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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday (November 29, 2024) announced the formation of a task force, to be led by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, to identify the perpetrators of chaos during a protest by jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party earlier in the week….
Pakistan police said Wednesday they had arrested nearly 1,000 protesters who marched on the capital demanding the release of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan, after crowds were evicted from the city centre in a sweeping security crackdown. Imran Khan has been jailed since August 2023, sidelined by dozens of legal cases he claims were confected…
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Pakistan’s army has been ordered to “shoot on sight” after clashes with demonstrators killed four soldiers and at least one protester, according to reports. The violence erupted when protesters demanding the release of Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan entered the capital Islamabad late Monday, defying efforts by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government to stifle…
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London: The ex-wife of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday called for his immediate release, citing “serious and concerning” reports about his treatment in prison. Jemima Goldsmith said the Pakistani authorities had stopped all visits to him by his family and lawyers, postponed court hearings, and prevented him calling his two sons since…
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Lahore: Pakistan’s Punjab government on Monday banned jailed former premier Imran Khan from meeting his family members, lawyers and party leaders till October 18 due to “security concerns”, amidst his party staging anti-government protests in several cities. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Khan has been lodged in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail in multiple cases since August 2023….
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A supporter of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), throws back a tear gas shell during an anti-government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday (October 5, 2024). | Photo Credit: Reuters The law and order situation in the Pakistani capital remained tense for the second consecutive day on Sunday…
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Tense situation prevailed in Islamabad amid Army deployment when supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan made it to D-Chowk in the heart of the capital to register a symbolic victory. In Islamabad and Lahore, there were clashes between Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters and policemen. In Lahore, the party workers tried to march towards…
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Islamabad: Pakistan’s capital was locked down on Saturday, swarmed by security forces with mobile internet cut as supporters of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan attempted to seize the streets in protest. Khan was barred from standing in the February elections that were marred by allegations of rigging, and sidelined by dozens of legal cases. But…
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Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: AP An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Monday (September 16, 2024) ordered the immediate release of all the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) lawmakers arrested from the Parliament House following the party’s power show on September 8 in Islamabad. “Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain heard the bail pleas and granted…
The 10 MPs from the jailed ex-PM’s party were remanded in custody on Tuesday. Islamabad, Pakistan: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan granted bail on Monday to 10 MPs from former prime minister Imran Khan’s party, an AFP journalist witnessed. At least 30 people from the jailed ex-PM’s party, including the 10 MPs, were remanded in…
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