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February 7, 2024 1:35 PM

Pakistan gets ready for polls as election campaign ends

Pakistan gears up for its upcoming elections on Thursday amidst the backdrop of the imprisonment of Imran Khan, who emerged victorious in the previous national election. Despite facing an economic crisis and various other challenges, the nuclear-arme...

January 16, 2024 11:04 AM

Party of Pakistan’s Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif launches election campaign

The party of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, considered the front-runner to win upcoming general elections, launched its campaign on Monday amid accusations that the military's support is already giving him an edge over rivals. The ca...

December 22, 2023 4:46 PM

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan granted bail, but release uncertain

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his aides in a case related to an alleged leak of state secrets, his lawyer said. It was not immediately clear if Khan would be released from jail as he h...

December 15, 2023 5:26 PM

Pakistan media ban on Imran Khan trial raises transparency concerns

A Pakistan court has banned media from reporting on proceedings in a closed-door trial of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, raising concerns about transparency ahead of national elections in February. Th...

November 30, 2023 11:18 AM

Pakistan court overturns ex-PM Nawaz Sharif’s graft conviction

A Pakistan court overturned the conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case on Wednesday, his lawyer said, removing one of the many obstacles for him to qualify to stand in elections in February. The veteran politician. who...

November 22, 2023 3:38 PM

Pakistan’s top court accepts Imran Khan’s plea for bail

 Pakistan's Supreme Court accepted on Wednesday a bail application from detained former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his lawyer said, a day after another court declared illegal his trial on charges of leaking state secrets. The former cricket star is...

October 23, 2023 12:13 PM

Pakistan court indicts ex-PM Imran Khan in state secrets acts case

A Pakistani court indicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his deputy in an official secrets acts case, broadcaster Geo TV reported on October 23, in another blow for the ex-premier currently being held in a prison near Islamabad. Khan was jail...

September 13, 2023 2:04 PM

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan’s jail extended for two weeks

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's jail detention related to charges of leaking state secrets was extended for another two weeks, his lawyer said on September 13. Imran Khan has been at the centre of a political crisis since he lost a con...

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