Any new government lacking honest democratic credentials will be ill-equipped to confront the country’s challengesIt seems all but impossible to discuss this week’s national elections in Pakistan without resorting to cricketing metaphors. That’s because the candidate who is widely tipped to win,Imran Khan, is distinguished less for his political acumen than for his captaincy of the Pakistan team that won the Cricket World Cup in 1992. In British terms, or this is the equivalent of the late,much-missed Bobby Moore running for prime minister.
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