Even if PM Nawaz Sharif survives the current crisis, his government will be permanently weakened.
![Imran Khan's 'freedom march' entered Pakistan's capital on April 15 [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014828161830461734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Raza Rumi is an author, consulting editor for The Friday Times, Pakistan and a policy analyst. He is also the author of "Delhi by Heart" (Harper Collins, 2013).
Even if PM Nawaz Sharif survives the current crisis, his government will be permanently weakened.
![Imran Khan's 'freedom march' entered Pakistan's capital on April 15 [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014828161830461734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Tensions rise in Pakistan, as the country braces for protests.
![Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, led an anti-government march to Islamabad [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014814143013291734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Pakistan’s blasphemy law is used to fuel violence and death.
![Human rights lawyer Rashid Rehman was killed for defending a man accused of blasphemy [EPA]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/201451710923185734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)