Pakistani politician and philantropist Imran Khan is being dubbed as Pakistan's version of "Game of Thrones' " Jon Snow. The former Pakistani cricket team captain being likened to Kit Harington's popularized character Jon Snow in George R.R. Martin's "Game of Thrones" comes in the face of recent electoral struggles following the dissolution of the bodies of his political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). As chairman, Imran Khan has the unenviable task of pushing the new intraparty elections to his party members
Dunya News reported that Pakistani Jon Snow Imran Khan points to the lack of democratic behavior in the People's Party that eventually hurt the party. Imran Khan was determined that direct elections should take place. Among the questions now being directed to Imran Khan are what do Khan and the Party actually stand for even while they stand against the Sharifs.
Detractors to Pakistan's Jon Snow along with well-meaning friends and colleagues alike expressed a few reservations over Imran Khan's continuation with the game, so to speak. More than stamina, most are concerned with foresight, strategic planning and innovation to face off with heavy-weight party PML-N.
Despite questions and doubts, Imran Khan may yet surprise. Just as Jon Snow may yet return from the dead when "Game of Thrones" returns onscreen after being coldheartedly stabbed by members of Night's Watch, so too may Imran Khan show strong resilience and once more exhibit proof of sound survival instincts.
The Express Tribune reports that Pakistan's Jon Snow expressed, during the inauguration of the Rs1.77-billion Bab-e-Peshawar flyover on Hayatabad-Jamrud Road in Peshawar, that more than bridges and roads, governments should spend more on the development their citizens.
"I congratulate K-P CM Pervez Khattak, the National Logistics Cell (NLC) and DG Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) Hasan Saleem Wattoo for the construction of this mega bridge in a record time of six months," Imran Khan commented. "We are investing most of our funds in the education and health sectors in K-P."
"Because providing best education and health facilities to the people of the province is our topmost priority," Khan further stated.
Incidentally, Vanity Fair surmises that the real Jon Snow may actually do return in "Game of Thrones" based on Maisie Williams' meaty semantic slip.
"I feel so mean because I speak to people and they're all like "Jon Snow, is he back?" and it's like really heartbreaking because people are like "yeah, but he's coming back though?" It's a great twist but I can't say he's going to be alive," says Willians at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards night. "Game of Thrones" fans who heard the phrase "can't say he's going to be alive" have grasped that straw and taken it for hope.
