All indications suggest that Umar Asad had no plans to quit till he quit. Just as Amir Kyani had no plans to get axed. And Ghulam Sarwar had no plans to say good bye to the ‘lucrative’ oil and gas ministry. And Fawad Chaudhry had no plans to be removed from the limelight that the media-controlling Information Ministry offers. And Shaharyar Afridi had no plans to abandon the authority that comes with the Interior Ministry.
There are only two possibilities. The decisions were brewing in the mind of the Prime Minister, and a moment came that a voice from within he himself rose and said: “Enough is enough Imran. You can’t afford to sit back and simply watch the drama of decline in the people’s faith in your ability and leadership unfold.”
Or these decisions were taken elsewhere and IK simply gave his approval.
Anyway Prime Minister Imran Khan has a now-look team now, even though most of the faces remain the same. I feel like stating here quickly that there are certain faces among the scores and scores of people occupying ministerial, semi-ministerial or quasi-ministerial chairs in the cabinet meetings whose sight makes my nerves jump. Who doesn’t know the background of His Excellency Yousuf Baig Mirza?
Off course there are faces that do inspire confidence. The most shiny one that keeps the hopes of this Nation alive is of the man who more than a quarter of a century back brought the Cricket’s World Cup to Pakistan and who soon after, set out to write an odyssey of high dreams, high ideals and high hopes, for this nation to draw inspiration from.
Can this extraordinary man remain pertinent to the future of this country?
It is this question that lurks in the minds of the people of Pakistan. And the answer is likely to get registered in the two or three years ahead.
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