Pakistan: Defectors of Imran Khan’s PTI Launch New Political Party

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In a setback to Pakistan’s beleaguered former prime minister Imran Khan, scores of disgruntled leaders on Thursday launched a new political party – believed to be backed by the powerful military – to fight the general elections likely to be held in October. Sugar baron and Khan’s old friend Jahangir Khan Tareen, who is leading the group of leaders who quit the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: party in the wake of May 9 attacks on military installations, announced the launch of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) during a press conference in Lahore. “We are laying the foundation of a new political party –...