Pakistan: A Personal History

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Woven into this history we see how Imran Khan’s personal life –his happy childhood in Lahore, his Oxford education, his extraordinary cricketing career, his marriage to Jemima Goldsmith, his mother’s influence and that of his Islamic faith – inform both the historical narrative and his current philanthropic and political activities. Khan comes across as a conservative man, one very proud of his Pathan origins, his religion worn on his sleeve. He said, “I wanted to share with others, what is Islam, not from a scholars point of view, but from personal experience. Batsman was yet to understand when did the ball released from hand and when did it reached the stumps, all he realized was off the gloves, bat pressed in wet armpit and there was the pavilion.

He murdered the names of people and places and the way he recited the verse of Iqbal it was hilarious. The new renaissance must also offer an alternative to the Western materialism and consumerism that has been totally imbibed by our ruling classes and which our country cannot afford. The views reflected in this blog are my personal views and are in no way connected to my profession or employer.There is another story of how Khan’s tips helped his brother-in-law Ben Goldsmith, who had lost about 10,000 pounds spread betting on cricket, recoup his losses. For western world he has given an insight , how Pakistan has been repeatedly used by the west and by the elites of the country for their own gains at the terrible cost of the country and her people. He is quite naive and unable to judge certain dubious characters around him and this is one of the hindrance in achieving his goals at present. He made all these personnel changes after firmly securing his own position by extending his own expired tenure as Commander-in-Chief.

Almost two years ago, I had blogged about Imran Khan and my comments weren’t exactly very flattering to the former captain of Pakistan’s world cup winning squad. His struggle to raise funds for the cancer hospital, his conflicting ideologies, first with Cricket boards, and later, with the State President are well documented. It is at once absorbing and insightful, casting fresh light upon a country whose culture he believes is largely misunderstood by the West. I have been following IK ‘s political career for last 18 months and followed his cricketing career for longer . With 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, he is one of 8 world cricketers to achieve an 'All-rounder's Triple' in Test matches.When Pakistan became independent, we should have rid ourselves of these English medium schools,’ Khan sermonises and then adds, ‘ in other post-colonial countries such as Singapore, India and Malaysia, they set up one core syllabus for the whole country.

I think he is bit autistic which keeps him focus on his goals , believes in himself, makes him fearless , an honest person . How did it reach this flashpoint of instability and injustice with such potentially catastrophic results for Pakistan? World Cup story is the one which will bring that josh-e-junoon page by page as magnificent comeback is enthralling when you read it match by match. I do think that such honest , focus, fearless leadership is the only hope Pakistan has to change for better, provided he get a good team who is on the same page as he is. Imran Khan is the Cricketer, the Celebrity, the Politician and that’s the book I just finished reading.While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I've found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their higher goals above their desire for recognition. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. The top ranks have been purged; many lower-level officers with over-zealous views are being discreetly retired.