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...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s three mainstream political parties are still struggling to finalize talks to form a government following the high-stake February 8 general elections. Although a coalition led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has higher chances of forming a new government for a five-year term after amassing the sup...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – As Pakistan’s three mainstream political forces rush to stitch together coalitions after the February 8 general elections, smaller parties find themselves playing an unexpected make-or-break role in the formation of the next government. Several regional and religio-political parties with a few seats between them ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Candidates, mostly linked to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party, won the most seats as Pakistan’s election commission announced on Sunday final results of the Feb. 8 general elections. The independents got 101 seats, followed by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim Lea...
