PM Imran Khan among Time’s 100 most influential people of 2019

[WebGuru]

Prime Minister Imran Khan has been named among Time magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ of 2019.

New Zealand premier Jacinda Ardern, who received global acclaim for her handling of the aftermath of a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, also made it to the annual list released on Wednesday.

“Pakistan is at a critical crossroads, and the man in charge is the closest it has to a rock star,” journalist Ahmed Rashid wrote about the prime minister in the magazine’s special issue.

Driven by fierce ambition, he can be cold and calculating. But he still generates the broadest hope among young and old that he can turn Pakistan around, and help make South Asia an ocean of peace…,” the article further read.

Leaders including US President Donald Trump, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed are also on the list.

Egypt footballer Mohamed Salah was also included on the list alongside singers Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and former US first lady Michelle Obama.

Besides Salah, other five cover stars are musician Taylor Swift, actors Dwayne Johnson and Sandra Oh, US broadcaster Gayle King and US politician Nancy Pelosi.

The listicle, which is split into pioneers, artists, leaders, icons and titans, marks the 16th year for Time 100.


Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1953012/1-pm-imran-among-times-100-influential-people-2019/

 

[MosheD]

Pakistan is at a critical crossroads, and the man in charge is the closest it has to a rock star. Imran Khan captained the team that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup, built a world-class cancer hospital in Lahore, then a top-notch university for kids who could never have dreamed of attending one. Twenty years ago, he entered politics—a dirty business in Pakistan at the best of times.

Now he is Prime Minister of an impoverished nation that cannot pay its bills and is dependent on handouts from rich neighbors like China and the Arab Gulf states. Critics say Khan is too close to the army and Islamic fundamentalists, and chooses advisers poorly. Driven by fierce ambition, he can be cold and calculating. But he still generates the broadest hope among young and old that he can turn Pakistan around, and help make South Asia an ocean of peace rather than a state of permanent conflict.

Rashid is a journalist in Pakistan and author of Taliban

http://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567764/imran-khan

Puppet of the army and Islamic fundamentalists and chooses advisers poorly... generates the broadest hope among the young and old that he can turn Pakistan around.

Fascinating write-up. [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

 

[Mamoon]

http://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567764/imran-khan

Puppet of the army and Islamic fundamentalists and chooses advisers poorly... generates the broadest hope among the young and old that he can turn Pakistan around.

Fascinating write-up. [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

His political career succinctly described. He is a scam that has taken millions of people for a ride. Unfortunately for him, the events that transpired yesterday have severely dented the hopes of the masses and their misplaced faith in him. Slowly but surely, they are coming to terms with the fact that Naya Pakistan is a busted tyre.

 

[MenInG]

http://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567764/imran-khan

Puppet of the army and Islamic fundamentalists and chooses advisers poorly... generates the broadest hope among the young and old that he can turn Pakistan around.

Fascinating write-up. [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

Given your affiliation with the Indian cause, I can understand your fascination with anything anti Pakistan but you are making it too obvious in every other post. Friendly advice.

 

[Technics 1210]

His political career succinctly described. He is a scam that has taken millions of people for a ride. Unfortunately for him, the events that transpired yesterday have severely dented the hopes of the masses and their misplaced faith in him. Slowly but surely, they are coming to terms with the fact that Naya Pakistan is a busted tyre.

A busted tyre is better than a broken record.

You are a living irony when it comes to Pakistan. People like you complain day in day out about how Pakistanis never change and should change, yet, people like you are not willing to accept change.

People like you are not part of the problem, they are the problem.

 

[Mamoon]

A busted tyre is better than a broken record.

You are a living irony when it comes to Pakistan. People like you complain day in day out about how Pakistanis never change and should change, yet, people like you are not willing to accept change.

People like you are not part of the problem, they are the problem.

PTI or Imran Khan do not represent change. They represent a scam.

Imran Khan is deluded beyond measure if he thinks (or thought) that he can bring change by employing the same politicians that served under Mush, Nawaz and Zardari. The tabdeeli rhetoric was flushed down the toilet the day he decided to take the electables route. How can you criticise the economic decisions of PPP government yet hire their Finance Minister as advisor? Is this what you call change?

However, it has gone from bad to worse now. His long trusted friend and a fresh face like Asad Umar has flopped as well. PTI's ship is sinking and they have nowhere to go from here. Imran Khan had good intentions, but his naivety, inexperience, delusions as well as lust for power has trigged the downfall of his party.

For the sake of his sanity, I hope he can complete the 5 year term and is not overthrown by the higher powers, because the way things are going, it won't be long before the men in boots intervene to put an end to the circus they sponsored in the first place.

 

[Technics 1210]

PTI or Imran Khan do not represent change. They represent a scam.

Imran Khan is deluded beyond measure if he thinks (or thought) that he can bring change by employing the same politicians that served under Mush, Nawaz and Zardari. The tabdeeli rhetoric was flushed down the toilet the day he decided to take the electables route. How can you criticise the economic decisions of PPP government yet hire their Finance Minister as advisor? Is this what you call change?

However, it has gone from bad to worse now. His long trusted friend and a fresh face like Asad Umar has flopped as well. PTI's ship is sinking and they have nowhere to go from here. Imran Khan had good intentions, but his naivety, inexperience, delusions as well as lust for power has trigged the downfall of his party.

For the sake of his sanity, I hope he can complete the 5 year term and is not overthrown by the higher powers, because the way things are going, it won't be long before the men in boots intervene to put an end to the circus they sponsored in the first place.

I rather have a PM with good and honest intentions, who is respected at the global stage, opposed to crooks who have one intention and that is to rinse the country dry through corruption - an approach you clearly support.

Here's some advice, the effect of policies take time to emerge, where as headlines are instant. So what he lost his trusted friend, wouldn't be the first time it has happened in politics or a successful business for that matter. Some times hard choices have to be made in order to succeed.

 

[MenInG]

Problem is having scam artists as a PMs for many years has become the norm so when someone like IK comes on the scene, our friends get all frazzled.

 

[WebGuru]

Problem is having scam artists as a PMs for many years has become the norm so when someone like IK comes on the scene, our friends get all frazzled.

Summarized it perfectly

 

[Mamoon]

I rather have a PM with good and honest intentions, who is respected at the global stage, opposed to crooks who have one intention and that is to rinse the country dry through corruption - an approach you clearly support.

Here's some advice, the effect of policies take time to emerge, where as headlines are instant. So what he lost his trusted friend, wouldn't be the first time it has happened in politics or a successful business for that matter. Some times hard choices have to be made in order to succeed.

See that is the fundamental issue that PTI supporters fail to understand. Good and honest intentions alone mean absolutely nothing when you are lacking in competency. As Atif Mian, one of the leading economists in the world rightly pointed out, incompetency is a bigger problem than corruption.

Just because Imran is honest (although if he really was, he wouldn't be running from his foreign funding case for 4 years) means zilch when he doesn't have competent people in charge.

You don't need to give me advice on how the effect of policies to take time to emerge. You need to give Imran advice who removed his Finance Minister within 8 months.

There is difference between hard choices and confused choices. With 5 resignations in 8 months, this government is turning into a circus and have no idea what they are doing.

 

[Technics 1210]

See that is the fundamental issue that PTI supporters fail to understand. Good and honest intentions alone mean absolutely nothing when you are lacking in competency. As Atif Mian, one of the leading economists in the world rightly pointed out, incompetency is a bigger problem than corruption.

Just because Imran is honest (although if he really was, he wouldn't be running from his foreign funding case for 4 years) means zilch when he doesn't have competent people in charge.

You don't need to give me advice on how the effect of policies to take time to emerge. You need to give Imran advice who removed his Finance Minister within 8 months.

There is difference between hard choices and confused choices. With 5 resignations in 8 months, this government is turning into a circus and have no idea what they are doing.

How many resignations within short time in the current USA and UK administration? What are you on about? These things happen.

You are still going on about Asad Umar, well I got news for you, he made his name in the corporate sector, and running a nation's finances is not the same as running a business! This is why he resigned after 8 months.

The reality is you support corruption, and it hurts you when an honest man comes into power simply because you are no longer at the receiving end of corruption. And yes, you need reminding and advice on how the effect of policies take time to emerge, your God, Nawaz Shareef took 3 stints before making any material difference and in the end was banged up on corruption charges and left the country dry - so much for experience!

 

[Mamoon]

How many resignations within short time in the current USA and UK administration? What are you on about? These things happen.

You are still going on about Asad Umar, well I got news for you, he made his name in the corporate sector, and running a nation's finances is not the same as running a business! This is why he resigned after 8 months.

The reality is you support corruption, and it hurts you when an honest man comes into power simply because you are no longer at the receiving end of corruption. And yes, you need reminding and advice on how the effect of policies take time to emerge, your God, Nawaz Shareef took 3 stints before making any material difference and in the end was banged up on corruption charges and left the country dry - so much for experience!

Yes, because our economic condition is comparable to that of U.S. and UK. Bravo. Regarding Asad Umar, you clarified it yourself. There is a difference between running a company and running an economy, he was out of depth and Imran was naive to think that someone like him could get the country out of trouble. What hope can you have from a PM like who has such lousy judgment? One final time - when your PM tells you that you are not fit for the job, that is not called "resignation".

Corruption yawn. Incompetency is a bigger issue than corruption and as long as Imran and his supporters do not realise this, they have no hope of steering the country in the right path.

 

[Technics 1210]

Yes, because our economic condition is comparable to that of U.S. and UK. Bravo. Regarding Asad Umar, you clarified it yourself. There is a difference between running a company and running an economy, he was out of depth and Imran was naive to think that someone like him could get the country out of trouble. What hope can you have from a PM like who has such lousy judgment? One final time - when your PM tells you that you are not fit for the job, that is not called "resignation".

Corruption yawn. Incompetency is a bigger issue than corruption and as long as Imran and his supporters do not realise this, they have no hope of steering the country in the right path.

Yes because Zaradi and Shareef didn't make lousy judgements, right?

I was not comparing the economies of USA/UK and Pakistan, try harder or pay attention to read, I was talking about changes to an administration. You have once again been schooled by the sheer virtue that changes in administrations are not new. Go read up on the number changes during Shareef's/Zaradi's first stint.

You claimed Asad Umar was at fault an incompetent, now you claim IK was naive. Make your mind up. You can claim a resignation is a sacking, like blue paint is purple paint, fact is he officially resigned, and you can say otherwise till you turn blue in the face.

IK took a chance with Asad Umar, it didn't work out, Instead of jumping for joy, why don't you provide alternatives?

Incompetency is an issue, but not the bigger issue, because one can learn and advance from incompetency. Corruption was, and remains, the biggest issue, and it was because of corruption Pakistan and its people are now suffering. You will not admit this, because you were a beneficiary of corruption.

Finally, you are nothing but an arm chair painter who has nothing better to do than to moan, groan and criticize every aspect of Pakistan - it hurts you to even agree or to say something positive about the OP, (missing Modi in the list?) instead you start posting vitriol towards Imran Khan. Do yourself a favour and paint a pretty picture to salvage any insanity you have left.

 

[PakLFC]

Being the PM of the only nuclear armed country he was definitely gonna be there.

 

[Sachin136]

Even AOC is on the list...

 

[MosheD]

Given your affiliation with the Indian cause, I can understand your fascination with anything anti Pakistan but you are making it too obvious in every other post. Friendly advice.

God help Pakistan if any opinion that is anti-incumbency or anti-military is construed as anti-Pakistan.