Imran Khan

The Silence on Imran Khan

August 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, coup, Pakistan

by Craig Murray, published on Consortium News, August 9, 2023 Pakistan has imposed a media blackout over the deposed prime minister and thousands of new political prisoners incarcerated in appalling conditions. Condemnation in the U.K. and U.S. has been non-existent. Given the large population in the U.K. of Pakistani origin, the lack of serious media coverage of the overthrow and[…]

US-Backed Military Once Again Targets Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan

June 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Pakistan, Peoples' Movements, US Foreign Policy, World News Update

by Ahmed Adel, published on InfoBRICS, May 12, 2023 Imran Khan continues to be a threat to U.S. hegemony in West Asia. It was Khan who drove the U.S. drones out of Pakistan and it is Khan whose popular party teaches democracy to those who participate through every day practice. While the ruling class in Pakistan represents a local oligarchy,[…]

Pakistan Goes to Anarchy and Self-Destruction

May 17, 2023 UNAC Editor Pakistan, U.S. Aggression, US Government Action

by Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja, published on Countercurrents, May 11, 2023 Imran Khan was driven from office by a US backed coup just over a year ago. He was then arrested, but freed by the Supreme Court in Pakistan. The entire time, masses of Pakistani people have gone to the streets to contest his removal from power. The new powerful[…]

Indirect Colonialism: US Role in Pakistan’s Political Crisis

July 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Hybrid Warfare, Pakistan, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Abdul Jabbar, published on Multipolarista, April 25, 2022 In 2012 I joined a peace delegation to Pakistan to meet with Drone victims. The delegation was sponsored by Imran Khan and his PTI party. We were warmly welcomed at a party event, where we met some of the people. I remember there were elections within the party for various positions[…]

Imran Khan rewrites Pakistan’s political history

July 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, Democracy, Imperialism, Pakistan, Paths to Emancipation

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on The Cradle, July 18, 2022 It is an unsavoury proposition always, be it in India or Pakistan, when political power is usurped by fly-by-night operators who engineer defections from a ruling party, and an established government gets overthrown despite its mandate to govern. In India — so far, at least — such shenanigans leading to[…]

U.S. Role in Pakistan’s Political Crisis

April 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Neocolonialism, Pakistan, Political Analysis

by Abdul Jabbar, published on Countercurrents, April 17, 2022 Since I am originally from Pakistan and have been teaching interdisciplinary studies (including political science) at City College of San Francisco, I have been following the developments there with great interest and concern, both from professional and personal points of view. For brevity and clarity, I am itemizing my impressions as[…]