A year on from 9th May 2023, we look back at the past year, from PTI being relaunched in 2011 to the 2014 Dharna, the 2017 movement against democracy, the 2018 Elections, the Hybrid Regime and the ouster of Imran Khan, we look at how the Military Establishment made in roads in Pakistan and the space for free media, democracy and civilian supremacy shrunk in Pakistan.

Was Imran Khan the spokesperson for the Military Establishment?

Was PTI a project of the ISI?

Was 9th May a False Flag Operation?

Find out this and more on this episode of The Pakistan Experience

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Chapters:

0:00 9th May one year on

1:00 Launch of PTI and the 22 year struggle of Imran Khan

8:45 Charter of Democracy and Relaunch of Imran Khan

16:20 2013 Elections, Hamid Mir and Restricting the space for Media

23:00 2014 Dharna and receding space for Democracy in Pakistan

27:00 The 2018 Elections and Movement against the Parliament

43:00 What was Imran Khan removed in 2022?

47:00 PTI's narrative of corruption and personal animosity

53:00 PTI and General Bajwa after April 2022 - Intra-Establishment Conflict

56:30 Cases against Imran Khan

1:00:50 9th May

1:16:00 Post Imran Khan World