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It seems very little has worked for the coalition government and its very powerful backers in the real corridors of power cobbled up conspiratorially after the questionable February 8 elections to disintegrate the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) party or diminish the role of former prime minister Imran Khan in the chaotic politics of the country. The plan that the coalition government has attempted to implement is an old page from the well-trodden path of persecution, repression, and massive use of state power and constitutional institutions to harass, intimidate, imprison, and even enact infamous ‘disappearances’ of die-hard political workers, activists and some of the leaders of the party. The most obvious case is that of Imran Khan and his spouse, along with quite a few other prominent leaders against whom fresh cases are filed routinely if and when they get bail from any courts of law. Khan and his lawyers, one of whom was ‘kidnapped’ and released after months, claim that he has faced 150 criminal cases, including illegally possessing gifts given by foreign governments. Never has any opposition leader and their party faced as many cases and as much humiliating treatment in prison as the supporters of Khan claim he has. It was not the alleged changing of the results of the elections or denial of its party........

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