New Delhi: A developing outcry over the reported mistreatment of incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan may prove to be the proverbial last straw that broke the camel’s back for a country already facing multiple uprisings and a dwindling coffer.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bordering Afghanistan, is already witnessing tribal unrest and alleged terror attacks. People in adjoining areas, like Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Balochistan, are up in arms, asking for basic facilities, protesting repression, even seeking secession.

Adding to its woes, the militia that Islamabad gave birth to fight former Soviet forces in Afghanistan has taken control of Kabul and has refused to bow to any browbeating, answering every Pakistani attack with its own.

The Pakistan-Afghan border remains volat

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