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Pakistan NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq suspends five security officials following arrest of Opposition lawmakers

September 11, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq. File | Photo Credit: X/@AyazSadiq122 Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) suspended five security officials following the arrest of Opposition lawmakers belonging to jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party from the Parliament building. Mr. Sadiq, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, took action…

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Pakistan at risk of parochialism, says former PM Imran Khan

August 31, 2024 admin

The former Pakistan PM said political parties could unite the nation, but it was ironic that the PTI which was the only party with a countrywide presence was “being weakened”. | Photo Credit: AP Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan is at risk of parochialism as political instability and terrorism have brought…

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“If anything happens to me, Army chief & DG ISI responsible,” says Imran Khan

August 27, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday (August 27, 2024) reiterated that the Army and the ISI are responsible for his condition and expressed fear for his life. Khan, 71, lodged at the Adiala Jail since last year, also blamed the current dispensation…

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Arrest Of Ex ISI Chief Faiz Hameed “Internal Issue” Of Pak Army: Imran Khan

August 13, 2024 admin

Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former premier on Tuesday termed the arrest of former ISI chief Faiz Hameed as an “internal issue” of the military and said that the army’s action against the former general has nothing to do with his party. Mr Hameed served as the director general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 2019 to 2021,…

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Toshakhana corruption case: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi’s remand extended by 11 days

August 9, 2024 admin

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “An accountability court has extended by 11 days the physical remand of jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the new Toshakhana corruption case,” media reports said on Friday (August 9, 2024.) The hearing, presided over by Accountability…

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Ex Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s Party To Hold Protests On Completion Of His 1 Year In Jail

July 28, 2024 admin

Imran Khan was arrested from his residence in Lahore on August 5 last year. (File) Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Sunday announced its plans to hold a countrywide protest next month on the completion of one year of the arrest of the party’s founder, demanding his immediate release and…

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Pak Ex PM Imran Khan Refuses To Undergo Polygraph Test Linked To May 9 Riots

July 24, 2024 admin

Imran Khan has been imprisoned at the high-security Adiala Jail (File) Lahore: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has refused to undergo polygraph and voice matching tests as part of an investigation by Lahore police in connection with a dozen cases related to the unprecedented May 9 riots last year. A 12-member forensic team…

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Jailed former PM Imran Khan refuses to undergo polygraph test linked to May 9 riots

July 24, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has refused to undergo polygraph and voice matching tests as part of an investigation by Lahore police in connection with a dozen cases related to the unprecedented May 9 riots last year. A 12-member forensic team reached Adiala…

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Caged Like Terrorist In Jail, Being Denied Basic Human Rights: Imran Khan

July 21, 2024 admin

Imran Khan faces over 200 cases and has been convicted in a few of them. (File) Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan has claimed that he is being caged like a “terrorist”, and was denied basic prisoner and human rights in a “death cell” at a high-security jail. The 71-year-old Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf party founder made…

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Imran Khan’s Party To Be Banned By Pakistan For Alleged Anti-State Activities

July 15, 2024 admin

Imran Khan had formed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 1996 (File) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf will be banned for its alleged involvement in anti-state activities, the government said Monday. “The government has decided that the federal government will move a case to ban the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf),” Information Minister Attaullah Tarar told…

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