The presidential system proposal has been floated very cleverly to get a ‘feel’ of the public before any practical movement. Prime Minister Imran Khan may himself prefer a presidential system to pick the candidates of his choice to run the ministries and have larger executive powers. In a presidential system the executive is often chosen independently from the legislature. Political pundits believe the ruling party had itself was supporting the idea to install a presidential system to empower Imran Khan. Talking about the presidential system is an effort to distract the people from the price-hike, unemployment, poverty and agricultural crisis,” he said at a media interaction yesterday.

Source: The Nation January 19, 2022 12:15 UTC