Home / Quotes / Quote by Imran Khan

Quote by Imran Khan

“I want to have a president in the U.S. who tries to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world.”

Quote by Imran Khan

Author

Imran Khan is a notable Pakistani politician and former cricket player. He is the founder and leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which has gained considerable popularity in Pakistan for its promises of social and economic reforms. Born on November 25, 1952, Khan began his career as a cricket player, achieving international acclaim as the captain of the Pakistani cricket team. After retiring from cricket, he shifted his focus to politics and established the PTI in 1996. Over the years, he has been a vocal advocate for change in Pakistan, addressing issues such as corruption, poverty, and education. Khan's political career has included several key achievements. He served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022, implementing policies aimed at improving the country's economy and social welfare. His tenure was characterized by efforts to combat corruption, promote transparency, and invest in infrastructure. Khan is also recognized for his philanthropic work, particularly through the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, which he founded in 1994. Khan's leadership style and policies have been both lauded and criticized. His supporters praise his commitment to social justice and his efforts to reform the political system. Critics, however, argue that his government faced challenges in implementing effective policies and managing the country's economic and security issues. Despite the controversies, Khan remains a significant figure in Pakistani politics, with a strong following and a vision for the country's future. more

You May Also Like

“Think of US slavery in 1850, or the subjection of women. Both of these injustices could have been - and were! - defended by pointing out, quite correctly, that this situation of slaves and women had been improving throughout the preceding century. Slaves, in particular, were worked less hard, beaten and raped less frequently, better fed, and less often ripped apart from their families. So would a celebration of moral progress have been appropriate in 1850? Surely not. Slavery could have been and should have been abolished - then, if not before.”

“Severe poverty is getting better by some measures, but it's also becoming ever more scandalous because it is now so easily avoidable.”

Poverty Becoming Get Better Severe Scandalous

Author:Thomas Pogge

“A few hundred years ago, perhaps 85 or even 90 percent of humanity lived below a standard of living that today only 40 or 45 percent fail to reach. But at that earlier time only part of this poverty could have been eradicated, and this at substantial cost not only to the pleasures of the affluent, but also to their well-being and to human culture. In our time, nearly all severe poverty could be eradicated at a cost to the affluent that is truly trivial.”

Years Humans Wells Has Beens Today Humanity Culture Pleasure Poverty Failing Cost Standards Percent Hundred Years Ago Well Being Our Time Severe Could Have Been Standards Of Living Affluent

Author:Thomas Pogge

“It is perfectly consistent - and also true - to say that the world poverty problem today is smaller (relative to world population) than before and yet also a much graver injustice.”

World Problem Today Poverty Injustice Population Consistent Relative World Poverty World Population

Author:Thomas Pogge

“We have the ability now to arrange global economic institutions so that poverty declines to a fraction of what it is now.”

Ability Poverty Economic Institutions Decline Fractions

Author:Thomas Pogge

“You may know that in India now the Tata car is becoming all the rage; you can buy it for one lakh - $2000 dollars - it's very, very cheap. So India seems to be going the route that China went a few years ago and that developing countries all over the world seem to want to follow, namely, to rely on these personal vehicles, which is just an irrational way of organizing transport.”

Knows World Way Want Years May Country Seems Car Becoming Years Ago India Dollars China Rage Developing Rely Vehicle Irrational Routes Transport Developing Countries Tata

Author:Thomas Pogge

“I think one big improvement would be if we somehow made it cheaper and easier for developing countries to learn from the sad experience of some of the developed countries, and also from some of the positive experiences we have of building good transportation systems, like high-speed rail.”

“We have this highly irrational system of incentivizing innovation for clean and green technologies, where we allow the innovator to have a temporary monopoly and then mark up the price of the product or sell licenses at high prices to those who want to use the kind of product that the innovator has invented. This system is collectively irrational because many people, to avoid the inflated prices of still-patented cleaner and greener technologies, opt for some older technology that is much more polluting.”

People Want Kind Stills Use Technology Products Mark Innovation Green Sells Clean Temporary Irrational License Monopoly Cleaners Innovators Greener High Prices Licenses Green Technology

Author:Thomas Pogge

“What we should do is require or at least permit innovators to license their green innovations free of charge in exchange for public payments based on the impact this innovation has on the environment - emissions averted or something of this sort.”

Should Environment Innovation Green Impact Permit License Payment Emissions Innovators

Author:Thomas Pogge

“It is irrational to charge high prices for socially valuable innovations as this guarantees that they will be underutilized. It is much better to sell them at cost and then to reward the innovator in some other way. This is not always possible, because in some cases the value of an innovation is in the eye of the beholder; it's very difficult to value how much a new Madonna song is worth, for example. But in the case of medicines, green technologies and seeds in agriculture, such an alternative reward mechanism is fairly straightforward.”