Celebrity Politician

Imran Khan needs to differentiate between cricket and politics [Imran's Game Plan, Dec. 17]. Running a country is not comparable to running an 11-member cricket team. His weak grasp of history and politics, his well-known arrogance and, above all, his playboy past are big hurdles in making him a popular figure among conservative Pakistanis who can ignore financial corruption but not moral corruption.
Hasan Raza Gondal, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND

Please Pay My Bills
The rightward trend in Japanese politics is very disconcerting, and leaders like Toru Hashimoto and Shintaro...

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