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...Raoof Hasan, a PTI leader, said that dozens of “seats have been tampered with”....
...Hasan Askari Rizvi, a commentator on national affairs, said Khan’s latest conviction was “a political case that has produced a political verdict”....
...“There was unprecedented turnout,” Raoof Hasan, a senior PTI member, told journalists on Friday. The former prime minister’s opponents “misread Khan’s resilience, his resolve, his determination . . ....
...“The Election Commission and the caretaker government, with the army’s backing, are openly making it difficult for any sympathiser of the PTI to conduct their election campaign,” says Hasan Askari Rizvi,...
...Officials must be seen to be working “in a fair and transparent manner” if they hope to encourage compliance to meet its collection targets, said Abid Hasan, a former World Bank adviser in Islamabad....
...Hasan Askari Rizvi, the author of multiple books about Pakistan’s military, said anti-army vandalism was fuelled by the popular belief the generals sided with Sharif....
...“We have an economic structure which is globally uncompetitive,” said Abid Hasan, a former World Bank economist. “Some of it will have to be dismantled . . . You will require huge consensus....
...Sharif said the IMF deal would strengthen his government’s hand against arch-rival Imran Khan, a former cricketer and prime minister who was ousted by parliament last year but is widely seen as the most...
...National elections are due by October, and Sharif is expected to face a tough race against the opposition leader and former prime minister Imran Khan....
...Gas will result in a “never-ending transition”, says Hasan Mehedi, an activist with Bangladesh’s Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network, arguing that the country should prioritise leapfrogging...
...“You are set to see only chaos and incoherence in Pakistani politics,” said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst. Additional reporting by Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad...
...“As Pakistan’s political divide has sharpened over time, Pakistan’s political rivals have increased their hatred against each other,” said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst....
...It’s simply not clear what the way out is,” said Abid Hasan, a former adviser to the World Bank....
...But Hasan Askari Rizvi, a commentator on national affairs, said Munir would be under pressure to counter the view the military meddled in civilian politics....
...“It is imperative that Pakistan is at peace with its neighbours,” said Raoof Hasan, special assistant to Khan. “Economic security is vital.”...
...Hasan Askari Rizvi, a political commentator, said that alleged corruption in politics was “a widespread problem in Pakistan.”...
...“This result has demonstrated the political cost of adopting painful measures at such a difficult time,” said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a political commentator....
...The government “is fooling the country”, said Zubair Khan, a former Pakistani commerce minister and IMF official, who argued Pakistan was closer to running out of reserves than officials acknowledged....
...If I were an investor in this country, I would think twice,” said Ashfaque Hasan Khan, a former member of the PTI government’s economic advisory council....
...Hasan Askari Rizvi, a former chief minister of Punjab, said Khan appeared to be aiming to win support across Pakistan’s political heartland, particularly among hardcore nationalists....
...Khan this week called for early elections and on Wednesday said Pakistan was teetering towards an “economic collapse”....
...Blaming the US could play well for Khan, said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a former chief minister of Punjab....
...Hasan Askari Rizvi, a former chief minister of Punjab and political commentator, says Khan faces his biggest political test to date....
...“He was sidelined after the controversy erupted,” Hasan Askari Rizvi, a national security scholar, told the FT. “But he continued to be seen as a national hero....
...Prime Minister Imran Khan declared that Afghans had “broken the shackles of slavery”....
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