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Pakistani Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Thursday said the government authorized the deployment of army troops in the capital, Islamabad.  It came as thousands of supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Islamabad, according to local media, for a major rally and were expected to march on parliament.  ...

Former Human Rights Minister of Pakistan Shireen Mazari was arrested on Saturday, according to her daughter and a fellow former minister. Her daughter Imaan Mazari said anti-corruption police detained and manhandled Mazari near her Islamabad home. "My mother was illegally abducted," said told reporters. "If they the government think that the ...

A blasphemy case was registered against former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan last week, drawing sharp condemnation from his supporters and stoking concerns that the move would deepen political polarization in the country.  The charges come after the nation's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharifand his delegation were heckled by ...

On Tuesday, a female suicide bomber attacked a minibus in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing three Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver. The bombing was claimed by the so-called Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist group fighting for the independence of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, which borders ...

Prosecutors in Pakistan on Monday said that six men had been sentenced to death for the lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in December of last year. Life sentences were handed out to at least seven others, while at least 67 others were given two-year jail terms. A single ...

Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been on the rise since the ultra-religious hardline Taliban seized Kabul last year. Islamabad claims that regular attacks are being carried out by militant groups operating from across the border. What did the Pakistani government say? In its statement on Sunday, the Pakistani ...

Following the removal of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in a no-confidence vote, experts say the political reset could usher in short-term stability, but the new leadership will soon face challenges inherited from the former government. Khan had attempted to sidestep a no-confidence vote nearly two weeks ago by dissolving Parliament and calling for new ...

Pakistan's lawmakers on Saturday voted to boot Prime Minister Imran Khan from office in a motion of no confidence, days after he blocked a similar attempt by having the parliament dissolved and calling for fresh elections. Opposition parties were able to secure 174 votes in the 342-member National Assembly in ...

Pakistan's president on Sunday dissolved the country's National Assembly after Prime Minister Imran Khan survived efforts to oust him when a no-confidence motion was rejected by the legislative body's deputy speaker.     "The president of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi, has approved the advice of the prime minister to dissolve the National Assembly," ...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who came to power in 2018, is facing the toughest challenge of his political career as opposition parties have joined forces to oust him through a vote of no confidence in parliament. Many lawmakers of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have reportedly deserted him, ...