A charismatic 70-year-old retired cricketer with his leg in a cast poses one of the greatest challenges to the dominance of Pakistan’s military in decades.
Pakistan’s 500,000-strong armed forces have long played a decisive role at the heart of the country’s politics, intervening in everything from coups to behind-the-scenes string pulling in a system rarely questioned by civilian leaders.
But since a gunman pumped three bullets into him last week, former prime minister Imran Khan has become the biggest threat to this status quo in years — by implicating the military in the attempt on his life.
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