LONDON: A well-reputed English newspaper, The Guardian, has found the decision of PTI founder Imran Khan to run for the Oxford University Chancellor’s post faulty.
Catherine Bennett, a regular columnist for the paper, expressed her opinion and said Khan had called Osama bin Laden a “martyr” in the past while noting he also refused to call him a terrorist.
The columnist said that Khan had also congratulated the Taliban for “breaking the shackles of slavery”.
The paper also said that the PTI founder has not condemned the Taliban’s ban on women’s education. It also referred to Khan’s stated belief on rape, that women should remove “temptation”, because “not everyone has willpower”.
The columnist said that Imran Khan is in jail and if elected as chancellor for 10 years, he would have to make himself available for many occasions involving ceremonial robes, speeches and performances.
The paper added the chancellor must be readily accessible and available throughout the year.”
The columnist added satirically, “I suppose attendant dons couldn’t hold aloft a photograph of Khan or a symbolic cricket bat.”
