The revival in Imran Khan’s political fortunes unsettles the generals, who hate being dragged publicly into the political turmoil
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskin a vote of no confidence, the former prime minister has sought to trip up his successor, Shehbaz Sharif. He has made wild accusations that the army conspired with America to depose him in favour of the more biddable Mr Sharif. And he has led a political caravan that trundles through Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, decrying the establishment—he was shot while campaigning on his lorry.
The attempt on his life, Mr Khan repeated this week, only underscores the malignancy of the establishment he sets his face against, and the urgent need for a general election. One is due by next autumn at the latest. Mr Khan has momentum on his side: his party hasin by-election after by-election. Now he vows to rejoin his caravan and bring out more anti-government crowds.
Mr Khan’s brand of populism plays on those divisions. It requires impressive cognitive dissonance to believe that Pakistan’s economic crisis, with high inflation and crippling external debt, much of it owed to China, is all the fault of Mr Sharif and his “cabal of crooks”. As prime minister, Mr Khan blew up a rescue package from thewith ill-considered subsidies. Mr Sharif, too, has struggled to impose fiscal discipline. But he is starting to seedeal.
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