we'll be able to skim over the next
period which was in a way uninteresting
though I had skin in the game as it were
as a friend or benazir bhutto but you
had a Tweedledee Tweedledum period where
the Americans were controlling both
parties the army was actually really
running the country with a civilian
facade Nawaz Sharif is either in the
Prime Minister's house or in the
jailhouse Benazir Bhutto's in the Prime
Minister house or in the jailhouse but a
new figure
now comes on the scene and it's your
friend
Imran Khan tell us what he represents he
represents what is called Naya Pakistan
new Pakistan and when he came to
prominence as a political figure after
years and years of being a sporting hero
for all Pakistan he's and beyond
Imran Khan started his PTI party in 1996
and while the tweedledum that was Nawaz
Sharif and the Tweedledee
that was benazir bhutto a very different
creature from her father I might add a
good woman but one whose marriage did
her more harm than good or put it that
way and everyone in Pakistan will know
exactly what I mean
Imran came trying to offer a third way
that was very skeptical of an alliance
with the United States skeptical of
getting into these entangling conflicts
on either side of Pakistan supporters
and he promulgated a notion of neo
non-alignment a third economic way
between the crony feudal capitalism of
the late 60s and the nationalizations
of the mid 70s he was essentially
someone who wanted to do for Pakistan
what dong shall ping did for China he
had a very difficult road to travel no
one in the 90s ever thought that he had
any chance of ever going anywhere near
the Government of Pakistan let alone the
leading opposition but Pakistan had to
learn the hard way that it would take
someone like Imran who rejected the
Shibboleth of the post who rejected the
No
that Pakistan will always be caught into
this matrix bouncing back and forth
between China and the United States
being pushed and pulled on both sides by
a hostile New Delhi government and a
hostile kabul government he said we can
do better and in 1999 things actually
got worse because the third military
coup took place when pervez musharraf
took over after a failed war with India
in 1999 eventually the parliamentary
system was once again restored in 2008 a
year after the assassination of Benazir
Bhutto who whatever one thinks of her
politics or her marriage it was a sad
day for Pakistan but now that we're in
2018 we've got to reflect on what's
happened since 2001 up to the present
day
Pakistan has fought and won the biggest
war against terrorism in history the
u.s. war that was unleashed in
Afghanistan in 2001 led to not only
refugees but to terrorists of all
stripes flying over the Durand Line like
locusts fomenting extremism killing
civilians the civilians that weren't
killed by terrorists were frequently
killed by Bush and Obama's drone strikes
which didn't - always target the right
target to put it mildly
but because of the professionalism of
the Pakistani army and of the eye aside
the intelligence service terrorism was
largely beaten back and in 2013 PTI
formed a regional government this is
Imran Khan in our party in in in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa in the former Northwest
Territories of the country on Survivor
yes indeed the that most of the most
uncover noble part of Pakistan but Imran
and Pt I actually brought government
good governance to this place and it got
people thinking so our PTI boycotted the
'08 election in 2013 they became a very
viable national opposition party they
became the leader in KP in the northwest
and this led to 2018
to what I would call the most
sensational election victory of anyone
in Pakistani history but one of the most
important of actions in
I do think that the rise of PTI ending
the dynastic battle between the pml-n
and PPP which both had lost their Sheen
from rather more noble beginnings
truly represents a country that has
overcome conflict with India conflict
with Afghanistan abuse from allies even
worse abuse from enemies
it's overcome internal partition its
overcome extremism flying in from other
borders its overcome the foreign
intelligence servants services of other
countries funding extremism and now
looks to the future to rebuild its
economy to strengthen its social
cohesion and make new meaningful
partnerships across the umma the wider
Islamic community and beyond so for a
country that many thought couldn't exist
a country that many thought wouldn't
exist and the country that many have
tried to cease existing I think that the
future for Pakistan is not only bright
but it shows a resilience which is more
extraordinary than the most harrowing
and inspirational tales of film or
novels a rallying cry I think they'll be
interested in that amongst the general
public but perhaps amongst the Pakistani
public most of all Adam Garry thank you
very much indeed
I've been George Galloway I've been Adam
Garrick together we have been their
history boys
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