Bushra Khan, Imran Khan’s wife, marches on Pakistan’s capital
Although her protest didn’t free him, it perhaps launched her political career
It was billed as a “do or die” protest. On November 26th Bushra Khan, wife of Imran Khan, a jailed former Pakistani prime minister, rode into the capital, Islamabad, on a shipping container, vowing to set her husband free. “I will be the last woman to leave here and I will not leave without [him],” Mrs Khan (pictured) told thousands of cheering supporters. By midnight her triumphant entry had collapsed into chaos. Police and paramilitaries violently cleared the city centre. Mrs Khan decamped to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in the north. She has not been heard of or seen in public since the protest.
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Spousal support”
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