Key Points
The former PM has been jailed for 10 years for making public a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan's ambassador in Washington in 2022, in what is commonly known as the cypher case.. Waving a piece of paper during a massive rally in March 2022 -- just a month before his ouster -- Imran Khan launched his first wholly against the army and accused it of being hand-in-glove with foreign powers..
Pakistans military kingmakers are using every trick at their disposal to sideline the nations most popular politician, and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party as well as his supports have also not been spared...
Following the May 9 riots, thousands of PTI workers have been arrested, dozens of party leaders have resigned following lengthy interrogations, and Khans name was banned from mainstream media...
However, with the party being banned from using the cricket bat, most PTI candidates have been forced to run as independents, each with their own specific poll symbol...
The hurdles facing Khan and the PTI stand in stark contrast to the lot dealt to Nawaz Sharif, three-time former PM, who was most recently ousted for corruption in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment..
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