“Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, was charged under the country’s antiterrorism act yesterday, in a drastic escalation of the tense power struggle between the country’s current government and its former leader that threatens to set off a fresh round of public unrest and turmoil,” the New York Times reports.
Ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Charged Under Terrorism Act
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