I'm John Bachelors with Hasehane O'Connor,

former Ambassador of Pakistan of the United States,

Director of South and Central Asia,

reporting for the Hudson Institute discussing the imminent election in Pakistan declared by Imran Khan who is detained former Prime Minister as a farce in the Economist magazine.

We come to what is to be done.

Nawaz Sharif, a prominent name from the past,

is now back in Pakistan and presumably the strong candidate for the Prime Minister ship is that an

answer to Khan.

Noaz Sharif went through a bad patch where he was banned from ever returning to the country. He stayed in Britain to my knowledge

or Europe these many years. Does he have the answer to Khan's populist rabble rousing?

Mr. Ambassador, is Nois Sharif an older wiser

cageer man than he was when he was outed by forces of opposition in

what was it 2017, 2018?

Yeah, Novashirif has always been far more wise in handling the economy than Imran ever was.

He also is wisened in terms of understanding Pakistan's international relations.

He understands the need for keeping a good relationship

with the United States in addition to maintaining the relationship with China. He understands that

Pakistan needs to make peace with India.

That said, he has his own list of faults and mistakes that he has made in the past.

No one in Pakistan's political on political

Pakistan's political spectrum is an angel.

The military has buried the hatchet with him

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