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Pak Court Jails 51 Imran Khan Supporters For 5 Years Over May 9 Violence

March 30, 2024 admin

The convicts include Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmaker Kaleemullah Khan. (Representational) Lahore: A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted 51 supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan for five years of rigorous imprisonment on two counts for their involvement in attacking key military installations last year. In May last year, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters had allegedly attacked…

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Imran Khan sentenced in cipher case to appease a foreign power: Lawyer

March 29, 2024 admin

A file photo of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan | Photo Credit: Reuters Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s lawyer, while pointing out loopholes in a trial court’s verdict in the diplomatic cipher case, has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder and former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were sentenced in the case simply…

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President Asif Ali Zardari urges political parties to unite to tackle challenges faced by Pakistan

March 23, 2024 admin

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on March 23 urged all political parties to set aside their differences to tackle the multiple problems faced by the cash-strapped country amidst increasing political polarisation and a spike in terror attacks. Mr. Zardari was addressing the 84th Pakistan Day celebrations and Army parade held at the Parade Ground area…

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Pakistan Court Acquits Imran Khan In 2 Vandalism Cases

March 19, 2024 admin

The judge inquired whether Imran had been acquitted in cases before (File) Islamabad: In a relief to former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, a judicial magistrate in Islamabad on Tuesday acquitted him in two long march vandalism cases, The Express Tribune reported. On May 27, 2022, the Islamabad police filed separate cases against 150 people,…

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Imran Khan demands high treason proceedings against Pak poll mandate thieves

March 17, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has sought high treason proceedings against officials who allegedly stole his party’s mandate in the February general elections and allowed the rival PML-N and the PPP to form a coalition government. Mr. Khan’s remarks came as he spoke to reporters on Saturday after the hearing of the Al-Qadir…

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Imran Khan Amid Poll Rigging Allegations In Pak

March 17, 2024 admin

Islamabad: Incarcerated former premier Imran Khan has said that if there had been electronic voting machines (EVM) in the election, all the rigging issues would have been solved in an hour, Dawn reported. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder made the remarks during a conversation with journalists at the Adiala jail after hearing of the Al-Qadir Trust…

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Want Those Involved In May 9 Violence To Be Punished, Says Imran Khan

March 6, 2024 admin

Imran Khan also reportedly said that “no one in our party is against the army” (File) Islamabad: In an apparent bid to mend fences with the powerful military, Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan on Wednesday said that he supported the army’s demand to punish those involved in the violence on May 9 last year….

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Imran Khan’s party announces nationwide protests on March 10 against ‘stealing’ of mandate

March 5, 2024 admin

Supporters of Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Imran Khan chant slogans during a protest against the Pakistan Election Commission, in Karachi, Pakistan, on March 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on March 5 announced that it will launch nationwide protests on March 10 against the “stealing”…

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Mahmood Khan Achakzai nominated by Imran Khan as Pakistan presidential candidate against Asif Ali Zardari

March 2, 2024 admin

Mahmood Khan Achakzai, center, Pakistan’s newly elected lawmaker from Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party | Photo Credit: AP The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) backed by Imran Khan’s party on Saturday named the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai as their presidential candidate against Asif Ali Zardari, the joint nominee of the PML-N and the…

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Amid Poll Rigging Allegations, Pak’s Newly Elected Parliament Takes Oath

February 29, 2024 admin

Parliamentarians began arriving at the 336-seat National Assembly in Islamabad. Islamabad: Lawmakers were sworn in during the first sitting of Pakistan’s new parliament Thursday, three weeks after an election marred by widespread allegations of rigging. Pakistan’s February 8 poll took place with ex-prime minister Imran Khan jailed and barred from running, and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…

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