Difference between Imran Khan, Asif Ali Zardari and Arif Alvi

Imran Khan, Asif Ali Zardari and Arif Alvi are well known personalities in politics of Pakistan. They have performed their duties as leaders of different political parties and there are many differences between these leaders. In this article we are going to discuss the differences between these politicians.

Imran Khan

Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi was born on 5 October 1952 in Lahore. He is serving as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party. Imran Khan was an international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team before he entered into politics. He was the previous chancellor of “University of Bradford”.

Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari is politician and co-chairperson of PPP as well as he was husband of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed. He was former cabinet minister and also served as president of Pakistan.

Arif Alvi

Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi is a Pakistani politician. He took the oath as the President of Pakistan on 9 September 2018 and is currently serving as the 13th president of Pakistan. He is a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party. He is the third President of Pakistan whose family had migrated during Partition of India.

Imran Khan VS Zardari VS Arif Alvi

• Name:

The full name of Imran khan is Imran Khan Niazi but he is known as Imran Khan.

The full name of Zardari is Asif Ali Zardari but commonly known as Zardari.

The full name of Arif Alvi is Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi.

• Born:

Imran Khan was born on October 5, 1952 in Lahore.

Asif Ali Zardari was born on July 26, 1955 in Karachi, Sindh.

Arif Alvi was born on 29 August 1949 in Karachi, Pakistan. He is 70 years old.

• Famous for:

Imran Khan is famous as a former cricketer, politician, cricket commentator, philanthropist and the previous chancellor of University of Bradford. He is likewise originator of “Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital” and “Namal College, Mianwali”.

Asif Ali Zardari is famous as Pakistani politician as well as existing co-chairperson of PPP (Pakistan People’s Party). He additionally served his duties as eleventh President of Pakistan starting from 2008-13.

Arif Alvi is famous for being an orthodontist and a politician. He is a learned man who received his degree from De’Montmorency College of Dentistry, University of Michigan and University of the Pacific. He was the chairman of the first Pakistan International Dental Conference. Later, he became a diplomat of the American Board of Orthodontics in 1997.

• Early career:

Imran khan started his career from 1969 where he played for home teams in age of sixteen. He additionally started playing for country from 1971. He started captaincy in 1982. From 1996, he entered into politics and formed a political party named as “Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf”.

Zardari’s early political career was almost unsuccessful. In year 1983, he had gone astray in election in Nawabshah, for seat of district council. In Nawabshah, his family claimed a huge number of acres of land so he went into business of real state. In 1993, he became the cabinet minister.

Arif Alvi is an orthodontist by profession. He began his political career as a polling agent and joined a religious party. He became politically active in 1977 when Zulfikar Ali Butto announced the Pakistani general elections. He was inspired by Imran Khan and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in 1996. He became the vice-president of PTI in 2001. He was nominated as its candidate for President of Pakistan by PTI in 2018. He defaeted Fazal-ur-Rehman and Aitzaz Ahsan by 352 votes and became the 13th President of Pakistan on 9 September 2018.

• In Prison:

Imran khan was taken in prison when he was going to take charge of protest in Lahore during state of emergency in 2007 in Dera Ghazi Khan Jail where he spent few months.

Asif Ali Zardari was taken in prison many times as the major reason includes corruption cases. He also went to jail due to huge offences related to murder of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, and many other cases.  As almost eleven years altogether, he spent in jail.

• Public image:

Imran khan has a very good image in public due to cricket, victory in cricket world cup 1992 and his welfare works.

Zardari has not good image in eyes of public due to his unlimited corruption cases and his time period in jail.

Arif Alvi has a good public image because he is one of the most educated leaders in the country.

• Awards and Honours:

Imran khan has taken almost more than 10 awards and honours in his cricket and political time span.

Zardari has taken the guard of honour when he left his seat of President.

President Arif Alvi has been a part of world-class organizations and projects. He became the chairman of the first Pakistan International Dental Conference in 1981. He served as chairman of the 28th Asia Pacific Dental Congress. He remained the Dean of the Faculty of Orthodontics of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. In 2007, he was elected as the Councillor of the FDI World Dental Federation.

Conclusion

From the above article we can conclude that Imran khan has excellent image in eyes of public as compare to Zardari’s image. PM Imran Khan promised change. He made two reforms: changing his finance minister; changing the governor of the State Bank and changing the head of Federal Bureau of Revenue. Pakistan’s people have their great hopes tied to the new Prime Minister. Whether Imran Khan or Asif Ali Zardari or Arif Alvi, people of Pakistan want a leader who is unbiased and runs a transparent democracy. People want to know about the current situation and future of the country they are living in.Who is better politician according to your opinion?