As a deeply polarized Pakistan confronts political and economic crises, Imran Khan, the embattled former prime minister, speaks with NPR from his home in Lahore.
," and has accused Khan of spreading lies by claiming security forces were planning an attack against him., also dismisses allegations that there was a plan to kill Khan."The whole thing is so scandalous, this allegation," Asif said in response to a question by NPR at a press conference he held in Islamabad on Friday. He described it as a claim Khan used to whip up his supporters, whom he likened to a"cult.
Supporters of Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister, shout slogans during a protest in Karachi on March 19, demanding release of arrested party workers in recent police clashes.Analysts say filing multiple charges against prominent figures is a way that the military establishment uses in particular to bring down its rivals.
The parties that form the current government also appear concerned that if Khan — who served as prime minister from 2018 till last year — becomes prime minister again, he will resume his crackdown against his opponents.Khan tells NPR he will pursue corruption cases, particularly against the two political dynasties that have dominated Pakistan's civilian governments over the past few decades — the Bhuttos and the Sharifs. His supporters widely see both families as corrupt.
Khan first blamed Washington for his ouster, but more recently, he has offered a more complicated narrative in which he claims the former army chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, orchestrated a campaign to turn Washington against him.Khan said the relationship between Pakistan and the U.S."must encompass two things — dignity and respect."
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