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Seven former Australia captains appeal for Imran Khan

September 15, 2026 admin

Imran. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Seven former Australia cricket captains have appealed to the country’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong over the treatment of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, adding to growing concern among prominent cricketers over his detention. Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark, Kim Hughes, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh…

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Opposition vows nationwide protests as Pakistan moves to pass 27th Constitutional Amendment

November 9, 2025 admin

As Pakistan’s Parliament prepares to pass the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment, the Opposition has slammed the move as one that will shake “the foundations of the Constitution” and announced nationwide protests from Sunday (November 9, 2025). The amendment proposes a change in Article 243, seeking to abolish the “Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee” (CJCSC)…

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Islamabad locked down ahead of planned protest by Imran Khan’s party in Pakistan

November 24, 2024 admin

Amid stringent measures put in place by the Pakistan Government to thwart the protest march on Sunday (November 24, 2024), jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party is preparing to proceed with its highly anticipated march towards Islamabad. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, led by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has called on the public…

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Imran Khan’s crimes enough to keep him jailed: Pakistan Defence Minister

September 18, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. File. | Photo Credit: AP Imran Khan’s crimes alone are enough to keep him behind bars, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said, as he dismissed the former prime minister’s accusation that the government was pushing to amend the constitution to keep him in prison. Mr. Khan, 71, has been…

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Why is Imran Khan’s PTI facing a ban and what is its political future in Pakistan?

July 19, 2024 admin

The story so far: Pakistan’s government, on July 15, announced its plan to ban Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, for alleged anti-state activities. The 71-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, who lost a vote of no-confidence in 2022 and was ousted from his Prime Ministerial post, has been lodged at Adiala Jail in…

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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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One police officer killed, over 100 injured in clashes during protest in PoK

May 13, 2024 admin

One police officer was killed and more than 100 people, mostly policemen, were injured in violent clashes between security forces and protesters agitating against high prices of wheat flour and electricity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, media reports said on May 12. The region witnessed clashes on May 11 between the police and activists of a rights…

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Pakistan’s ruling coalition in Punjab loses 27 reserved seats after SC ruling

May 11, 2024 admin

Representational image of Pakistan Supreme Court | Photo Credit: Reuters The ruling coalition led by the Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz (PML-N) in Pakistan’s Punjab has been jolted as the provincial assembly’s speaker restrained 27 lawmakers on reserved seats after the Supreme Court’s ruling suspending a lower court’s verdict denying the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) its…

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Maulana Fazlur Rehman: India Dreaming Of Becoming Superpower, We Are Begging For Bankruptcy: Pakistan Leader

April 30, 2024 admin

Maulana Fazlur Rehman was speaking in the National Assembly Islamabad: Pakistan’s leading right-wing Islamic leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday came out in support of his erstwhile rival Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, saying the opposition party has the right to hold rallies and even form a government. Rehman, the chief of his faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam…

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Pakistan’s Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz lands in trouble for donning police uniform

April 27, 2024 admin

File photo of Maryam Nawaz. | Photo Credit: Reuters Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has once again landed in trouble, as the Session Court has been moved against her for donning a police uniform while attending a passing-out parade on April 25, according to ARY News. In his plea, the plaintiff claimed that Ms. Nawaz’s…

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