Pakistan 2024: Troubled ties with neighbours, economic woes and a problem called Khan

Imran Khan was arrested in August 2023 after his conviction in a case of corruption and has remained behind bars since then. Contrary to expectations, his popularity swelled in 2024, proving right his words — uttered before he was ousted as PM in 2022 after losing a trust vote in Parliament —  that he would be “more dangerous when out of power.”