A Year In Review: Imran Khan's Humble start and how Imran has grown since then
For many Pakistanis, living under the rule of Pakistan's iconic military dictator General Pervez Musharraf is a long way off. From the moment he took power in 1999, the country's new Prime Minister Imran Khan had his work cut out for him. The country was on the brink of civil war, and an unruly minority of Pakistanis was making up the majority of the population. Khan's PPP was sworn in as the country's new government in July 2015, but he was already facing widespread criticism for his slow progress on reform and his promise to take away the country's nuclear weapons. In his first year in office, Khan has already made history. In one year, he has become the country's first democratically elected civilian leader, and his first year in office has already been heralded as a historic year for Pakistan.
Pakistan's new PM speaks at the opening ceremony of the SAARC summit in Xangchun, China
On March 19, 2015, when Imran Khan was just 26 years old, he was welcomed by cheering crowds in his hometown of Peshawar. The crowd included members of the military, the paramilitary Frontier Corps and a large portion of the civilian population. It was the first time hundreds of Pakistanis had gathered to greet the new PM. The audience included fellow farmers, traders and sportsmen from Punjab and Sindh. It was also the first time a civilian had addressed the military for the first time.
The crowd reaction was significant. A poll conducted in 2017 by the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs found that the largest section of Pakistanis have never heard of Imran Khan. They have all heard of General Pervez Musharraf, who was Sindh's army chief from 1999 until 2008 and was known for his harsh response to dissenters and his ruthless pursuit ofAND THE REST.
Imran Khan announces launch of Pakistan's first free education scheme
On October 8, 2015, Khan was in Xiamen in China on a trade mission when he was informed by a representative of the People's Bank of China that the country's educational system would be free from October 8, 2015 to March 18, 2016.
The announcement was met with enthusiasm in Pakistan. Many people were expecting an increase in school fees, an end to religious exclusivity in education and a push for universal education. But the announcement was far more than that. The announcement also called for the freedom of the media and speech, an end to harassment and discrimination against women, and the freedom of the press.
Pakistan's first free electric bus takes to roads
In October 2016, Khan was in Islamabad on a trade mission when he was informed by the Pakistani electric vehicle startup company Indigo that the country's first free electric bus would start running on November 1, 2016.
The announcement was met with excitement. Many expected Punjab's Premier Khisyar to take the initiative and get his name on the vehicle, but instead he was greeted with the announcement that all he had to do was buy the bus.
Imran Khan addresses student protests in Lahore
On November 18, 2016, Khan was in Lahore for the Islamabad High Court (IHC) hearing the motion of the students of Daukaur Zia International College, which had protested against the institution's policies. He addressed the crowd and called the students 'heroes', adding that he would do his best to repay their support in future.
The students, who have until their death in six months, are fighting for their rights as the college president, teacher and other positions. The college has denied any wrongdoing.
PPP National Conference 2018: How Imran Khan's revolution has started
On November 28, 2016, Khan visited the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) andophon area to inaugurate the PPP National Conference, which was held in the nearby city of Leh.
It was the first political meeting of the two major parties, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which had been staging meetings in Gilgit and beyond since the end of 2014. It was also the first meeting of the Pakistani Muslim party. The meeting saw Khan winning support from the two major parties and the first take-over of the main leadership by his moderate rival Shahdol Haq Dastgah.
Final Words
It is now a well-documented fact that there has been no success or success rate for any of the vaccination campaigns carried out by the government against diseases such as polio, yellow fever, diphtheria, tetanus and yellow sun. Most of the campaign effort was spent preventing the spread of these diseases in the first place, and was therefore a waste of money.
A year after taking over as the country's PM, Imran Khan has already made history by becoming the first democratically elected civilian leader and the first non-Kashmiri to lead a major country. These are only a few examples of his success in a year.
The country is now in the grip of what has been referred to as the 'third Pakistan'. The formation of a new government in December 2017 cleared the path for the now-familiar multiparty violence. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf and the PPP have been struggling to survive on the political map since 1999, and are now struggling to get their name in the history books as well.
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