leaf from history; consistent at inconsistencies and persistent at simplistic vilifying. The last of these rings a bell. It was a proposed pressure group that made Maulana Abdul Sattar Edhi see red a little over a year ago, leading him briefly to abandon the leadership of his mammoth humanitarian operation in Karachi. He revealed little beyond that his life was in danger after he had turned down an offer to join a subversive lot to destabilise the Benazir Bhutto government, and that Imran Khan was somehow involved in it a charge which, despite its vagueness, the former fast bowler has never satisfactorily been able to explain away. At the time, Imran Khans association with retired General Hamid Gul prompted speculation that the ex-military intelligence chief, notorious for his Afghan exploits and an inveterate foe of Ms Bhuttos regime, was up to no good. The stigma has not disappeared, and it will be interesting to see whether Hamid Gul has an upfront role in the forthcoming organisation. The air of mystery surrounding the organisation is likely to be either the result of a deliberate attempt to engage media attention in the run- up to the launch, or a symptom of genuine uncertainty. Imran Khans indecisiveness is legendary: it was publicly manifested in the way he agonised for years over retiring from cricket, and again in his inability to make up his mind over whether or not to carve a political career. But there is also a third possibility: the reticence could owe itself to the fact that he hasnt yet been told precisely what sort of body he is on the verge of founding. https://dl.dropboxusercontent/spa/zohkohb0i282t94/Area%20Studies/public/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1996/25Ap96.html#imra
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