The Nawaz Sharif Project – A Political Experiment Gone Wrong
These days, PML-N supporters love to say that the military’s “Imran Khan project” has failed miserably. They think the 2018 elections were rigged in Imran’s favor. But what they don’t understand — or choose to ignore — is that the military’s “Nawaz Sharif project” was an even bigger and longer-running experiment. Unlike Imran, who struggled for 26 years to reach the top, Nawaz was gifted power on a silver platter. How Nawaz Sharif Was Created The story of Nawaz Sharif’s political rise is nothing short of remarkable — not because of his talent or political acumen, but because of how carefully the military crafted his journey. Nawaz wasn’t always a politician. He was just a young man from a business family, more interested in cricket than politics. But in the 1980s, General Jilani, the governer of Punjab and a senior figure in the military establishment, saw potential in him. The potential wasn’t political genius — it was obedience. Nawaz was seen as someone who could be molded, co...