Is Imran Khan pulling off a foreign policy coup?

Byline: M Bilal Lakhani

Is this real life or is this fantasy? Billions in aid pouring from the Saudis and Emiratis, with the Qataris and Chinese playing on as a follow-up act. Pakistan driving the peace process in Afghanistan, forcing a president like Trump to write a letter asking for our sincere help.

Throwing Modi's 'isolate Pakistan' strategy into the dustbin of history, with a surgical strike to open hearts across the border, by allowing Sikh pilgrims to visit their holiest site in Pakistan.

The PTI may be struggling to get their act and messaging together on the economy and police reform but they're hitting boundary after boundary in the foreign policy space.

If Imran Khan will go down in history as one of the greatest leaders to have ruled Pakistan, it won't be because of his political acumen, economic policy or social justice reform. It's his decisions in the foreign policy space that will be remembered...

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