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Originally Posted by Edward64
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It was a rigged election. They locked up Khan on bogus charges and banned a large number of candidates. Violent assaults on political gatherings and making it really tough to vote in certain areas. Plus, there is a thing called a Form 45 which is essentially the results from each poling location that were put online and showed PTI winning a large majority of the seats.
The whole thing was a mess because Pakistani military didn't think Khan and PTI had a shot to win. Locking everyone up and spreading a ton of propaganda seemed to secure victory. But Khan and his party had a strong presence online and with younger people that they didn't expect. It's why after the results started leaking, they shutdown the internet. The Intercept did great reporting on it and got their hands on the Form 45s from election day showing Khan and PTI winning.
The United States supported and helped facilitate the coup. They are on the side of the Pakistani military, ISI, and the new dictator. Khan is pretty moderate and not really a bad guy for America, but it came down to Ukraine. America loves democracy so much that they have to install dictators in certain countries to preserve democracy in the white country that isn't even really a democracy anymore either. At some point they'll explain what the actual goal is here I'm sure (it's making defense companies money).