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Supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party have protested in several parts of the country as vote counting continues a day after the polls. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) supporters blocked roads and held street demonstrations on Friday in protest against the Pakistan Election Commission’s delay in announcing ...

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE, PAKISTAN —  Official results Friday from Pakistan’s elections showed candidates affiliated with the opposition PTI party claiming the largest number of parliamentary seats, amid allegations that the military-backed government was trying to manipulate the results. By Friday night, the Election Commission of Pakistan had released the results for ...

Islamabad —  The United Nations human rights agency voiced concern Tuesday over Pakistan's crackdown on the opposition party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan ahead of this week's parliamentary election. Elizabeth Throssell, spokesperson for the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, urged Pakistani authorities to ensure the right to ...

Northlines Newsdesk In 2018, a court convicted former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan to seven years in prison and fined them for being married outside of the law. Khan will not be able to run in the next national elections as a result of ...

The former Pakistan PM's party believes new tactics can help it win elections despite a crackdown. Source link

The former Pakistan PM's party believes new tactics can help it win elections despite a crackdown. Source link

ISLAMABAD —  A court in Pakistan sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife to seven years in prison Saturday after finding them guilty of a marriage law violation in 2018. The disputed ruling ahead of national elections on Thursday marked the third conviction against Khan this week ...

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were each sentenced to seven years in prison on Saturday after their 2018 marriage was found to have violated the law, officials said. The verdict was announced a day after the trial ended, which the 71-year-old Khan and his family insist ...

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court has jailed Imran Khan and his wife for seven years after voiding their marriage, in the latest sentence against the ex-prime minister.The court ruled that Khan's 2018 marriage with Bushra Bibi, a faith healer, was un-Islamic and illegal.He is already in jail for corruption. ...

A court voids Khan's marriage with a faith healer, in the latest case against the Pakistani ex-PM. Source link