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Humari news
By Usama Abbasi
Much has been written about Imran Khan’s Lahore rally and its impact on Pakistan’s politics. The impressive public gathering has animated a lively debate about whether the cricketer-turned politician can convert a visible groundswell of support into a serious challenge to the country’s major political parties and emerge as a credible ‘third force’.
The dismissive tone adopted by Imran’s political opponents only revealed how rattled they were by his Lahore show. In fact, the Lahore rally seemed to crystallise deeper shifts in the public mood that have been underway for some time. Three trends are noteworthy and help to explain why Imran is receiving greater public traction now than in the past. The first and most obvious is growing public disenchantment...
