Pakistan doesn't possess the resources for such programs.
Khan seemed to have been different from the regular stock but I don't know how effective his policies were. I haven't followed the politics in detail in more than a decade, but atleast in words, he appeared to have been critical of the West and of the Army's interference in politics. I have heard he was more talk and less action, not because of ill-intent but because he simply did not know how to execute (i.e. incompetent). I don't know how he handled the tribals although he was very popular among them; if I'm not mistaken, his rise or his initial voting base came from those tribal regions.
At least Imran has some rapport with the tribal folks. Though during his time, the BLA was already killing Pakistanis and Chinese. Still, he might have wanted to try something new instead of what current guys are doing, which is clearly not working.
Btw, I have a random question about the Chineses languages: how do younger folk address older individuals? Do you say him/her or them? I think I've read older folk are never called by their actual names which is also prevalent in middleastern and central asian languages. An elderly person when he/she speaks, do they say we or I to identity themselves?
Yes, we Chinese consider it impolite to directly address elders by their names. It is actually more of a cultural thing than language. The way we address elders also differs from countries or regions. So this also extends to the way we speak in non-Chinese languages like English in places like Malaysia and Singapore.
If we were talking about an elder from a third party perspective, it's normal to use him/her. But if we were to directly address that elder, then it depends on the relationship. If in a family, we would address that person as father, mother, grandfather, uncle, aunty, or elder in-laws. Though in the Chinese language, this can be more specific, such as "2nd Uncle" or "3rd maternal Aunty", etc. It can get quite technical. Some families follow these titles strictly, others not so much. As for elder strangers, it's quite common to address them as "Mr, Mrs, Uncle, Aunty, Elder Uncle, Grandpa" etc.
