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Why Pakistan army is targeting Imran Khan’s party

Pakistan’s powerful military is cracking down on the party founded by ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan, weeks after his supporters took to the streets to protest the politician’s arrest. These protests snowballed into deadly riots targeting military installations across the country, and now the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party is in shambles.

Thousands of party workers and activists have been thrown in jail. More than 100 top PTI figures have defected. Rights groups decried the intimidation of sympathetic journalists last week after several overseas commentators were charged

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