Pakistani courts have handed life imprisonment to several supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan for their role in violent attacks on military and state installations, delivering one of the toughest judicial responses to the unrest that followed Khan’s arrest in May 2023. The rulings, issued this week by anti-terrorism courts, reflect the state’s hardening stance against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members accused of orchestrating and executing coordinated violence.