Pakistan Crisis: Pakistan is facing serious economic crisis The troubles of Pakistan are increasing at a faster pace than inflation. Pakistan is facing a serious situation almost like civil war with these two economic crisis.
On the one hand, where the prices of food items are skyrocketing in the country, on the other hand, supporters angry with the arrest of former Imran Khan have created vandalism all over the country. The situation is getting so bad that the governments of many countries have asked their citizens to leave Pakistan immediately.
Lakhs of supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the party of former cricketer and former PM Imran Khan, have gathered on the streets and are creating ruckus. They are carrying out acts of vandalism and arson at various places.
However, this is not the first time in Pakistan that a prime minister has gone to jail. Even before Imran Khan, many prime ministers have been sent behind bars.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has also been sent to jail. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 1973 to July 1977. He was arrested in September 1977 on charges of conspiracy to assassinate a political opponent in 1974.
Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy
Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy was the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan from September 1956 to October 1957. He refused to support the military coup of General Ayub Khan. He was then banned from politics through the Electoral Bodies Disqualification Order (EBDO) and was accused of violating it in July 1960. He was arrested in January 1962 on the false charge of “anti-state activities”.
benazir bhutto
Benazir Bhutto served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan twice, from December 1988 to August 1990 and from October 1993 to November 1996. During the dictatorship of Zia-ul-Haq from 1977 to 1988, she was an opposition leader. After her brother’s death in August 1985, she returned to Pakistan and was placed under house arrest for a period of 90 days.
In addition, he was arrested in 1986 for criticizing the government at a rally in Karachi on Independence Day in 1998. He was later assassinated during a suicide attack.
nawaz sharif
Nawaz Sharif became the Prime Minister of Pakistan thrice. Nawaz Sharif went into exile for ten years during the Pervez Musharraf government. Then when he returned to Pakistan, he was arrested. He was then sent to Saudi Arabia to serve the remainder of his exile.
Yusuf Raza
In 2008, an arrest warrant was issued against Yusuf Raza, the prime minister of the coalition government, in a corruption case. He was accused of transacting money in the name of fake companies. In the year 2012, he had to be removed from the post.
Imran Khan
Now Imran Khan’s name has also been added to this list. Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan was arrested on May 9, 2023. He has been arrested by NAB and Pak Rangers on charges of corruption.
