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#Pakistan: Former PM Nawaz Sharif Reawakened by the Army; Former PM Imran Khan is dozing in jail. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

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#Pakistan: Former PM Nawaz Sharif Reawakened by the Army; Former PM Imran Khan is dozing in jail. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/01/16/a-former-ambassador-argues-that-pakistan-needs-a-new-political-compact

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at The Economist magazine about the election cycle now underway in Pakistan.

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The election has scheduled general election for February 8th.

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Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister, remains detained, and his party is disappointing in many instances it's being either blocked or challenged by the ruling

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parties. The ruling parties all come together around one man.

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Nawaz Sharif, a former Prime Minister who was dislodged for Imran Khan's

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Premiership.

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Nawaz Sharif has now returned from exile and is in good odor with the Pakistani military.

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The Pakistani military most recently in the news for responding to a strike by Iran into

1:31.3

sovereign Pakistan territory.

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So Mr. Ambassador, your economist piece, written before the exchange, so I ask immediately,

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does the missile exchange in any way change the direction of this of this election does it give

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a and vanished Imran Khan speeches does it give an advantage to no was

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Sharif well first of all all advantages right now are accruing to nova

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Sharif and this is an event that is totally not a central point in Pakistan's domestic politics.

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So no, I don't think the missile strike affects

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