Imran Khan Unmasked

Former pakistan cricketer imran khan's views expressed in an interview published online by The Times of London,could surprise many.It could be a rude shock to many.Not to me.I must say.

He says "The Taleban were never a threat to the Western world. These were semi-literate medieval people with a fundamentalist rudimentary understanding of Islam mixed with Afghan culture. If anything they were a bit of an embarrassment to educated Muslims. It was a fundamental mistake to make them the enemy.”

imran should have clearly answered ,if taliban was not a threat to the world,why were they giving shelter to osama bin laden??Is pakistan safer now,after the take-over of pakistani territory in swat valley by the taliban?Is taliban doing great service to pakistan by destroying schools,music shops etc?There are daily reports of terror attacks from every corner of pakistan.

He denies that Pakistan is now a breeding ground for terrorists. “The madrassas may be producing fundamentalists but there is a difference between fundamentalists and militant extremists.”

imran khan seems to be living in a fool's paradise.Even pakistani columnists now more or less accept the fact that pakistan is the epi-centre of terrorism.

He says he does not condone suicide bombing.
But he justifies suicide attacks as follows, “Suicide bombing is a result of extreme desperation where you have such hatred and anger that you are willing to use your body as a weapon. God forbid anything happened to my family but I can understand that if something happens to your dear ones then in anger . . . ”


About the lawless tribal areas of pakistan he has this to say“You must understand the tribal areas. They have the most decentralised, democratic system ever – every village has its own parliament, its own jury system.”
On being asked whether the system prevailing there is fair to women,he hides behind the following excuse “Ah that is a cultural issue”.
This idea on women comes from a man who was a playboy during his cricket playing days.He even married a British lady(now divoced).There were reports about his illegitimate relationship with another foreign lady,Sita White,who had claimed that imran is the father of her child..!

His view that the lawless jungle areas of pakistan and Afganistan has the most decentralised, democratic system ever,is a joke,to put it mildly.Never thought this man could be sooo stupid.His dream is to one day form his own government and rule pakistan.One could not imagine what will pakistan look like if ever imran gets a chance to rule.pakistan is already at the bottom of all things bad that a country could be.


He believes a "foreign element" could be involved in this week's attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team.

"It could be India, Afghanistan, the Tamil Tigers,"

He is convinced that Pakistani extremists were being made the scapegoats. “Almost all the terrorism taking place here since 2004 when Pakistan sent its army into the tribal areas has been suicide attacks. Last year there were over 100 suicide attacks – but they have a pattern. They are always in retaliation.”

This week’s ambush by 12 gunmen was, he says, different. “They had an escape route – it was well planned. I certainly don’t think this was done by ideological terrorists, motivated to blow themselves up.”
He says the motive of the so-called foreign-hand is "to damage the state of Pakistan and end cricket here."

There is no need for India or Afganistan or Tamil tigers to try and damage pakistan.imran khan's so-called "scapegoats" themselves have done enough damage already.Also he seems to suggest that terrorists attack happens only as a retaliation.This is the most blatant and open support to terrorism that can come from the mouth of a political leader.

One of the reasons he gave for suggesting that the attack on the Lankan team was different is because,in his own words "They had an escape route"...
There seems to be a contradiction here.If he thinks "They had an escape route",then why would pakistani state give escape route to foreign-hands..??Not a single terrorists who attacked were either caught or killed or injured.They just casually walked away after the attack..!!
imran would do well to look inward.Local-hand and not foreign.There are enough "hands" available locally,who has official patronage,and this could explain why the attackers could walk away freely after the attack..

From whichever angle imran khan's views are studied,it's clear as day-light that even those persons whom the outside world look upon as resonable individuals in pakistan are having extreme and dangerous views...Some of those views are really comic,I should say..


I am winding up this post by quoting another of his statement in that interview.He says,"I am probably the most famous man in my country. I have great ability and respect."

..What to say on this boast..Let the readers understand his ability by reading this one interview..


One more point:This post is not an attempt at characher assassination.Facts are facts.