GEN MUNIR LOSES THE PEOPLE TO IMRAN IN PAK ELECTIONS

Despite the Selection Commission of Pakistan obeying the GHQ Rawalpindi diktat that PTI elements be wiped out, followers of Imran Khan have emerged as the largest group in the National Assembly.

- MADHAV NALAPAT

GHQ Rawalpindi’s efforts have been accelerating since October 2023 to sufficiently break the spirit of former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan to the point where he comes crawling at the feet of the generals. Such is exactly the way a long procession of former Prime Ministers of Pakistan has done in the past. Thus far, the former cricket star has held firm in opposing Pakistan’s military dictatorship (known locally as the Establishment), despite the mental and physical torture being heaped on him, as well as on his family, friends and supporters. Thus far, the cricketing star has remained bruised, abused but unbowed from within his prison cell, much to the dismay of Chief of General Staff Asim Munir, who has methodically orchestrated the campaign designed to either break the spirit of resistance of Imran Khan or to destroy him politically, if not physically.