Imran Khan, the IMF and the army: Taimur Rahman on Pakistan’s devastating troika

Taimur Rehman, general secretary of Pakistan’s Mazdoor Kisan Party (MKP) talks about the neoliberal crisis under the rule of prime minister Imran Khan, and the implications of the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.

May 24, 2019 by Peoples Dispatch

In part one of an interview with Peoples Dispatch, general secretary of Pakistan’s Mazdoor Kisan Party (MKP) Taimur Rehman talks about the neoliberal crisis under the rule of prime minister Imran Khan, and the implications of the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. He also explains the nature of the Pakistani state and the role of the military establishment in the country’s domestic politics.