President, Governor Sindh defend PM Imran’s U-turn statements

LAHORE: A day after Prime Minister Imran Khan issued a statement on "U-turns", President Arif Alvi on Saturday came forward in support of the premier and shared that he too has taken "U-turns".

While visiting a shopping mall in Lahore, the president while speaking to the media said, “I have taken many U-turns in my life.”

The president further said, “Decisions are taken according to the situations.”

Meanwhile, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail also came out in support of prime minister's statement and said, "Prime Minister Imran Khan's statement regarding "U-turn was correct."

He said, "Until a leader doesn't take a "U-turn" he cannot take big decisions." 

In a meeting with senior journalists, PM said a leader who does not know how to take U-turns according to the requirements of the situation is not a real leader.

The premier citing an example from his cricket days when he led Pakistan's national team and said, "We used to make a strategy and then step out into the field but if the opponent team formed a strategy against ours then we would have to change it."

Speaking to Geo News, senior journalist Mazhar Barlas who attended the meeting with PM Imran said that the premier also referred to Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte and said, “Hitler and Napoleon suffered huge defeats and caused losses as they did not take U-turns.”

"If you are walking and there is a wall in front of you, then you will have to change and find another way," the senior journalist further quoted PM Imran as explaining. "A leader who does not know how to take U-turns is not successful," the prime minister added.