All eyes are on Imran Khan.

It is quite remarkable how, whenever he has a chance, Khan makes everything about himself. It is even more remarkable that everyone also makes everything about him.

The more the system tries to pretend it is ignoring him, and the more it insists that he has lost relevance, the more he – strangely enough – continues to be the frame of reference for all matters political.

Take Gen Faiz, for instance.

Since his conviction this week, the question echoing across the land is not what happens to him – that is of secondary concern – the real question is: what happens to Khan. The tantalisingly dangerous last paragraph of the ISPR press release announcing Gen Faiz's sentencing has hinted clearly enough that the former DG ISI's role in the May 9 riots is a matter unde

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