Yet the final days of Imran Khan’s political career tell a contrasting tale.
Khan’s supporters – some armed with sticks and stones – marched through cities, chanting slogans against the ruling dispensation.
To his supporters, Khan was seen as a political martyr, someone they had vowed to defend till the very end.
Analysts say Khan’s arrest following a yearlong showdown with the military sends a pointed message to the former prime minister and his supporters.
“Imran Khan’s political will wasn’t strong enough to begin with from what we saw.
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