On February 8, Pakistanis voted in elections to the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies. The elections were controversial. In addition to relentless efforts by the Pakistan establishment to weaken Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the months preceding polling, the vote was manipulated to favor the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s … Read more
Advertisement On May 9, political activists and followers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came out in a direct confrontation with the state and attacked civilian and military assets. Many in Pakistan presumed that the strife had come to its peak. For the military, it was unprecedented to see their created monsters rampaging. The military deemed … Read more
Advertisement At the time of writing this, it seems that the current political crisis in Pakistan has entered a lighter phase. Former Prime Minister Imran Khan is appearing in courts for many cases that have been slapped against him (instead of refusing to come, as he had been doing before). He is also no longer … Read more