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Old Tuesday, September 09, 2014
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Will someone define the word status quo for me plz . What is this phenomenon. Apparently it's a loose term which anyone can use to charge against any anything.
Yes, 'changing the status quo' is a slogan that anyone can raise without thinking about it, particularly the mindless followers of Imran Khan.

In Pakistan, there seem to be two important ingredients of status quo (there are probably more than two). One, the political corruption and nepotism. How will Imran change this status quo with the help of the likes of Sheikh Rasheed and Shah Mehmood Qureshi? No one bothers to tell. How will the resignation of the PM and dissolution of parliament change the status quo? No answer. Has Imran managed to changed the status quo in KPK? Not really.

Second, the military intervention in politics, particularly its control on foreign and defense policies. A change in status quo will be the shifting of this control from military to civilian government. What has Imran done about it? He has only made it worse by weakening the democratic structure (whatever of it we have), throwing doubt on the reputation of all democratic institutions.

Another very important ingredient of the status quo is overthrowing the civilian governments through agitation and paving way for coups. On this score, again, Imran has cemented the convention and status quo.

So far, Imran has only strengthened the status quo. But the supporters of his absurd demands hardly care to give any thinking to the matter.
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