カテゴリー: Imran Khan
Former PM, once military’s golden boy, has been sentenced in two separate cases to 10 and 14 yearsThe script seems eerily familiar. Imran Khan, once the golden boy of Pakistan’s powerful military establishment, found himself at the receiving end of not…
Ruling against Khan and wife Bushra Bibi comes just a day after a 10-year sentence was handed down, and just before Pakistan goes to the polls in a general electionPakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a …
Former Pakistan PM condemned trial as ‘a joke’ amid crackdown on his political party in run-up to electionPakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for leaking official secrets, amid a crackdown on his political…
Former prime minister is barred from standing in elections after being jailed for unlawfully selling state gifts while in officePakistan’s election body has rejected former prime minister Imran Khan’s nomination to contest the 2024 national elections i…
Artificial intelligence allowed Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan to campaign from behind bars on Monday, with a voice clone of the opposition leader giving an impassioned speech on his behalf. His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party used ar…
PTI party uses ‘voice clone’ of imprisoned opposition leader to give impassioned speech in ‘virtual rally’Artificial intelligence allowed Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan to campaign from behind bars on Monday, with a voice clone of the oppo…
Return of Pakistan’s longest-serving PM highlights continuing role of military as political kingmakersThe scenes were eerily similar: Nawaz Sharif, standing in front of tens of thousands of supporters in his home town of Lahore, making a pitch to becom…
Return of Sharif, who has conviction for graft, is likely to have been smoothed by deal with country’s powerful military, expert saysNawaz Sharif, the three-time prime minister of Pakistan, arrived back in the country on Saturday after four years of se…
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says parliament has lost its credibility as military continues to wield political powerA former Pakistani prime minister has said the country is in a “deepening political and economic crisis” as fears grow elections due to be held …
Traders close shops, electricity bills are set alight and utility firm staff are attacked as anger rises over living costs and political strifeProtests against rising electricity and petrol prices have rocked Pakistan over the past week, with thousands…
Uncertainty over whether ex-PM will be released from jail due to other court orders allowing for his arrestA Pakistani court has suspended the former prime minister Imran Khan’s recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer has said, though it is…
Reason for arrest of former foreign minister and leader of PTI is not immediately clear, party saysThe Pakistani opposition leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi was detained on Saturday, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said, just hours after he said it…
Exclusive: Shehbaz Sharif accuses jailed predecessor of ‘shabby treatment’ of political rivals in final interview as leaderPakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has denied pursuing a personal vendetta against Imran Khan, his political rival and im…
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar to navigate economic and political turmoil after Imran Khan convictionA little-known senator from Pakistan’s least populous province has been announced as caretaker prime minister to see the country through to the next election, the…
While a country of 250 million people grapples with multiple crises, the political struggle over Imran Khan’s future continuesThe multiple crises facing Pakistan are not merely daunting, but immense. Six million more people have been plunged into pover…