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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, right, and his wife Bushra Bibi in Lahore in July 2023. File | Photo Credit: AP A Pakistani court has extended the interim bail of former premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the May 9 cases and five other matters. The court also directed that the…
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A Pakistani court Saturday (January 25, 2025) sentenced four people to death for blasphemy, allegedly because they posted sacrilegious material on social media about Islamic religious figures and the Quran. Their lawyer said appeal preparations are underway. Under the country’s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam, or its religious figures can be…
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Washington: The U.S., UK and EU criticized Pakistan’s military courts on Monday over the sentencing of 25 civilians in connection with attacks on military facilities in 2023 after the arrest of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The civilians were sentenced by a Pakistani military court to periods of two to 10 years in a…
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Islamabad: In a bid to address its persistent external financing issues, Pakistan has formally requested a supplementary loan of 10 billion yuan (CNY) (approximately USD 1.4 billion) from China. The announcement was made on Saturday, underscoring the fiscal pressures the nation continues to face, the Express Tribune reported. During a meeting with China’s Vice Minister…
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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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A Pakistani court on October 27 rejected petitions by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan seeking bail and cancellation of the first FIR in the cipher case for allegedly leaking state secrets and violating the laws of the country. | Photo Credit: AP A Pakistani court on October 27 rejected petitions by jailed former Prime…
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Bhagat Singh was hanged by the British on March 23, 1931, along with his comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev. Lahore: A Pakistani court on Saturday raised an objection on a petition to reopen the case of Independence movement hero Bhagat Singh’s sentencing in 1931. The petition sought the setting aside of the sentencing by exercising the…
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