Well before polls closed, Pakistan’s general election was already marred by violence and a monthslong campaign by the country’s military to imprison populist former PM Imran Khan.
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For a moment in May, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan looked as if he was the country’s most powerful man. Having seemingly won his standoff with Pakistan’s military, Khan chided the generals, saying their coercion would achieve nothing. But for the generals, coercion achieved quite a bit. Khan’s moment on top was ephemeral.
