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'Pathetic Orientalism': TIME's Exclusive With Imran Khan Slammed, Fact-Checked by Pakistani Public
'Pathetic Orientalism': TIME's Exclusive With Imran Khan Slammed, Fact-Checked by Pakistani Public
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Imran Khan previously accused the US administration of hatching a conspiracy to topple his government, which fell in April 2022.
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Time magazine's recent cover story on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, which was published on Tuesday, has elicited criticism from his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters, and a section of local journalists.With Imran Khan's photo on the front page, the US publication titled its cover story with Khan, the former Pakistan premier, "The Astonishing Saga of Imran Khan".Hasan Kazmi, a Karachi city-based journalist, was miffed at how the letter "M" was specifically positioned on the cover of the magazine."Look closely. Time magazine insults Imran Khan placing 2 horns on his head," he said on the microblogging site, pointing to what he sees is the objectionable manner of how Khan's image was placed on the magazine's front page.Pakistan's Economic WoesPakistan is in the midst of a deepening economic crisis, with its currency plunging to a record low of PKR 288 to the greenback on Tuesday. Moreover, with just over $4 billion in foreign reserves, Islamabad has only enough to sustain imports for over a month.Time has laid the blame for the current countrywide economic crisis squarely on Khan."If Pakistan’s economic woes are reaching a new nadir, the trajectory was established during Khan's term. A revolving door of Finance Ministers was compounded by bowing to hardliners," the magazine claimed. He argued that the US, along with former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, who is currently living in exile in London, plotted his removal from the country's top post last April.Khan headed the Pakistani government from August 2018 to April 2022.
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'Pathetic Orientalism': TIME's Exclusive With Imran Khan Slammed, Fact-Checked by Pakistani Public
15:42 05.04.2023 (Updated: 16:38 05.04.2023) Pakistani journalists have pointed to a string of factual errors about Khan's biography in the article, laying bare the blatant bias of the American publication.
Time magazine's recent cover story on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, which was published on Tuesday, has elicited criticism from his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters, and a section of local journalists.
With Imran Khan's photo on the front page, the US publication titled its cover story with Khan, the former Pakistan premier, "The Astonishing Saga of Imran Khan".
"Imran was NOT born in a Pashtun family. He is Punjabi from her mother's side whose family migrated from Jalandhar, eastern Punjab, now in India. His father was a Seraiki man from Mianwali," Murtaza Solangi, a former Director General of Radio Pakistan and executive editor of Nayadaur media, tweeted.
Hasan Kazmi, a Karachi city-based journalist, was miffed at how the letter "M" was specifically positioned on the cover of the magazine.
"Look closely. Time magazine insults Imran Khan placing 2 horns on his head," he said on the microblogging site, pointing to what he sees is the objectionable manner of how Khan's image was placed on the magazine's front page.
"The Asstonishing Saga of Comedy is that none of the Imran Khan's supporter has read the TIME piece, which is not astonishing at all! The content is not Khan-friendly," Khurram Mushtaq posted.
"They've written a typical commentary that does not beyond the West's binary, myopic & fallacious view of the Muslim world. The content of the article itself is flawed, objectionable & contemptuous," a PTI supporter, Maaz Ud Din, concluded. "This article is a perfect example of pathetic Orientalism."
Pakistan is in the midst of a deepening economic crisis, with its currency
plunging to a record low of PKR 288 to the greenback on Tuesday. Moreover, with just over $4 billion in foreign reserves, Islamabad has only enough to sustain imports for over a month.
Time has laid the blame for the current countrywide economic crisis squarely on Khan.
"If Pakistan’s economic woes are reaching a new nadir, the trajectory was established during Khan's term. A revolving door of Finance Ministers was compounded by bowing to hardliners," the magazine claimed.
Imran Khan himself has accused Washington of meddling in Pakistan's internal politics, alleging that US President Joe Biden's administration was behind his ouster from power last year.
He argued that the US, along with former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, who is currently living in exile in London, plotted his removal from the country's top post last April.
Khan headed the Pakistani government from August 2018 to April 2022.
