Happymon Jacob talks to professor Farzana Shaikh (associate fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London) about Imran Khan's ascension to prime ministership, his domestic and foreign policy, the role of Islam in Pakistan's democratic set up, role of Pakistan's military in its relations with India and what CPEC means for Pakistan. Dr Shaikh is the author of Community and Consensus in Islam (1989, 2012) and Making Sense of Pakistan (2009, 2018).

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