Attack on Imran Underscores Pakistan’s Deepening Crisis, with Political Class in Firing Line


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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was injured on Thursday when unidentified gunmen fired during one of his rallies. According to local media, shots were fired on the container-mounted-truck carrying the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief in the country’s Punjab province. Imran Khan was leading a protest march to Islamabad to demand snap elections. Mounting problems The attack further underscores the crippling political crisis that has gripped Pakistan in recent months against the backdrop of its mounting economic woes. Recently, the country’s election commission banned Imran Khan from contesting polls for five years for making false statements pertaining to the sale...