interests as you yourself have intimated. That is where the soft image comes from.

I am wondering what in the speech it is that people actually don't like? Most of the criticisms seem to be personal attacks on IK himself rather than what he is proposing.
 
Gore Vidal used to hang a portrait of JFK in his study as a reminder never to be seduced by a man’s charm, intelligence, wit, or charisma ever again.

I might just do the same with IK when I get a study.
 
He was very modern even by western standards. I hope this Pakistani Messiah can turn his country into something substantial apart from talking. That is the only way to get over an inferiority complex. I mean, a nation that does not have access to clean water how they can develop a superiority complex. Half the nation does not know how to stand up in a queue then we say that we should not be dictated by western ideals.
90% of Islamic teachings the western countries have been following that's why they are progressing further. And, we write Islamic teachings on the wall "Safai nisf emaan hai." I mean, Pakistan has a lot of issues from a lack of education and an identification crisis. 50 years of craap can not be fixed in 5 years. Tabdeeli aye na ayee.

The fact he was modern even by Western standards means he has experienced both sides, (while also being in the West) which means he's in a better position to judge; unlike most of the onesided lot who can only imagine the the other side thus are confined to bias opinions.
 
Tell me if he has ever talked about the brutal treatment of minorities in this country. Whenever a minority member is killed, IK and his whole cabinet goes mute. He does not talk about the horrible treatment of women in this country. He never talks about whenever a person is lynched on the streets by a raging after being accused of blasphemy. This man is only fit for firing off tweets at India and harping on about the alleged bad treatment of Muslims in faraway lands.

He has truly lost the plot because, now, he has even more belief in superstitions which really cloud his judgement. He refuses to go anywhere near a dead body or a funeral because he believes it will bring a bad omen.

We have a leader who goes out of his way to show his religiosity and uses superstitions to make decisions.

Recently, he has been obsessed with family values, morals and the so-called Eastern cultural values. This whole facade of portraying himself as a super Musalmaan is nauseating given his colorful past.

This eastern value drama from the PM is absolute crap. Not based on reality or facts.
 
He is trying to strike a chord with the average Pakistani. If Imran Khan really wants us to be independent, he should stop bending over backwards for the Arabs and stop taking loans and aid from the West.

Exactly, and which is why he will win in 2023.

Somebody needs to tell him he lived all his life in the West and his sons continue to live in Europe. He should be the last person telling us not to emulate the West.

Unfortunately, Imran’s rhetoric since to power has been to appease the right wing and portray himself as the Caliph. He spends a lot of time building up his pious image such as posting pictures holding prayer beads, and performing prayers.

He has not ever talked about important issues such as education, health, human rights, honor killings, rape, science and minority rights.

He is more interested in Ertugrul’s horse than in the economy.


The average Pakistani is not liberal. Liberals by western standards are less than 1% of the population. Why should he care about their opinion???
 
Wise words for our nation from a legend. Sometime i cannot believe we have IK as our PM. Looking at the reaction from our people, we certainly don't deserve any decent human being as PM.

I am envisioning the background music of "TERI PUJA KAROON" and IK's smiling moorti
with some posters praying to his moorti
 
Exactly, and which is why he will win in 2023.




The average Pakistani is not liberal. Liberals by western standards are less than 1% of the population. Why should he care about their opinion???

He is further strengthening extremism. Be ready for blood then!
 
No. He is playing into the hands of extremist ideology. The majority of Pakistanis hold extremist views.

That ultimately depends on what you consider extremist. Have you considered Imran Khan views are the same as the majority of Pakistani Middle Class? I dont think he playing into anyone hand.
 
That ultimately depends on what you consider extremist. Have you considered Imran Khan views are the same as the majority of Pakistani Middle Class? I dont think he playing into anyone hand.

Pretty much similar to Khadim Rizvi’s views.
 
No. Basically majority of middle class are not mullahs, but they are also not liberals. They are moderate Muslims.

Absolutely not true. If that was the case, Rizvi would not have had such a funeral. I know a lot of middle class people who share the same views ad Rizvi’s and some of them even attended his funeral.

Although majority of Pakistanis do not pray and engage in dishonesty, they still hold very extreme views. You just have to live in Pakistan to see how much hatred there is for Hindus, Christians and other non-Muslims.

If majority were moderates, we would not have raging mobs killings people in the name of religion. Just yesterday, a mob of female nurses beat up a Christian nurse over blasphemy.

If majority were moderates, lawyers would not be garlanding killers in courts.

If majority were moderates, Shaheer would not have such a big following from tertiary institute and university students would not be vandalising portraits of Abdus Salam.

Extremism has seeped into every segment of our society. Bacha bacha jihadi hai!
 
Absolutely not true. If that was the case, Rizvi would not have had such a funeral. I know a lot of middle class people who share the same views ad Rizvi’s and some of them even attended his funeral.

Although majority of Pakistanis do not pray and engage in dishonesty, they still hold very extreme views. You just have to live in Pakistan to see how much hatred there is for Hindus, Christians and other non-Muslims.

If majority were moderates, we would not have raging mobs killings people in the name of religion. Just yesterday, a mob of female nurses beat up a Christian nurse over blasphemy.

If majority were moderates, lawyers would not be garlanding killers in courts.

If majority were moderates, Shaheer would not have such a big following from tertiary institute and university students would not be vandalising portraits of Abdus Salam.

Extremism has seeped into every segment of our society. Bacha bacha jihadi hai!

In a country of 200 million if even a small percentage are extremist, that would be a large number of people. Percentage wise the extremist are a small number of people. Otherwise they would not have lost every federal election.

I would say no more than 5 % of the population are extremist.
 
In a country of 200 million if even a small percentage are extremist, that would be a large number of people. Percentage wise the extremist are a small number of people. Otherwise they would not have lost every federal election.

I would say no more than 5 % of the population are extremist.

Disagree. Majority is extremist. The signs are there. It is just you so not want to see them!
 
Disagree. Majority is extremist. The signs are there. It is just you so not want to see them!

What metric do you use to make such a judgement? I am interested as I am going to be using a similar one to raise a new topic about India, of course I don't want to sidetrack this one.
 
Modi has taken this concept to another level :yk

Interestingly though, he remains excessively popular among British Hindus, plenty of BJP Tankers in this part of the world
 
So forcing ladies to wear burkha is to upset the west!!? We have enough haters of the west like Zaid Hamid without our PM adding to it. Seems as if IK at times is supporting extremism in the name of Pakistaniat!
 
So forcing ladies to wear burkha is to upset the west!!? We have enough haters of the west like Zaid Hamid without our PM adding to it. Seems as if IK at times is supporting extremism in the name of Pakistaniat!

Can you elaborate what is extremism
 
Please be a little more respectful as far as the bold part is concerned.

On your post, humans can definitely change. But we have no idea whether it is genuine or not in this particular case. I hope Imran is genuine indeed. But he needs to stop with this do this do that nonsense. He does not have any right on how any person should behave or think. It is individual's choice.

Why would you question his motives? if he were "preaching" (which he is not) and then doing the opposite one would question it, but he has clearly changed. For example if he were like amir-ul-moamineen Nawaz sharif who wrapped himself around teh cloak of religion and then went and robbed the nation blind I would agree with you. but he has backed his words with actions. The rest isnt our business and is between him and the Almighty swt. We should leave it at that.

And if you feel he is preaching to you then I suggest he isnt the problem.
 
I support Imran and agree Pakistan should stand on its own two feet, but this is a very hypocritical statement from an Oxford educated man who had many relationships with western women, and embraced the London party life in the 70s and 80s.
 
I support Imran and agree Pakistan should stand on its own two feet, but this is a very hypocritical statement from an Oxford educated man who had many relationships with western women, and embraced the London party life in the 70s and 80s.

Respectfully disagree.

Would you object if a cocaine junkie turned his life around and started giving public talks about the evils of drug abuse? It takes immense courage to denounce your own past, and if the message is sincere, then we should at least appreciate the message for it's own sake.
 
Respectfully disagree.

Would you object if a cocaine junkie turned his life around and started giving public talks about the evils of drug abuse? It takes immense courage to denounce your own past, and if the message is sincere, then we should at least appreciate the message for it's own sake.

The analogy of a Worldcup winning ATG to a junkie doesn't hold well..
 
Guess we can agree that soft image does matter now considering the how the tweet of Rihanna seems to affect India “Globally “ ? Or it differs based on country now?
 
Guess we can agree that soft image does matter now considering the how the tweet of Rihanna seems to affect India “Globally “ ? Or it differs based on country now?

It differs based on country.

If you have a soft image which you've built over decades, you have a reason to worry.

If the world already doesnt have a high opinion of you, you can ignore it and find your own effective way while try to build soft power too over a long period of time.
 
Guess we can agree that soft image does matter now considering the how the tweet of Rihanna seems to affect India “Globally “ ? Or it differs based on country now?
Ofcourse it does...
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Pakistanis 1947- till forever

First to criticize other countries last to learn from other countries and thier mistakes...
 
This is coming from a guy who has spent his whole term appeasing the religious right. This is coming from a guy who has been taking loans from the West and appeasing them by raising taxes, cost of electricity and petroleum. I dare him to stop appeasing the West!

We should also remember his sons are in Europe.
 
I can think of only one non-western country that seriously cares how West thinks of that country. That country also uses thinks rubbing that into other countries that don't care about western opinion is effective or a good gotcha.

Every other country is anywhere from mostly indifferent to couldn't care less when it comes to having high opinion of western countries.
 
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