2022-08-23 11:59:47

Tariq Ali: Terrorism Charges Against Pakistan's Former PM Imran Khan Are "Truly Grotesque"

Democracy Now! speaks to the Pakistani British historian and writer Tariq Ali about new anti-terrorism charges brought against former Prime Minister Imran Khan after he spoke out against the country's police and a judge who presided over the arrest of one of his aides. His rivals have pressed for severe charges against Khan to keep him out of the next elections as his popularity grows across the country, says Ali. Ali also discusses devastating floods in Pakistan, which have killed nearly 800 people over the past two months, and have never happened "on this scale."

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