Imran Khan is doing just fine, despite the hurdles he faces

I write with reference to your editorial Imran Khan is learning the tough lessons of public

service (Nov 11), and reader Rajendra Aneja’s subsequent comments.

Mr Khan carries no political baggage and is known for his focused credentials, devoid of any compromise on points of principle. For the media to egg him onto a collision course in a religiously sensitive issue is misplaced. Remember what happened when Pervez Musharraf took on the extremists holed up in the Lal Mosque in Islamabad?

We would also do well to recall the prudence and agility with which Mr Khan recently handled, with great success, the equally volatile situation regarding the proposed cartoon competition of the Prophet Mohammed in the Netherlands, which sparked mass protests in Pakistan.

In the instance of the Asia Bibi case, Mr Khan declared at the very outset and with absolute clarity the government’s position in backing the Supreme Court’s verdict.

The troublemakers were not appeased, but only allowed to follow due legal process in an appeal against the verdict. Video footage appears to show some evidence of groups attempting to take advantage of the situation by fomenting instability.

This is clearly an attempt to derail Mr Khan’s agenda of rooting out corruption from Pakistan. Mohammad Hamza, Dubai