ISLAMABAD — Pakistan placed a northern province under emergency rule on Sunday, the president’s office said, following anti-government demonstrations by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and militant violence in the northwest. Thousands of Khan’s supporters have been marching in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to demand his release and airing anti-government criticism fuelled by […]
ISLAMABAD — Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan have started a long march to Islamabad to demand his release, his party said on Monday, amid deep divisions with the Pakistani leadership. The rally began on Sunday in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which is ruled by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, with […]
NEW DELHI — Former India captains Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar are among 21 former international captains who have appealed to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for proper medical treatment and welfare of jailed former Prime Minister and World Cup winning captain Imran Khan. The move has been initiated by former Australia captain […]
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was transferred back to jail early on Friday, hours after being taken to a hospital for court-ordered medical checks, the government said. The Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday that Mr. Khan, Pakistan’s most popular politician, be taken to the private Shifa International Hospital in the capital Islamabad […]
ISLAMABAD — The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on Tuesday that former Prime Minister Imran Khan be moved to hospital from jail, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said, meeting a longstanding demand of his party and family, who had raised concerns about his health. Cricketer-turned-politician Khan, 73, has been in jail since August 2023, convicted in […]
LAHORE — More than 100 supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan have been arrested as rallies were held across Pakistan on Wednesday to mark the completion of three years of his imprisonment, with police cracking down on protesters in Punjab and Sindh provinces. The main rally was held in Peshawar, the capital of […]
PESHAWAR — Pakistan government is denying legal and constitutional rights to the incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife and depriving the couple of proper healthcare, his party unit in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has alleged. Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has been in jail since August 2023 in multiple […]
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD — A leaked diplomatic cable suggests that the US’ ire at then-Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for his trip to Russia on February 24, 2022, the day of the attack on Ukraine, played a role in his removal from the office, according to an American media outlet. The Drop Site News released a copy […]
Fourteen former international captains from around the world have written a letter to Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, expressing deep concern for former captain Imran Khan’s health, and requesting that he be treated with “dignity and basic human consideration”. Recent reports of an eye complaint that Imran’s family said has left him almost completely blinded […]
ISLAMABAD — A court-appointed lawyer has claimed that jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been left with just 15 percent vision in his right eye after authorities allegedly ignored his complaints for three months, adding another layer of contention over his imprisonment. Barrister Salman Safdar, appointed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) as […]