Soaring political mercury

The crackdown on PTI supporters staging a sit-in outside Adiala Jail on Tuesday night is not acceptable under any tenants of democracy and civil society. The use of water cannons on peaceful activists in the chilling winter is quite inhumane. It has led to rise of political mercury which is unnerving for the harmony of an already divisive society, as it comes at the cost of heightened bickering and instability.

The PTI's demand for an audience with its jailed leader, Imran Khan, is logical and lawful in........

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