Parallels between Trump and Imran

 After about three weeks' pause due to my serious illness, I'm going to post some of the contemporary and impending geopolitical issues. Since yesterday I'm feeling a bit better and I get clear message from my inner being that I'm on the path of recovery. All these days my activities were very limited because of my physical instability due to intake of nerve related drugs.

Let me come to my narratives, one, Russia's attack on Ukraine, two, Imran Khan's ouster from National Assembly of Pakistan. Today, I discuss my views about the recent drama that we've witnessed in our neighboring country, Pakistan. I'll deliberately postpone the first issue as much is to be seen. I've plans of translating the narratives in vernacular to share with wider viewers. 

THE PARALLES BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND IMRAN KHAN. 

First time Trump came to power, narrowly winning the presidency, but failed to retain in reelection. Since then he hasn't stopped trying to back to power. As the last attempt he tried to seize the Capitol Hill, the temple of US Democracy. I myself saw on BBC World News that demostrators scaling  walls of Capitol Hill. But the US robust democracy blunted the seize and there was a change of guard in White House, the seat of US President. As usual Joe Biden took oath as the 46th President of The United States of America. 

But Pakistan is not US. Its democracy is quite fragile, even palpable as evident from Imran's ouster before he'd completed his full term. In fact Khan's ouster extends unenviable record for political instability in Pakistan. Added to this, Imran Khan earned the dubious distinction of being the country's FIRST PRIME MINISTER to be ousted by a vote of no confidence. How it all happened  ? Since quite some time past, Imran Khan was facing crisis on different issues, when a No Trust motion was tabled by the leader of opposition PML-N President Sehbaz Sharif. The crisis precipitated after the Muttahida Quaim Movement- Pakistam ( MQM-Q) led ruling coalition had pledged support in favour of the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, who now risks losing the majority support in the National Assembly. Never before did a government faced with defeat on a no-confidence vote seek to circumvent the process by patently unconstitutional manœuvres, political chicanery and delays. Resorting to Trumpian tactics, Khan called on his supporters to hold demonstrations in an effort to intimidate rivals mirroring Capitol Hill riots that marked Trump's exit. Moreover, Imran tried to influence the Honourable Supreme Court and later to express displeasure with the verdict and his ouster. Thus both the beleaguered leaders Trump and Khan tried to ward off the impending doom adopting undemocratic means in their democracies. Here lie the parallels between the two frustrated leaders.

The last few words about Trump. If I've understood the white Americans' sentiment, the biggest threat of the oldest democracy is not that Donald Trump will steal the next presidential election, but that he may win it hands down. I shall be extremely glad to see that my prediction is proved to be wrong. About Pakistan, having witnessed the country's chequered past history in politics, the future seems to be uncertain.