LAHORE -- The street leading to Imran Khan's house, near Lahore's famous Canal Road, is barricaded by Punjab police checking documents. Next comes two layers of Khan's own private security detail, sporting shirts of the Special Services Group -- the commando force of the Pakistan army.
Khan, the once and possibly future prime minister of Pakistan, may be the most guarded private citizen in the country, as his supporters seek to protect him and the government seeks to isolate him. His house, which he now rarely leaves except for court appearances, is a palatial, white, two-story mansion dating from the era of Lahore's elite Hindu families, during the British Raj almost a century ago.
