Imran Khan's Home Under Siege as Pakistan Crisis Deepens
TL;DR
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir of trying to stop him from returning to power, but said he does not have a problem with him. Khan has accused Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of being “a puppet” of the powerful army, which has carried out multiple coups against civilian governments since the country’s independence in 1947. Human Rights Watch has condemned what it called “arbitrary arrests” of more than 4,000 people in the wake of the protests.
- ‘Don’t have a problem with army chief,’ Imran Khan says Al Jazeera English
- Pakistan police wrest back control of Zaman Park where ex-PM Imran Khan's residence is situated Times of India
- Pakistani police besiege Imran Khan's home as deadline for him to hand over suspects expires WION
- Pakistan crisis deepens as former PM Khan blocks house search Nikkei Asia
- History repeats itself in Pakistan with Imran Khan's arrest Times of India
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