Imran Khan's Arrest Sparks Protests and Military Support Requests in Pakistan

Two Pakistani provinces have requested military support after the arrest of opposition leader and former prime minister Imran Khan on corruption charges. Reports of several deaths and hundreds of arrests have been made, with tensions running particularly high in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and its regional capital, Peshawar. Khan's supporters suspect that the reasons for his arrest are political, and the growing focus on Pakistan's military continues to raise the stakes of the crisis.