Saving Pakistan.

PAKISTAN is imploding. The president and prime minister are at war. The judiciary is divided and the military is considering its options. The Election Commission of Pakistan challenges the Constitution and the Supreme Court. The prime minister of Pakistan attacks the chief justice of Pakistan. Government leaders threaten it's either Imran or them. The doctrine of necessity is being revived by a caretaker government and its puppeteers pulling the strings.

The power of the state has again been elevated against the law of the land. The final betrayal of Pakistan and its people is playing out. We will earn the contempt of being passive witnesses to the end of Pakistan, or we will save our children and grandchildren from losing their country.

I have every confidence the Supreme Court will refuse to countenance the harm being done to the country. It will protect the Constitution and ensure the victory of the rule of law over the law of the jungle. This just might pave the way for the rebirth of Pakistan as a country striving towards democracy, justice, prosperity, security and peace.

Meanwhile, the politics of the country has been reduced to whether we support or oppose Imran Khan. This may sound ridiculous; but our national situation has been reduced to the ridiculous. So much so that the climate catastrophe - which, according to the latest IPCC report, may become fatally irreversible by the early 2030s, especially in the region Pakistan is located - barely finds mention in our insane political discourse.

We must find common ground on which to move forward. Can support for Imran Khan provide it? He is seen by many as an extremely polarising figure: U-turner, narcissist, populist, fascist, closet establishmentarian, religious hypocrite, antifeminist, dissembler, etc. Yet he bestrides the political scene in Pakistan like a colossus.

None of his opponents dare face him in a fair and internationally observed national election. Across the class structure, including the civil-military, rural-urban, provincial and ethnic divides, the relatively young of Pakistan still repose their hopes in him. Why?

The politics of the country has been reduced to whether we support or oppose Imran Khan.

The younger and the poorer of Pakistan by and large contrast the alleged human frailties and foibles of Imran Khan with their perception of the cynicism and incorrigible corruption of his opponents. They see his enemies as their enemies. This renders him electorally...

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