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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Abid Hussain

How Pakistan’s Imran Khan is losing a remittance war against the government

Overseas Pakistanis have sent more than $3bn in remittances in January this year for the second consecutive month [File: Fareed Khan/AP Photo]

Islamabad, Pakistan – In December last year, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan issued an unlikely threat to the country’s government: After spending more than 15 months behind bars on what he called “politically motivated charges” and following multiple failed protests, he warned that he would launch a civil disobedience movement.

“As part of the movement, we will urge overseas Pakistanis to limit remittances and start a boycott campaign,” read a message posted on his account on X.

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