An exceptional shoot in the temperature of Pakistan’s politics can cause a high fever. The growing political temperature, not really the extraordinary heatwave, must be a sign of worry. The current political situation in the United States is worrisome. Whereas the former prime minister is on a verge of war to topple the system, the present government is hamstrung. It’s not just about political upheaval; the economy, which is in free collapse, is the most concerning factor. The economy is on the ventilator,

Mr Khan wants to do more container politics and Mr Sharif is facing politics. On the back of the figurative million-man march, Imran Khan is now threatening to storm the capital. He is attacking the new administration, which is a jumble of diverse political entities. He has now removed his gloves. It is, without a question, the country’s worst political and structural crisis in several decades. One of the most important questions is how to get out of this predicament. Imran Khan’s disruptive approach has made finding a political solution to the crisis more difficult. Elections would have been the greatest solution in any other situation to diffuse the tension. However, given the current political divisiveness, this may not be possible.

MUHAMMAD USAMA SHOAIB,

Rahim Yar Khan.