'I am isolated because all my top leadership was arrested': Pakistan's Imran Khan
france24.comDozens of Khan's supporters who are suspected of attacking army installations during protests that followed his arrest have been handed over to the Pakistani military for trials.
This "new tactic (...) of military courts basically means the end of our democracy," Khan said. He denounced an "unprecedented crackdown" by a government "desperate to dismantle" his party, comparing it to Adolf Hitler using the 1933 fire of the Reichstag in Berlin to go after his enemies.
Khan said he had offered to form a committee to dialogue with the authorities and that he was ready to step aside if this could help.
But he offered little hope that this would succeed. After demanding early elections for months, he indicated that he was now willing to accept that federal elections be held as scheduled in October.
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