What’s next for Pakistan’s political chaos? | The Stream

The dramatic arrest of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has resulted in protests and rioting with 1000’s arrested and not less than 10 individuals killed within the turmoil.

Now launched on bail, Khan continues to escalate his anti-military rhetoric and name for nationwide “freedom” protests.

Final week’s unrest is the most recent chapter in tense relations between Khan and the nation’s highly effective military generals. A former cricket star-turned-populist politician, Khan was ousted from energy in an April 2022 parliamentary no-confidence vote.

Since his removing from workplace, Khan has been implicated in round 100 authorized instances and is going through expenses of corruption and terrorism. In the identical interval, Khan has been changed into a vocal opponent of his former allies throughout the army, even claiming that the military was behind an assassination try final yr through which he was shot within the leg.

As Pakistan plans to carry elections by October this yr, the unrest prompts larger questions on nationwide stability in a rustic with a historical past of army takeovers and political violence.

On this episode of The Stream, we’ll have a look at what the most recent political disaster means for Pakistan.

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