The manner in which Imran Khan has been treated over the past year has reached a point where every verdict against him, regardless of its legal soundness, is bound to be viewed with suspicion. The latest conviction in the Toshakhana-2 case is no exception. Even if the judgment rests on merit, the circumstances surrounding it and the sequence of events that preceded it ensure that its credibility will remain contested in the court of public opinion.

Context matters, procedure matters........

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