Pakistan must release political prisoners and hold fresh elections

Imran Khan's jailing has created chaos in nation already hit by economic disarray

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A supporter of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party reacts as he attends a rally demanding Khan's release in Swabi, Pakistan, on Nov. 9. © Reuters

Farhan Bokhari is an Islamabad-based foreign correspondent who writes on Pakistan and its surrounding region.

In the days since Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan ordered his followers to march on the country's capital on Nov. 24, life across Islamabad has come to a virtual halt.

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