The last thing you would expect to find inside Imran Khan's ancestral Mianwali home

Published June 26, 2018
— Murtaza Syed
— Murtaza Syed
— Murtaza Syed
— Murtaza Syed
— Murtaza Syed
— Murtaza Syed
— Murtaza Syed
— Murtaza Syed

Mian Nawaz Sharif is to Imran Khan what any antagonist ever is to any protagonist (or vice versa depending on what your opinion is of each).

Knowing that, one does not expect the walls inside Khan's ancestral Mianwali home to proudly exhibit photos of the Sharifs. Yet this is exactly what Dawn found on a recent tour of ‘Azeem Manzil’.

Photo courtesy — Murtaza Syed
Photo courtesy — Murtaza Syed

Photo courtesy — Murtaza Syed
Photo courtesy — Murtaza Syed

Photo courtesy — Murtaza Syed
Photo courtesy — Murtaza Syed

Photo courtesy — Murtaza Syed
Photo courtesy — Murtaza Syed

There is an explanation for this peculiarity.

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