Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)

Pakistan's peripheral regions – like Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – are highly strategic locations. They are also home to ethnic minorities who feel increasingly marginalized by the center.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Pakistani authorities to ensure a fully free and fair voting process.

He may be banned and his party in disarray, but Imran Khan will be an influential figure in Pakistan’s election.

The conviction of the popular former prime minister -- the third since 2022 -- comes a week ahead of parliamentary elections.

Amid the power struggle between the PML-N, PPP, and PTI, the only winner has been the military establishment. 

"One can't rule out anything in Pakistani politics, which are nothing if not unpredictable."

The ruling clears the way for Khan to participate in the next general elections – unless he is convicted in a retrial or any of the many other legal cases against him.

Khan missed the chance to make his support base democratic and republican – and thereby transform himself into a true political force to reckon with.

Since his sentencing Saturday, Khan has renewed his call for mass protests, but has failed to gain traction among his supporters.

The Pakistani military supported and nurtured Imran Khan, but later realized it was a failed experiment. 

There is a powerful surge of public anger against the military's political interference. But Pakistan's civilian politicians are too caught up in their personal feuds to capitalize on the movement.

His supporters’ attacks on army installations set a dangerous precedent and will further erode the military’s support for the former PM and his party.

The last year has been been a microcosm of Pakistan’s seven decades of dysfunction, now culminating in ambiguity over the most fundamental of democratic exercises: holding an election. 

Khan will be able to avoid arrest until at least March 27 amid accusations that he incited supporters to violence in last week’s clashes with police.

The government is unhappy with President Alvi’s announcement and the Supreme Court directive to hold elections for two provincial assemblies in a few months.

The former prime minister's party has been accused of trying to force early elections by creating political chaos.

The PTI chief is unwilling to talk to the civilian government and wants the generals to mediate in the crisis to deliver his demands.

"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?"

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.

With his party’s victory in the Punjab by-elections, he is pushing for early general elections. Will his opponents in the civilian and military establishment concede his demand?

Could the Pakistani prime minister appoint a new army chief to turn the political tide in his favor?

Recent mutinies within Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party could tip the scales against him, resulting in his ouster.

The rally has come close on the heels of the opposition submitting a no-confidence motion against the government in parliament.

Imran’s Khan’s tirade against the U.S. comes at a time when he is facing serious political challenges at home.