Interesting read, it teeters on the edge of becoming a puff piece at times but there are refreshing moments of balance too. This one stood out for me:
'As prime minister, his government ran as a powersharing situationship with the military, who controlled the big-picture agenda while civilians sweated the small stuff. It was commonly labelled a “hybrid regime”, a newish, cutesy bit of wordplay that, in truth, describes most democratic phases in Pakistan.
Imran promised to end corruption in 90 days, but Pakistan’s ranking on Transparency International’s corruption index fell under him. The economy plummeted, rose and fell again; there were achievements (a free health insurance programme for the underprivileged, a large-scale afforestation plan) and there were disappointments (an IMF bailout, vindictive targeting of opponents masquerading as accountability drives); much of a muchness, in truth, with governments past.' |  |
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