IMRAN IS RIGHT
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has rightly assessed that his country has become weaker after his country’s army chief General Qamar Bajwa sought help from the US over a much-needed IMF bailout for the country. What is intriguing is the fact that despite Pakistan facing acute financial crunch, those sitting at helm continue to dissipate money, energy and resources in creating unrest in India especially Jammu and Kashmir. It is however known to India that whether incumbent PM or former ones, Pakistan’s policy towards India is consistent with the rogue nation draining its resources in vitiating peace here irrespective of the fact that its own people are facing dearth of amenities and confronting poverty day in day out. Imran Khan’s criticism of Army chief General Qamar Bajwa over seeking help from the US over a much-needed IMF bailout for the country is an indicator of the shattered economy of that country and also evidence of the fact that imprudent leadership is ruling the roost out there. This situation in Pakistan is not good for India because the country wanted better ties with its neighbour but the famous adage, ‘a foolish friend is worse than afoe’ best suits Pakistan because in the past whenever Indian leadership attempted to have friendship and good relations with Pakistan, it backstabbed invariably forcing India to become cold towards the unprincipled country. Imran’s assertion that it is not the job of the head of the military to deal with economic matters and his intervention means the country is getting weaker is hundred percent true but the matter of fact is that Pakistan is, was and will remain weak until it will remain stubborn as far as its policies are concerned especially with regard to India otherwise the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gone out of the way to embrace Pakistan when he landed there despite no plans in itinerary but the response from that country was same as ever viz exporting terror. It is pertinent to mention that Bajwa reached out to the US for the early disbursal of the nearly USD 1.2 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the cash-strapped country faces the ignominy of a possible debt default due to its depleting foreign exchange reserves. Imran Khan was also right in saying that Bajwa’s move inferred that neither the foreign governments nor the IMF trust the Pakistani government and that is why the army chief took the responsibility.