Imran Khan takes on the army in Pakistan

The former Pakistani PM has decried ‘a corrupt system’ that ties the military to political parties

Imran Khan photo in the midst of a protest
Khan: playing a dangerous game
(Image credit: Yousuf Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

He was once an international cricketer, then a politician, then Pakistan’s prime minister. Now, after being deposed as PM by a no-confidence motion last year, Imran Khan is emerging as the leader of a “grassroots political revolution” in his home country, said Azeem Ibrahim in Foreign Policy (Washington).

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