Political persecution. What would he think of our web video of the week. Pakistan in the grip of the latest political power struggle in the countrys top two news channels fighting a proxy war. Street demonstrators led by a cricket player turned politician, imran khan have demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister who the protesters insist was rigged. He says he is not going anywhere. The way the unrest is being reported in pakistans media lays bear the political divisions in the country and sometimes exacerbates them. Backing the government are gotv, the most watched network in pakistan and the stateowned broadcaster, ptv. Both had offices targeted by protesters and in p tvs case briefly occupied. Ary, the countrys second largest news channel backs the protest and has been going at it on the air with ggio news. Watching from the sidelines is the pakistani army. The countrys politicians seen to be failing. Sharif is well aware, having been thrown out of the Prime Ministers office o
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