In this episode, Uzair talks to Zahid Hussain about the latest in Pakistan, where the Sharif government has announced it will seek to ban Imran Khan’s PTI. This is a dangerous move and Zahid helps us understand why this reflects the ruling regime’s weakness.

We also talked about internal politics within the Pakistan Army and why this confrontation is headed in a very dangerous direction for Pakistan.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:45 PTI ban reasons

14:05 Surveillance in Pakistan

19:20 Supreme Court v. Establishment

28:30 Internal politics of the army

37:00 What comes next?