chanting, waving flags, then quickly taken away. it s been a matter of months but the atmosphere in pakistan has changed. this decision will mean mr khan cannot run in the upcoming elections. it s pretty useful for your party, though, that your main political opponent has just been disqualified in the run up for a general election. well, you have to be accountable for your deeds in law. this is nothing to do with politics. a person who s been proven guilty by the court has to be arrested. his lawyers intend to appeal the decision but, for now, mr khan is held by police and his politicalfuture is deeply uncertain. with a look now at the timeline of events which led to today s sentence, here s tom brada. the past five years have been turbulent ones, both for imran khan and for politics in pakistan as a whole. now, back in 2018, imran khan was sworn in as the newly elected prime minister. but just four years later, things had taken a turn. he was ousted in a no confidence vote and his opp
oher countries in the region, just to make life harder for thejunta there. as well as that, what they might do is pursue some kind of diplomatic solution whereby they can arrange the release of the democratically elected president mohamed bazoum, in exchange for him agreeing to some kind of democratic process whereby he stands down and there is an election. because ultimately, what we ve seen is that now, there is a lot of populist support for what has gone on, and it s awkward for ecowas because then if they push and try and install, reinstall the president who s now seemingly not so popular, then it s hard for them. so that might be another thing, some kind of diplomatic solution, in that respect. you mentioned that popular support for what s really been a coup. we ve seen demonstrations in the streets. and among those demonstrators, we ve seen pro russian sentiment, russian flags being waved, chanting pro putin slogans.
because ultimately, what we have seen is that now, there is lots of popular support for what has gone on, and it s awkward for ecowas, because then if they push and try and install, reinstall the president who s now seemingly not so popular, then it s hard for them. so that might be another thing, some kind of diplomatic solution, in that respect. you mentioned that popular support for what s really been a coup. we ve seen demonstrations on the streets. and among those demonstrators, we ve seen pro russian sentiment, russian flags being waved, and chanting pro putin slogans. what is behind that amount of support and maybe even a desire for russia to get involved in niger? i think we ve got to be cautious. to some extent, that might have been choreographed in some way. there is a degree of stage management because, obviously, russian flags don t come from nowhere. but i do think there is a genuine push from people to move towards russia.
you mentioned that popular support for what s really been a coup. we ve seen demonstrations in the streets. and among those demonstrators, we ve seen pro russian sentiment, russian flags being waved, chanting pro putin slogans. what is behind that amount of support and, really, maybe even a desire for russia to get involved in niger? i mean, i think we ve got to be cautious. to some extent, that might have been choreographed in some way. there s a degree of stage management because, obviously, russian flags don t come from nowhere. but i do think there is a genuine push from people to move towards russia. and the idea is that people are frustrated about what they see as the french, and the failure of the french, the fact that the french were the colonial power and that they never really left. and that ultimately, there has been an insurgency on a number of fronts in niger, and the western push has not stopped it.
of partnership, some kind of buy in from those other countries in the region, just to make life harder for thejunta there. as well as that, i mean, what they might do is pursue some kind of diplomatic solution whereby they can arrange the release of the democratically elected president mohamed bazoum in exchange for him agreeing to some kind of democratic process whereby he stands down and there is an election because, ultimately, what we ve seen is that now, there is lots of popular support for what s gone on, and it s awkward for ecowas because then if they push and try and install reinstall the president who s now seemingly not so popular, then, it s hard for them. so, that might be another thing, some kind of diplomatic solution, in that respect. you mentioned that popular support for what s really been a coup. we ve seen demonstrations in the streets. and among those demonstrators, we ve seen pro russian sentiment russian flags being waved and chanting