Can Pakistan’s Sohail Afridi win freedom for ex-PM Imran Khan?

Islamabad, Pakistan – On Wednesday, Sohail Afridi, the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, sat at the head of a long table in Peshawar, hands clasped in front of him, and opened the 59th meeting of his cabinet.He was dressed in black and leaned forward as he spoke. When he reached the sharpest lines of his address, his voice dropped and slowed rather than rose.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Source of anxiety’: Pakistan cracks down before march to free Imran Khanlist 2 of 4Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan’s family accuses gov’t of defying hospital orderlist 3 of 4Pakistan seals roads to Islamabad before protests for Imran Khan’s releaselist 4 of 4Imran Khan’s family says three sisters detained ahead of Islamabad marchend of listFor the past several days, he told his ministers, “plainclothes thugs” had been targeting his workers, officials and elected representatives from his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).Two of Afridi’s provincial ministers were targeted in a single week: One survived an assassination attempt and an abduction attempt. The other was ambushed near a motorway toll plaza and abducted. His whereabouts are still unknown.“Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...