Imran Khan

Pakistan government to ban jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s party for alleged anti-state activities

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Pakistan government to ban jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s party for alleged anti-state activities

Islamabad: The Pakistan government will ban jailed former prime minister Imran Khan‘s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party for its alleged involvement in anti-state activities, it was announced on Monday. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announced that the federal government has decided to ban the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), alleging that the former ruling party was involved in anti-state activities, … Read more

Pakistan govt highlights critical risks to budget 2024-25 in fiscal statement to Parliament

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Pakistan govt highlights critical risks to budget 2024-25 in fiscal statement to Parliament

Islamabad: Pakistan‘s cash-strapped government has highlighted almost a dozen critical risks to next year’s budget and medium-term outlook, including lower than estimated economic growth, unexpected climatic or natural disasters as well as continuing poor performance of state-owned entities. In a written statement on the fiscal risks submitted to Parliament, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Secretary … Read more

Pakistan court rejects plea to disqualify Imran Khan for concealing alleged daughter’s name in nomination papers in 2018

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Pakistan court rejects plea to disqualify Imran Khan for concealing alleged daughter’s name in nomination papers in 2018

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Pakistani court has rejected a petition seeking the disqualification of former prime minister Imran Khan for concealing his alleged daughter Tyrian White while submitting his nomination papers for the 2018 general elections. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) took up the petition on May … Read more

A year after May 9 protests in Pakistan: A turning point in civil-military relations?

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A year after May 9 protests in Pakistan: A turning point in civil-military relations?

Why are the May 9 protests, which occurred in 2023, an important event with implications for civil-military relations in Pakistan?Even though the military remains the final arbiter in Pakistan to determine the course of politics, the May 9 protests have made it more difficult and challenging than ever for it to manage the guided democracy. … Read more

Actor Imran Khan ‘glad’ his comeback spy thriller is shelved. Here’s why

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Actor Imran Khan ‘glad’ his comeback spy thriller is shelved. Here’s why

Actor Imran Khan has shared in a recent interview that he was set to make his comeback in Abbas Tyrewala’s spy thriller. However, the project has been put on the back burner, and it might be shelved forever. The actor, who has worked in films like ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’ and ‘Delhi Belly’, said … Read more

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan alleges his wife was given food mixed with ‘toilet cleaner’

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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan alleges his wife was given food mixed with ‘toilet cleaner’

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his wife, Bushra Bibi, was given food mixed with “toilet cleaner,” reported Pakistan-based The Express Tribune. During the hearing of the £190 million corruption case in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail on Friday, Imran Khan told Judge Nasir Javed Rana that additional walls had been erected in the … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest: February 29, 2024

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The Hindu Morning Digest: February 29, 2024

India is a consensus builder in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by playing a key role in the process, but some countries are breaking that, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. File | Photo Credit: ANI India is consensus builder at WTO, but certain nations are breaking that on certain issues, says Goyal India … Read more

Pak President Alvi may face 'legal consequences’ over refusal to summon new Parliament session: PML-N & PPP leaders

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Pak President Alvi may face 'legal consequences’ over refusal to summon new Parliament session: PML-N & PPP leaders

Pashtunknwa National Awami Party (PKNAP) members remove roadblocks to protest against the alleged rigging in Pakistan’s national election results, set near the provincial legislature of Pakistan’s Balochistan Assembly during an oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected members in Quetta on February 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan President Dr. Arif Alvi’s refusal to summon the newly-elected … Read more

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf open to talks with all parties, except PPP, PML-N: Imran Khan

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf open to talks with all parties, except PPP, PML-N: Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Wednesday said that his party is willing to talk to all political parties except with the Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P), as reported by Dawn. This comes at a time when the PPP and the PML-N to enter into an … Read more

Shehbaz affirms Nawaz Sharif to become Pakistan’s PM for fourth time

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Shehbaz affirms Nawaz Sharif to become Pakistan’s PM for fourth time

LAHORE: Pakistan’s former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday reaffirmed that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif will become the prime minister for a record fourth time. “I had said that Nawaz Sharif would become prime minister for the fourth time. And I maintain today that he is going to be the PM for the … Read more