#Pakistan: Imran Khan challenges both the Shariff government and the Army. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute.
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#Pakistan: Imran Khan challenges both the Shariff government and the Army. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute.
https://www.local10.com/news/2023/05/15/pakistan-government-supporters-stage-rare-sit-in-protest-release-of-former-premier-imran-khan/
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| 0:20.5 | This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Batchler. |
| 0:25.9 | Pakistan government supporters stage rare sit-in protest at the release of former premier Imran Khan. |
| 0:33.3 | At the same time, we have news from Pakistan that the court is requesting requiring Imran Khan |
| 0:41.3 | to appear again in court after his release several hours passed, several days passed. |
| 0:47.2 | It's very confusing at this point, which is why I'm very pleased to have Hussein Akhani, |
| 0:53.2 | former ambassador from Pakistan to the United States. Now at the Hudson Institute, |
| 0:57.8 | an arch colleague Bill Rajyo of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, Long War Journal, |
| 1:03.2 | watching this region especially because what it means for the stability of the whole |
| 1:09.2 | of the subcontinent, but especially the darkness visible up Afghanistan. Mr. Ambassador, |
| 1:15.3 | the arrest, the release, the remarks by Imran Khan, I believe blaming the army as well as the |
| 1:22.8 | government, the court demanding Imran Khan appear again in court, and now protest by government |
| 1:29.7 | supporters following mass turnout of Khan supporters. This has been building for months. |
| 1:36.5 | As I understand it, it turns on allegations of wrongdoing that seem extremely minor having |
| 1:44.1 | to do with selling or obtaining gifts while he was a prime minister. What is your measure of the |
| 1:50.4 | overall story now? The government taking on Khan? Is this a fair match? Does Khan have the |
| 1:57.1 | skills to manage this? Good evening to you. Good evening. Well, we don't know who has what's |
| 2:02.6 | to manage? You believe the army managed things from behind the scenes, got the courts to fall in line, |
| 2:10.8 | and if they wanted somebody out of office, the person was removed, if they were legal proceeding |
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