President Arif Alvi and then-Prime Minister Imran Khan watch the Pakistan Air Force fighter planes perform at the Pakistan Day parade in 2022. Imran Khan was regarded for many years by Pakistan's military establishment as the nation's salvation. But according to novelist and journalist Mohammed Hanif, after just a year in exile, he already threatens to turn into their arch-enemy, and the military is employing all of its resources to protect itself from Khan's anger. Pakistan appears to have reached a halt as Imran Khan and his party deal with a widespread crackdown. Even though the country is experiencing devastating inflation, the hottest summer in recorded history, and frequent power outages, the whole nation is preoccupied with what Khan will do next and what His fans said that Khan was their "red line" when he was overthrown more than a year ago and that if he was detained, the nation would burn. On May 9, a group of paramilitary soldiers finally succeeded where others had failed. Although the nation didn't completely burn, Khan's supporters attacked military garrisons. General Headquarters (GHQ), the army's command centre and likely the safest location in Pakistan, was invaded, and signs with military insignia were destroyed. Ransacking of a senior general's home in Lahore was shown on film by Khan's fans as they set fire to his possessions, including cars and furniture. A protester made off with the general's uniform, while another stole his pet peacock. Although it appeared to be a revolution, it wasn't. The army once liked Imran Khan, later spurned him, and now his followers are making amends. It was more of a lovers' quarrel than a revolution. Every prime minister eventually has disagreements with the Pakistani army; it's almost like a rite of passage. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the nation's first elected prime leader, was executed; his daughter Benazir Bhutto was twice removed from her position as prime minister; and the suicide bombing murder of the latter by a juvenile bomber was never thoroughly probed. Nawaz Sharif was fired, imprisoned, and banished before returning to exile where he now reigns by proxy through his younger brother Shehbaz but is unable to leave the country. Following Imran Khan's incarceration, his followers took action that had never previously been taken by a major political party. They attacked the cantonment regions and showed the populace how Pakistani generals live rather than heading to the streets to protest: large estates with swimming pools and expansive lawns with peacocks roaming