Asia

Pakistan needs both establishment and PTI for national unity, stability: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan has said that the country and its people need both the establishment and his party to secure national unity and stability. The statement was conveyed by Imran’s legal representative, Advocate Faisal Chaudhry, following a meeting at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, where Imran remains imprisoned. Speaking to reporters, […]

International

US lawmakers seek to sanction Pakistan Army chief for political ‘persecution’, free Imran Khan

NEW YORK — Two US lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking to sanction Pakistan’s Army chief General Asim Munir for engaging in the “wrongful persecution and imprisonment” of political opponents and the release of detainees including former premier Imran Khan, a media report said. The “Pakistan Democracy Act” was introduced by Republican representative from South […]

Asia

Pakistan’s opposition alliance boycotts meeting on security ‘without Imran Khan’

ISLAMABAD — The opposition alliance Tehreek Tahaffuz-i-Ayeen Pakistan (TTAP) on Tuesday announced that it had decided not to participate in today’s high-level national moot on counterterrorism at Parliament House in the absence of incarcerated ex-premier Imran Khan. The in-camera meeting of the Parli­amentary Committee on National Security comes amid recent heightened attacks on security personnel […]

Asia

Stability not possible until govt based on public trust is established in Pakistan: Imran Khan

LAHORE — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has said that stability will not be possible until a government based on public trust is established across the country, including in Balochistan. “Military operations are never the solution to problems. Even major wars have been resolved through negotiations and efforts for peace and stability,” he […]