ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani authorities suspended mobile internet services in the capital Islamabad and the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday, ahead of a planned protest rally by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Police blocked all entry points to Islamabad from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa p...
Islamabad, Pakistan – AFP Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan gathered in Islamabad on Sunday despite authorities’ attempts to block the protesters’ main routes into the capital, AFP journalists noted. The demonstration, led by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, is the ...
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is currently serving a prison sentence, is aiming for a prestigious new role — Chancellor of Oxford University. Despite being incarcerated for more than a year on charges he says are politically motivated, Khan is reported to have submitted his application for the position. The chancellor role is...
The Pakistan Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in illegal marriage case. They were accused of marrying before the mandatory three-month waiting period after Bibi’s divorce. Khan’s lawyer celebrated the decision on social media. The couple had been sentenced to s...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s government seeks to ban the party of jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan, and try him along with former President Arif Alvi for treason, the information minister said on Monday, a move likely to further deepen an ongoing political crisis in the South Asian country. Addressing a news conference in...
The UN’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has criticized the prosecution of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. The group says it lacks legal grounds and is politically driven. The charges relate to alleged concealment of gifts from the Toshakhana during his tenure as prime minister, as well as undervalued jewelry. The Toshakhana ...
In a 368-7 vote on Wednesday, the House of Representatives called for an impartial investigation into election manipulation in Pakistan. The resolution calls for a “full and independent investigation of claims of interference or irregularities in Pakistan’s February 2024 election.” The issue was most forcefully raised by former Prime Minister ...
Pakistan’s Islamabad High Court has acquitted former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the verdict on Monday. This was after accepting the appeals of the former premier and diplomat against their convictio...
Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu on Wednesday described allegations against him by former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan as a “conspiracy theory, lie and complete falsehood”. Speaking before a subcommittee of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, he said the allegations over the last two years have led to regular death threats ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Independent candidates backed by Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan have joined a little known party to gain reserve seats in parliament. The candidates claim they have the numbers needed to form a government days after elections in the South Asian nation resulted in a hung parliament. Nearly 100 ne...
