You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
India-Pakistan
PTI: If elected, we'll create an Islamic welfare state
2011-12-26
[Pak Daily Times] Pakistain Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan
... aka Taliban Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
, on Sunday, pledged to make Pakistain an Islamic welfare state if his party came to power,
With what money? The former Mrs. Imran Khan, aka Jemima, isn't likely to donate to lifetime support for Pakistani "stray kittens", and Pakistan has been living off foreign donations since the beginning.
and promised a state where justice would be ensured on grass roots level.
First, kill all those in Pakistan trained as lawyers...
Addressing a big convention at a ground adjacent to the Mazar-e-Quaid, the PTI chairman told the crowd he was forming a team to formulate policies, notably aimed at alleiviating poverty "We want to break the begging bowl once and for all", he said, and make Pakistain a "true Islamic welfare state". He hit out at President Asif Ali President Ten Percent Zardari
... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ...
, claiming his days were numbered and accusing him of policies that encouraged corruption.

He said his party would solidify judiciary on priority basis, and promised free of cost justice on people's doorsteps, adding that all the systems in government departments would be computerised to check corruption. Khan said that he would introduce an exemplary team, which would be honest and capable. He said that party ticket would be granted on merit to only those candidates who will declare their assets. Later, if someone's assets grow, he/she would be asked to make a declaration. That mechanism, he said, would prevent politicians from getting involved in corruption.

The PTI chief further said that corruption prevalent in the country would be eliminated within 90 days of his party's coming to power, and said it was not a tough task for him. He said that in present situation, the country bears a loss of Rs 3000 million every day. He announced that his party would form a free and fair accountability cell, free of political pressure, and vowed to end political interference in police department.

All roads in Bloody Karachi near the rally venue were jammed for more than ten hours, an AFP news hound said, and hundreds of thousands of people waved party flags when the former Pakistain cricket captain arrived. "I promised to all you people that we'll make a new and respectable Pakistain. Join me to achieve this goal," he told the crowds, full of people waving the green and red flags of his opposition Movement for Justice Party.

"I have been an honest cricketer who never fixed a match. I promise you that I'll never fixed a match either during my political career," he said, brushing aside speculation his rise had tacit support from the military establishment. Imran Khan said that he will do everything which Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah would have done, and would never beg from foreigners. He said his team would present outstanding and revolutionary policies on all subjects, including local government, foreign, transport, economy, agriculture, and particularly education. He said that a unified educational system was his dream.
Posted by:Fred

#12  The average wage is about $1/hr.

That's high. China has 4x Pakistan's GDP per capita and its average wage isn't as high as $1/hour.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2011-12-26 23:58  

#11  Aren't all muslim countries welfare states (except those that sell oil the west found for them?)
Posted by: Hellfish   2011-12-26 21:05  

#10  
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2011-12-26 19:58  

#9  LOL badanov - that's a classic.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2011-12-26 19:30  

#8  IIRC Islamic Governance is already a pre-determined/established Welfare State, iff only to Muslims - in essence ole Khan is calling for major upgrading of the methodology of the histor Islamic Welfare Model.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-12-26 19:14  

#7  From Ace

The Red Cross just knocked on my door and asked if we could contribute towards the floods in Pakistan. I said we'd love to, but our garden hose only reaches to the driveway.
Posted by: badanov   2011-12-26 18:00  

#6  Starving people do rather extreme things.

That includes starving people with nukes.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-12-26 17:59  

#5  "Pakistan would be broke and its people would starve"

What's the downside, LG?
Posted by: Barbara   2011-12-26 17:58  

#4  Pakistan already is a welfare state. If not for remittances from Pakistanis working in the other countries and foreign aid from the US, among others, Pakistan would be broke and its people would starve.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2011-12-26 17:36  

#3  That wage can fall very quickly.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-12-26 14:53  

#2  This could be a winning strategy. Compare Pakistan with Mexico of not too long ago, in that by far the most important thing, as far as the man on the street was concerned, was keeping the price of tortillas, rice and beans low. If a politician could come through with that, they would vote for him.

He could do about anything else he wanted, as long as staple food was cheap. But if he lost his focus on that, no matter what else he did or was doing, they would turn him out.

Pakistan has 188 million people. The average wage is about $1/hr.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-12-26 09:03  

#1  I wish him the best in creating a welfare state as we have millions of Pakis in UK living on OUR welfare state!

They might go home LOL
Posted by: Paul D   2011-12-26 07:33  

00:00