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Nawaz Sharif, The Pakistani Prime Minister Returns Home After Heart Surgery on HWN SPOTLIGHT
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan on Saturday after an absence of more than a month because of heart surgery in London, but his health problems have not softened the political opposition he faces.
Mr. Sharif, 66, who underwent four bypasses on May 31, landed at Lahore, the eastern city that is his political power base. A special plane from the state airline brought Mr. Sharif and a group of officials and his relatives back to Pakistan.
The welcome accorded to Mr. Sharif by party loyalists was muted, however, as the country mourned Abdul Sattar Edhi, the famed social worker who was buried earlier in the day in Karachi after a state funeral.
Mr. Sharif has been entangled in an uproar over revelations in the so-called Panama Papers that his family has amassed enormous wealth in offshore accounts. The Panama Papers indicated that three of Mr. Sharif’s children control shell companies through which they own expensive residential properties in London.
Mr. Sharif, who served as prime minister twice in the 1990s, has denied any wrongdoing and has presented himself, and his family, as honest and open.
But in a country with a history of corruption by top officials, perceptions often overshadow facts. Detractors portrayed Mr. Sharif’s absence of several weeks as evidence that he is not serious about running the country, which is facing a multitude of challenges.
Relations with neighboring countries have become strained in recent months while ties with the United States have been frayed since a May 21 drone strike that killed a Taliban leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, on Pakistani soil.
Mr. Sharif and the ruling party faced enormous pressure from critics over the Panama Papers allegations before he left for London, fueling rumors that he might not return.
While Mr. Sharif’s health-related foreign trips — two since April — and prolonged convalescence have slowed the tempo of criticism, opposition activists remain committed to his political demise.
Earlier this month, opposition political parties filed an appeal with the country’s election commission seeking to disqualify Mr. Sharif for misrepresenting his wealth and assets.
Mr. Sharif’s main challenger is Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party, who has made the ouster of the prime minister a personal crusade. Mr. Khan has now promised street demonstrations if Mr. Sharif does not resign.
Political analysts, and even some opposition politicians, say that unless all parties collaborate in a sustained campaign in the streets, Mr. Sharif need not worry. The Pakistan Peoples Party, a leading opposition force, has not announced any plans for street protests.
Politically, Mr. Sharif does not face any danger as the opposition is immature and disjointed, said Enver Baig, a member of the central working committee of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the ruling party.
The biggest threat to Mr. Sharif comes from the powerful military. Mr. Sharif’s unsuccessful attempt to convict the former army chief, Pervez Musharraf, on treason charges led to tensions with the generals, and differences persist between the two sides over how to fight militants and regional politics.
The prime minister is considered particularly vulnerable to the current leader of the armed forces, Gen. Raheel Sharif, who is an influential because of his campaigns against homegrown militancy and has a deft ability to portray the military favorably in the media.
The general announced earlier this year that he would not seek an extension of his three-year term when it expires in November, but an increasing number of supporters has urged him to stay.
All pro-establishment writers and journalists are demanding the army chief’s tenure extension, said Hamid Mir, a prominent talk-show host.
All close associates of the prime minister are saying privately that they can face the pressure by Imran Khan, Mr. Mir added, but it is difficult to face pressure coming for army chief’s extension.
Source: NYTimes, HWN Africa.
: 2016-07-10 08:13:05 | : 1381
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