Posted on 02/04/2024 3:43:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
From prime minister to prison in less than two years, Imran Khan and his party have fallen dramatically from political grace.
But the PTI says it has not given up its belief that it can win this week's general election in Pakistan, despite its founder being jailed in cases he says are politically motivated, and barred from running for office. The party is aiming to overcome the authorities' crackdown with the help of a social media fightback - and new candidates, many of them untested. Rehena Dar is being swept along the back roads of Sialkot, past the posters of her face plastered on the narrow street corners of this city in Punjab province. Her way is cleared by the sound of beating drums as rose petals shower her from above. If becoming a politician unexpectedly in her 70s has taken her by surprise, she doesn't show it for a second. The fears which have driven many of her fellow candidates underground or out of politics seem to have been shrugged off.
"It is very good that the proud sons and daughters, brothers and mothers of my city Sialkot are standing with me," she shouts with the confidence of someone who has worked the electorate for years. "I am with Imran Khan and I will stay with Imran Khan. If I am left alone in public, I will still carry Imran Khan's flag and take to the streets."
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He was absolutely gorgeous back in the day. That’s all I’ve got....
He obviously showed too much independence for the army’s taste.
Isn’t he the guy who let OBL camp out in Pakistan right under his nose?
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No he wasn’t PM of Pakistan until 2018
Thanks.
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Could be. My knowledge of him is sadly superficial.
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