On Tuesday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged parliament to take action against former Prime Minister Imran Khan over accusations that his party was involved in violence. The clashes occurred after Khan’s supporters prevented police and paramilitary forces from detaining him over allegations of unlawfully selling state gifts during his tenure as premier. Sharif did not specify the action he wanted parliament to take against Khan, but some of his ministers have called for a ban on Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Sharif’s coalition government alleges that Khan’s supporters had Islamist militants among them. The clashes have brought political instability to the country, which is already facing an economic crisis. If convicted in any case, Khan could be disqualified from the next election scheduled for November.
