The Pulse | Politics | South Asia Following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan last week, his supporters torched buildings, including police and military facilities. A man takes a photo with his mobile phone inside the Radio Pakistan building burnt in Wednesday’s clashes between police and the supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Peshawar, … Read more
Advertisement Last week, supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) went on a rampage, expressing great anger toward Pakistan’s powerful army. Between May 9 and 12, PTI workers in several Pakistani cities vandalized the houses of high-ranking senior army officers in military cantonment areas, set fire to key government and army installations, blocked roads, and damaged … Read more
Advertisement Pakistanis could be forgiven for waking up on Tuesday morning and questioning whether the previous week’s events were an unnerving nightmare. The world’s fifth most populous country is no stranger to political unrest. No prime minister has ever completed their tenure in Pakistan’s history, but never before has a politician challenging the country’s all-powerful … Read more
Supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan celebrate after Supreme Court decision, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary Advertisement A high court in Islamabad on Friday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan protection from arrest in a graft case and ordered him freed on bail. The ruling came as … Read more