ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (APP): After assuming the government in 2018, some three months after Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed, Prime Minister Imran Khan had called the former as his inspiration. Interestingly, it was not because both the leaders had similar views regarding the local and regional issues but both the leaders also inherited the governments with almost identical challenges, be it the corruption, fragile economy, devalued currency or extreme poverty. A few days ago, Mahathir Mohamed had written a blog titled “KERAJAAN PAKATAN HARAPAN” in which he recalled the conditions when the Pakatan Harapan coalition had formed the government, the challenges it faced and the impact his government had made so far. Amazingly, the whole of the picture drawn by Mahathir of Malaysian economy, governance, security as well as the industry was startlingly similar to what was inherited by Imran Khan in the same year who had also liberated the country from the clutches of the corrupt elite. “It took over from a kleptocratic government which had raped the nation for years, destroyed its finances, undermined its administrative agencies, abused its laws, borrowed well beyond the ceiling permitted, placed the country on the path to bankruptcy, made the people dependent … Continue reading Startlingly similar challenges for Mahathir and Imran