Pakistan’s endless election loop

Nobody can fix what ails Pakistan without breaking the political and economic power of the army. And nobody can break that.

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan is in jail now mainly because he lost the army’s support when he challenged its overweening power in both politics and the economy. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

February 5, 2024

Pakistan’s former prime minister, ex-cricket superstar, and latter-day populist politician Imran Khan was having a quiet week in jail—six months into his three-year sentence for corruption—and suddenly all hell broke loose.

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