IN almost four years of his rule former Prime Minister Imran Khan left behind a chequered legacy of verbal abuse, favoritism, cronyism, questionable appointments and a long list of political blunders damaging and hurting the foreign policy of the country .

On his questionable appointment he was seen as charismatic and charming but in hindsight after his departure he is now perceived as erratic, master of uturns who pursued isolationist and nation damaging policies. He managed to offend the US and created bad blood with Iran and the European Union and annoying the very close friend Saudi Arabia. Immediately after entering office he made the biggest political blunder of his tenure by the selection of Usman Buzdar as Chief Minister Punjab.

The only grounds for his selection were inspirational and mystic instructions from Bushra Bibi and according to a comment in the press “Imran Khan suggested that since 1996 till early 2018, not a single member of PTI was competent enough for the most important post after P.M. Buzdar has completely failed to leave a mark in any domain, be it governance, reforms, politics or media handling.” During the short rule of the Imran regime the most damaging blunders and gaffes were committed in the diplomatic sphere some could have been deliberate and some based on ignorance or sheer incompetence of the people surrounding their favorite Kaptaan.

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