Pakistan politics

One of Khan's supporters was killed and 13 others, including two lawmakers, were wounded in the attack.

The entirety of Pakistan’s politics, including its conflicts and paradoxes, is wrapped up in the question of who the next chief of army staff will be.

The former prime minister is ramping up the pressure on the government that replaced him, demanding early elections.

Khan will lose his National Assembly seat and has been disallowed from holding public office for five years.

But Khan is on a road to nowhere as his push for early general elections is unlikely to materialize and winning power remains a distant dream.

The former PM does not want to weaken the momentum his campaign has built up against his political foes.

"I will soon give you a call for a march on Islamabad," Khan told a cheering crowd this week in Peshawar, then asked: "Are you ready for it?"

Pakistan’s former PM is confident that free and fair polls would bring him back to power.

The Sharif family’s political fate hinges on whether they can overcome a split between backers of brothers Nawaz and Shehbaz – and convince supporters their alignment with the military is not a betrayal.

A conviction against Khan, who is to appear before the Islamabad High Court on August 31, would mean disqualification from politics for life.

Pakistan’s own economic crisis has sparked worried comparisons to the disaster unfolding in nearby Sri Lanka.