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INSIGHT: SOUTH ASIA - Is Pakistan lurching towards military rule? - THE TAKEAWAY

31 May 2023

Then, in a surprising the country is mired in economic misery, and the turn of events, more than two dozen key PTI leaders government faces continuing political instability due resigned from their positions, with some quitting to the arrest (and subsequent release) of populist the party and politics altogether, reportedly due to opposition leader Imran Khan. [...] Over the last year, Khan, a cricketer-turned- politician, has focused on building his voter base IN BRIEF — including by making antagonizing statements about the ruling government and the military — and In May, Pakistan saw one of the largest political pushing for early elections. [...] The arrest level of violence and destruction of military property, was linked to just one of the many cases the former allegedly perpetrated by supporters of Khan’s prime minister has been embroiled in since his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. [...] The country now faces an existential directed towards the powerful (and seemingly threat, and the political system is collapsing, leading untouchable) military force that has long sat at the many observers to speculate that military rule may apex of power in Pakistan. [...] Khan’s momentum and popularity leader who resigned in the aftermath of the May 9 suggest there may be greater public distrust in the incidents, “Pakistan exists because [the] Pakistan military and the current government than ever Army exists, and we must devise our policies keeping before.
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