カテゴリー: Imran Khan
Stakes raised on Friday as clashes erupt between police and protesters in cities across PakistanHundreds of police officers equipped with teargas hurriedly took positions near a junction connecting Islamabad with its twin city of Rawalpindi as a group …
From the assassination of its first PM in 1951, the country has suffered waves of brutal sectarian conflict and murders Last month, Pakistan summoned the US ambassador in Islamabad for a dressing down after President Joe Biden described the south Asian…
Former prime minister shot when his convoy came under fire in eastern Punjab provinceA gunman opened fire at a container lorry carrying Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, wounding him in the leg and also some of his supporters as he led a pro…
Election commission rules he misled officials about gifts received from foreign leaders while in officeThe former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has been disqualified from running for political office for five years, after the country’s election…
As economic turmoil continues, Shehbaz Sharif accuses predecessor of leaving the country in ruins Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has accused the former premier Imran Khan of being the “the biggest liar on the face of the earth” and injectin…
High court accepted former prime minister’s apology with ruling that ease threat of disqualification from politics A Pakistani court on Monday accepted an apology tendered by the former prime minister Imran Khan and dropped a contempt of court case aga…
Charges over allegations made in rally speech unlikely to spell end of political career, say experts• Court grants Khan extended bail in terrorism caseEven in a region with plenty of colourful political characters, Imran Khan stands out. A tenacious po…
Police barred until 1 September from arresting former PM, whose supporters gathered outside courtA Pakistani court has barred officers from arresting the former prime minister Imran Khan until the end of the month, according to officials, after police …
Supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister surrounded his residence in Islamabad – to potentially stop police from reaching it – after he was charged under the country’s anti-terror act over comments he made at a rally on Saturday. At the rally Kha…
Khan is reportedly accused of making threats to the country’s judiciary and police force Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been charged under anti-terrorism legislation after he gave a fiery speech to supporters at the weekend in which he…
In a wide-ranging Guardian interview, the former prime minister say he understands anger The Satanic Verses created ‘but you can’t justify what happened’Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has condemned the attack on Salman Rushdie, describing …
Former PM is accused of creating wave of public anger that could prove difficult to controlOn Tuesday, two days after Imran Khan had been ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister in a dramatic no-confidence vote, Noor Alam Khan – a politician and former mem…
On a moral crusade, the former prime minister believes that anyone who opposes him is corrupt and an American puppetLast weekend, Pakistanis saw something they never expected to see: their prime minister, Imran Khan, in tears. He was addressing the nat…
While brother Nawaz was often seen as pulling in the crowds, poetry-loving Shehbaz has reputation for capabilityPakistan assembly elects Shehbaz Sharif as new prime ministerHe is known as a diligent administrator with such a great love of poetry that h…
It comes after Imran Khan lost no-confidence vote after weeks of political turmoilShehbaz Sharif, the brother of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has been sworn in as the new prime minister of Pakistan.Sharif, 70, took office after a hist…