{"id":54999,"date":"2023-05-10T23:41:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/commentisfree\/2023\/may\/10\/imran-khan-pakistan-arrest-army"},"modified":"2023-05-10T23:41:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:41:53","slug":"its-no-wonder-that-many-in-pakistan-now-fear-for-the-fate-of-imran-khan-farzana-shaikh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=54999","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s no wonder that many in Pakistan now fear for the fate of Imran Khan | Farzana Shaikh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The arrest of the former PM is yet another chapter in the conflict between the country\u2019s all-powerful army and political class<\/p>\n<p>The arrest of former prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/imran-khan\">Imran Khan<\/a> on charges of corruption has sent shock waves throughout Pakistan and the wider world, raising the prospect of an imminent disintegration of the country\u2019s fragile social and political fabric.<\/p>\n<p>For many, however, it also speaks to a well-established tradition: the incarceration of political leaders who fall foul of the country\u2019s all-powerful military.<\/p>\n<p>Farzana Shaikh is associate fellow in the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/commentisfree\/2023\/may\/10\/imran-khan-pakistan-arrest-army\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrest of the former PM is yet another chapter in the conflict between the country\u2019s all-powerful army and political classThe arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of corruption has sent shock waves throughout Pakistan and the wider&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[359,60,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imran-khan","category-pakistan","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55000,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54999\/revisions\/55000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}