ISLAMABAD — Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts for human rights and democracy. Members of the Pakistan World Alliance (PWA) – an advocacy group founded last December – who also belong to the Norwegian political party Partiet Sentrum, announced the nomination of Khan, 72. […]
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 […]
ISLAMABAD — A high court here in Pakistan on Monday restored bi-weekly meetings of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan with his visitors. The three-member Islamabad High Court bench, which heard at least 26 petitions related to the visitation rights and jail conditions of Khan, 72, ordered authorities to arrange Khan’s two meetings on two […]
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 […]
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 […]
ISLAMABAD — A team from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) visited the Adiala Jail on Monday to conduct a medical check-up of former prime minister Imran Khan. The four-member team was headed by Dr Altaf Hussain, an ENT specialist. Other members of the team included Dr Umar Farooq from the hospital’s Dental Department, […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former prime minister and Awam Pakistan Party (APP) convener Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan must reform himself or the country will struggle to progress, a media report said on Monday. Abbasi on Sunday emphasised the United States would not intervene in the issues concerning the jailed former […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has appealed to the international community, particularly the United States, to reaffirm its commitment to democracy, human rights, and regional stability. Dawn reported that in an article published in Time magazine in his name, the incarcerated politician congratulated US President Donald Trump on his “political comeback”. […]
LAHORE — Police in Punjab province of Pakistan raided offices and residences of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and arrested a dozen activists as the party announced the resumption of political activities, it said on Monday. The Punjab police rounded up over a dozen PTI activists for making arrangements for holding workers conventions in Rawalpindi and […]
ISLAMABAD — A high court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered the release of over 120 arrested workers of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party after approving their bail. They were among hundreds of supporters of the PTI arrested by police on the occasion of a protest by the party in November last […]
