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Watch: Former Pakistan foreign minister Qureshi manhandled by police

Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who served as foreign minister in Imran Khan's govt, was again arrested from outside the Adiala jail after being released on bail in the cipher case

Imran Khan to get medical facilities at Attock jail, allowed meetings

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday directed the Attock Jail administration to provide former prime minister Imran Khan with appropriate medical facilities and allow him to meet his friends and family according to law. He (the former prime minister) may also be provided with the prayer mat and English version of the Holy Quran, Dawn News quoted the court as saying.

Imran Khan appeals his conviction in graft case, seeks release from jail

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday challenged his conviction in a corruption case by a trial court, saying the verdict by a "biased" judge "was a slap in the face due process and fair trial and a gross travesty of justice. Khan, 70, was arrested on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of corrupt practices in the Toshakhana corruption case and sentenced him to three years in jail. Khan has appealed his conviction and the three-year prison sentence in a graft case by filing a plea at the Islamabad High Court, the Dawn newspaper reported. The application was filed by the former premier's lawyers Khawaja Haris and Gohar Ali Khan. "The decision of the trial court in the Toshakhana case is against the law," stated the plea seeking for the verdict to be annulled. The petitioner's counsels have requested the high court to issue an order for the release of the cricketer-turned-politician by suspending the sentence pending the decision on the

Pak shelves multi-billion-dollar gas project with Iran under US pressure

Pakistan has temporarily shelved the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project to import cheap energy from neighbouring Iran, apparently under pressure from the US which has imposed sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear programme, according to a media report on Monday. The development comes as Pakistan struggles to put its cash-strapped economy in order with the help of the International Monetary Fund, which agreed to provide USD 3 billion in loan. The project was initially conceived as an India-Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline, but later, India left it and became a bilateral project between Pakistan and Iran. The sanctions imposed by the US on Iran over its nuclear programme have deterred Pakistan from constructing the pipeline. The Dawn newspaper reported that Pakistan had issued a notice of Force Majeure and Excusing Event' to Iran to suspend its contractual obligation on completion of the multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project because of external factors ...

No 'hurdle' left in holding polls after ex-PM Imran's arrest: Pak analyst

Imran Khan's conviction and his three-year jail term in a corruption case have cleared a "major hurdle" for the ruling PML-N and the military establishment, who appear to be on the same page, to hold the elections, a leading political analyst said on Saturday. Former Pakistan prime minister Khan, 70, was arrested from his Zaman Park home in Lahore on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of corrupt practices in the Toshakhana corruption case and sentenced him to three-year imprisonment.

PTI to challenge ex-PM Imran's 3-year sentence in Toshakhana case: Qureshi

The sentencing and arrest of Imran Khan in the Toshakhana corruption case is "politically motivated", his close aide and former Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday, asserting that the party will challenge the verdict and use all legal means to defend the ex-prime minister. Khan, 70, was arrested from his Zaman Park home in Lahore on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of corrupt practices in the Toshakhana case and sentenced him to three years in prison.

Petition seeking Pak PM Sharif's disqualification filed in Lahore HC

A petition has been filed in a Pakistani court seeking the disqualification of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for making a "false promise" to the court regarding the return of his elder brother Nawaz Sharif from the UK after his treatment. The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday adjourned the hearing for an indefinite period, observing that this petition should have moved when Shehbaz Sharif failed to fulfil his promise during the tenure of the previous government. Nawaz Sharif, the supreme leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the elder brother of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has been living in self-exile in the United Kingdom since November 2019. Petitioner Azhar Abbas contended that Shehbaz Sharif had filed a "false affidavit" before a two-judge bench of the LHC in November 2019 that he would ensure the return of his elder brother within four weeks if he (Nawaz Sharif) was allowed to go abroad for his treatment. The petitioner said the LHC accepted Shehba

'Will not surrender even if they put me in jail', says Pak ex-PM Imran Khan

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has said he will continue fighting for the rule of law in the country, asserting that he will neither strike a deal nor surrender even if the government puts him in jail. Addressing the nation via YouTube on Sunday evening, Khan said his fight is for the better future of his country and its people. "I will neither make a deal nor surrender even if they put me in jail. I will continue fighting for the rule of law and a better future for the people of my country, Khan said.

Imran Khan appears before Islamabad HC for hearings in multiple cases

He is also expected to appear before an anti-terrorism court in 10 cases related to violating Section 144 and threatening a female judge

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf members threatened to quit party: Imran Khan

"I had never thought this would happen. I only have 2 options now: either commit suicide or hold a press conference," he added

Pak govt cancels diplomatic passports of 9 PTI leaders, launches crackdown

Moreover, the diplomatic passport of Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, an ally of the Imran Khan-led party, has also been suspended

Senior PTI leader quits Imran Khan's party over violent May 9 activities

Firdous Ashiq Awan resigned from Imran Khan's party on Friday over the recent violent and "terrorist activities and said the former prime minister and Pakistan cannot go together, becoming the latest senior leader to quit the opposition party. Awan, 53, served as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting from 2019 to 2020.

Pak PTI V-C Shah Mahmood Qureshi rearrested minutes after being released

Qureshi while speaking outside the jail before his rearrest, emphasised that he was still a part of the PTI and would remain so

Imran Khan suffers first major blow as close aide quits party, politics

In the first major blow for Imran Khan, Shireen Mazari, a former minister and his close aide on Tuesday quit the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and condemned the actions of the former prime minister's supporters who attacked and torched sensitive defence installations across Pakistan on May 9. Mazari, 72, announced her resignation and retirement from active politics after she was released following her arrest for the fourth time since May 12 when she was picked from her residence by police and sent to jail in connection with the violence on May 9. She served as the minister for human rights from 2018 to 2022, under Khan's regime.

Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan gets interim bail in eight cases until June 8

The accused has to join the investigation after security interim bail but Imran Khan is saying his leg is injured and he cannot join the probe

Agencies men caused May 9 mayhem, PTI blamed to justify crackdown: Imran

He said miscreants were infiltrated into the PTI protesters and instigated his workers, video evidence of which he said available with the party

Pakistan HRC 'deeply concerned' by random cases, arrests of PTI workers

"No one must ever be penalised for their party affiliations. This goes against all democratic norms," HRCP added

Pak PTI to file cases against Rangers, NAB for 'kidnapping' Imran Khan

Khan's arrest erupted violent protests in different parts of the country. At least 10 people were killed and dozens of others sustained injuries during days-long protests with internet ban across

Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan claims he was beaten with sticks in custody

During the hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday, Khan appealed to the public to protest peacefully and not harm the country

Pakistan's Supreme Court directs NAB to produce Imran Khan within an hour

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the anti-corruption watchdog to produce former prime minister Imran Khan within an hour as it observed that the agency committed "contempt of court" by entering the court premises and arresting him without permission from the court's registrar. The directive was issued by a three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah, which heard Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman's plea against his arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case on Tuesday. The bench during the hearing expressed anger at the way 70-year-old Khan was arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court where he had come from Lahore for a case. "What dignity remains of the court if 90 people entered its premises? How can any individual be arrested from court premises? the chief justice was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper. "In the past, action has been taken against lawyers for vandalism inside