ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan has gone from being the chosen one to a thorn in the side of Pakistan's military - long considered the nation's political power brokers. His arrest this week - after delivering another broadside against a senior intelligence officer - marks an escalation in the d
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan has gone from being the chosen one to a thorn in the side of Pakistan's military - long considered the nation's political power brokers.
Pakistan's military has staged three coups since independence in 1947, ruled the nation directly for more than three decades, and continues to wield huge influence in domestic politics. Widely popular Khan"doesn't feel beholden to the same benefactors" previous prime ministers might have, said Threlkeld.
"Perhaps he thought that by building pressure on the army, by criticising the army, the army will pull back from supporting the present government," said analyst Hasan Askari.Khan has never offered proof of his claims regarding the assassination plot.
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