ISLAMABAD / KARACHI (AA) – A Pakistani court has indicted jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case related to the attack on army headquarters last year. Khan, and around 100 workers and leaders of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, pleaded not guilty. According to the prosecution, hundreds of PTI supporters stormed the ar...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Calm returned to the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Thursday as supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to their homes after a security operation by the government. Businesses and roads inside and outside the capital reopened after Islamabad remained under lockdown for at least four days. However, ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US State Department has urged Pakistani authorities to “respect human rights” and has called on protestors to “demonstrate peacefully” as opposition protestors took to the streets. During a press briefing, Spokesman Matthew Miller said the US supports freedom of expression, peaceful assembly ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani authorities have released Bushra Bibi, the wife of imprisoned opposition figurehead Imran Khan from jail, a day after a court in Islamabad granted her bail in a case involving the purchase and illegal sale of state gifts. “Bushra Bibi has been released from Adiala Jail” in Rawalpindi, Sardar Muhammad Masr...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – More than 60 lawmakers have urged President Joe Biden to pressure Pakistan to release all political prisoners, including former Prime Minister Imran Khan. In a detailed letter addressed to Biden on Wednesday, the lawmakers expressed concerns over human rights situation in the South Asian country and said the elections he...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s parliament passed legislation Sunday to regulate the country’s judicial system in a step that critics warn will “damage” the country’s constitution. The legislation, titled the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2024, sailed through both the upper Senate and lower National...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani authorities clamped down on protesters Friday as the main opposition party held rallies across the country. Tens of thousands of supporters of the incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan protested in cities across Pakistan, including Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar. Videos on social media showed police using...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s incarcerated ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is out of the race for the office of the chancellor of the Oxford University, according to a list of candidates. The university released the names of 38 candidates in the run, but Khan is not among them. The list includes several high-profile figures, inc...
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...
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...
