violence. as i mention, the real question here is that given the army general headquarters are the heart of the army as a politically strong institution, there seems to be critical divide. and this divide remains there. you will see more of this violence. individually, politically, pti burke is very motivated and want to protect imran khan who for them as a symbol of democracy. a final question, as we are looking at the situation politically, the military is part of the equation. when he came to power it was thought he had the backing of the military. there was always denied and he lost it and became a vocal critic of the military. they have a pivotal role, don t they? where do you think they are in all of this and likely to go on all of
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this? i of this and likely to go on all of this? , ., of this and likely to go on all of this? , . ., , this? i see that the military right now is critically this? i see that the military right now is critically divided - this? i see that the military right now is critically divided from - now is critically divided from within. the military fraternity which isn tjust serving officers but retired officers, the families etc, they are very supportive of imran khan and believe in him. he by the way is not a symbol of democracy or strengthening of democracy if he comes back. what to do these protesters want to support from the army? they want to see them army chief support imran khan. this is not about civil strengthening in comparison to the military. there is one leader and supporters trying to push back the military so they can bring him back power. this is where the army s role is critical the army chief has to put his head around, trying to force his way to see if he
and said that they have requested the court to grant a written order ensuring that imran khan won t be arrested if he travels back to his residence in lahore. so imran khan is still inside the court waiting for a written verdict and we see a huge deployment of of law enforcement agencies outside the court. many of them, we have been hearing, from different reports, that many of the policemen are out there with some arrest warrants and to arrest imran khan on some other charges which have been filed in the last 2 to 3 days, when there were there were protests going on across the country. so that is the reason that imran khan has, you know, he has chosen to stay inside the court unless he has the order in writing that he will not be arrested till monday morning. i m joined now by the politcal scientist ayesha siddiqa, senior fellow at king s college and author of military inc .
thank you for being here on the programme. your assessment on what we have seen over the most extraordinary 2a hours. we have seen over the most extraordinary 24 hours. definitely, it is extraordinary. extraordinary 24 hours. definitely, it is extraordinary. on extraordinary 24 hours. definitely, it is extraordinary. on the - extraordinary 24 hours. definitely, it is extraordinary. on the one - it is extraordinary. 0n the one hand, imran khan is waiting for orders and we also have the group which has announced its supporters will surround the supreme court and protest outside. things are not looking good and i think part of the problem is that imran khan has named and said to the bbc correspondent in pakistan that his thanks and anxiety, anger and fight is not with the army but with one man, the army chief. 0n the other hand, he is trying to get his army together. this is to push back imran khan.