Basically, yes. The closest analog would probably be Erdogan (in the eyes of independent analysts) or Trump (in the eyes of his critics) with his supporters seeing him as more like Crown Prince Muhammad, though Imran tends to put the money where the mouth is on a lot of what he asks for than the former two.
Remembering from last decade, Mr Imran Khan struck me mostly as a “mosque, flag, and market” (not necessarily in that order) kinda guy; or Deus, Patria, et Mammona under different domes.
Dawn (Karachi): Prime Minister Khan asks nation to have compassion for poor, adopt austerity
Chosen bits:
Although, both of them on the same vision path… Running Ms Barbara Streisand and Ms Roseanne Barr on the same ticket Stateside would be easier (and not just for both ladies being alive today).
Erdo-Khan then, I guess. Just as my freedom ends where yours begins my tolerance of you ends where your intolerance toward me begins. As told by an old friend
He also has a tendency to do the whole "my way or the highway" thing, even when it comes to dissent. When he was sworn in, the opposition heckled him and he lost his cool and called them all corrupt.
He has good angels on his shoulders, but he has enough devils as well to worry which will win out over the next five years...assuming the coalition doesn't collapse.
How belligerent is he with regards to India?
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
He wants peace (in his victory speech a few weeks back, he said if India takes one step, he would take two toward peace). India is cautiously optimistic (emphasis on the former) because it depends on how he deals with his military, which basically controls foreign and defence policy in Pakistan.
Colombo ordered an investigation on a mass grave found in Mannar in Sri Lanka after construction workers accidentally uncovered it.
It take long for Imran to disappoint me. He wants a Muslim world-side crackdown on blasphemy. And even beyond the Muslim world...
Oh, bother.
Sounds kind of theocratic to me.
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There is a reason why his critics call him Taliban Khan...
In other news, the US has now completely stopped all coalition support funds from going to Pakistan, on the eve of the US Secretaries of State and Defense arriving in Islamabad for negotiations.
India is going to be thrilled with all of this.
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The shadowy extremist sect accused of plotting to kill intellectuals in India
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45636806
Dassault is in a pickle in India with regards to the agreement to sell Rafales to the Indian Air Force.
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Well, the Dassault case seems a bit overblown. Hollande opening his mouth at this point seems strange, given he's in the political wilderness in France, IIRC.
On the face of it, I don't see anything particularly murky about the whole affair - this is India, sleaze is kind of expected, but it seems much less than previously.
In other news,
India's first driverless train made locally to hit the rails for testing - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/indias-first-engine-less-train-set-to-hit-tracks-on-october-29/articleshow/66344622.cms
New contract for $777 Million worth of Missile Defence systems signed with Israel -
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/israel-aerospace-wins-777-million-india-contract-for-missile-defence/articleshow/66345760.cms
Two days old but Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapaksa, former president, named as PM.
Ugh. What does it take to get rid of that piece of vermin?
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Honestly, Rajapaksa coming back is all kinds of bad news. He's not the sort of guy you want to see back in the saddle in any position of power.
But given that Sirisena is in a bind with the main coalition partner withdrawing support - can't see how he can run his government without shenanigans. The question is, will the opposition really challenge the appointment, or is there going to be some questionable wheeling and dealing to get Rajapaksa's appointment to stick?
I hold the secrets of the machine.
Looks like the protests in Pakistan over the Supreme Court decision to overwhelm a blasphemy ruling is already starting to end.
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Kind of odd they petered out that fast. I honestly expected the protests to go on for a while.
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Deal is that the Christian woman gets to be on Pakistani watchlists, meaning she can’t get a passport and leave.
Unless she gets smuggled out.
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Guess she'd better get in touch with those nice men in the shabby "office."
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Her husband is now requesting political asylum due to the deal made.
There were rumors that she was smuggled out via Dutch diplomatic bag (not literally the bag probably but...).
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In all seriousness, I hope she makes it out alive.
In other news,
Sirisena has called for fresh elections. Two months from now.
The Indian NCR (National Capital Region, not the other NCR) is - yet again - facing horrible air quality.
To be fair, for anyone in Delhi right about now, the Mojave from New Vegas sounds a damn sight more tolerable than the air they have to deal with.
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Islamabad has mentioned that Asia Bibi is an undisclosed place in Pakistan, although a lot of countries are willing to offer Asia and her family asylum.
Hindu ascetics lead millions of Indians in holy bath, but politics weigh
More on Kerala. I am currently looking at Wikipedia's page on this year's hurricanes in the Indian Ocean
and I see that a decaying tropical depression did contribute to the flooding. This year's cyclone season - or seasons - has been unusually active.
Regarding Imran Khan does this
look like a fair summary of his political positions?
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