Imran Khan the demolisher

There has always been a risk-taking edge to Imran Khan. Like him or hate him, it had to be someone like him to finally threaten to demolish the Establishment

Conspiracy theorising is a national obsession in Pakistan as is cricket punditry. Thursday’s failed attempt on the life of Imran Khan would confound the most consummated pundits of both: Political conspiracy and cricket.

Political conspiracy we understand, but why drag cricket into this, you might ask. We will explain that in just a bit. First the five things with this latest turn that do not fit with the usual military-political intrigues. As you may have noticed, we put the military ahead of politics invariably in Pakistan. The five issues:

*Political assassinations are routine in Pakistan and invariably the army is