Notwithstanding Imran Khan’s hypocrisy and contradictions, persecuting PTI is a bad idea. So is military rule, for which Pakistan has paid through its nose.
The cricketer’s dramatic rise to and treacherous fall from power is not an exceptional phenomenon. It is essentially a replay of the fate of successive protégés of a short-sighted military establishment with its constitutionally flawed designs.
Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has put forward a condition in front of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan if he wants negotiations.
Pakistan: Khan faces more than 100 legal cases, including on graft charges during his 2018-2022 term as premier, and has also been charged with terrorism for inciting people to violence. In courts, he has won protection from arrest in multiple cases, pending trial.