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Pakistani games

The announcement over the weekend that Pakistan’s National Assembly would be dissolved on 9 August ~ with fresh elections to be held within a maximum of 90 days thereafter ~ followed a day later by news of the conviction and arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has set the political stage in a country where democracy has often been seen to stutter, and the Army has cast a long shadow on the poll process.

Under attack

Once again, Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has been rocked by violence, with a suicide bombing attack having already claimed 42 lives, and with the death toll likely to mount. The attack occurred at a political meeting organised by the Jamait-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, a political party that seeks Islamic rule in the country, but one that has opted to be a part of the democratic process in order to achieve its ends.