The Pakistani government of Nawaz Sharif's brother (installed after Nawaz stepped down, due to Panama Papers allegations of offshore money) just had an urban confrontation with some of the religious parties, and it lost. Election candidates in Pakistan must swear that Muhammad is the final prophet, and the religious parties were up in arms about a legislative amendment weakening the oath's significance.
It was like the religious agitation in Indonesia earlier this year, in which President Widodo's successor as mayor of Jakarta, "Ahok", widely tipped to follow him to the presidency, instead ended up in jail for blasphemy. My theory for Pakistan is that the army (the real kingmakers there) deliberately used the crisis to weaken the current government, and further paved the way for their favorite, Imran Khan, to eventually take over.
Elsewhere, another Sharif - retired general Raheel Sharif (no relation to Nawaz) - was in Saudi Arabia, in his capacity as commander of Prince Muhammad's Islamic Military Alliance. "bint chaos" has a few posts about the ongoing Saudi revolution.
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