Dutch PM Resigns With a Lesson for Imran Khan

The Netherlands has been in the talks of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan for ideal-democratic values which he proselytizes and the bicycle-riding of Dutch PM Mark Rutte has also been mentioned by him multiple times.

Mark Rutte maintained the norm and left the press conference on a bicycle too after his government resigned. The Dutch government has quit after a child benefits scandal.

“As many as 26,000 parents were wrongly accused by the Dutch tax authorities of fraudulently claiming child allowance over several years from 2012, with as many as 10,000 families forced to repay tens of thousands of euros, in some cases leading to unemployment, bankruptcies, and divorces”, the Guardian reported.

Dutch PM Mark Rutte was serving as the premier of the Netherlands since 2010.

The cabinet would stay but on a caretaker role until the next elections in March.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had been vocal about how the governments in democratic countries step down when they mishandle things and get hit by a scandal but he has not implemented it ever since he has come into power.

The government of Prime Minister Imran Khan has been hit by successive scandals surrounding basic commodities such as sugar and flour, unlike Dutch PM who got hit only once.

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The opposition in Pakistan is on the roads against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, unlike the Dutch premier who did not wait for it and stepped down after his government faced charges.

Ostensibly, a noteworthy example for Imran Khan has been set by the Dutch counterpart after his government was mired in a scandal.