Marriyum Aurangzeb, Pakistan's minister of information and broadcasting, told the BBC before the announcement: "You have to be accountable for your deeds in law. This has nothing to do with politics. A person who has been proven guilty by the court has to be arrested." Source link
More than 200 supporters of Imran Khan, including those who resisted the former prime minister’s arrest in a corruption case, have been arrested across Pakistan’s Punjab province, police announced on Tuesday. Khan, 70, was arrested from his Zaman Park residence on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found ...
Source link www.rferl.org Pakistan's police detained dozens of supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan who gathered in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on August 7 to protest against his arrest. Khan, who is chairman of the Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaf (PTI) party, was arrested on charges of selling state gifts unlawfully ...
#Pakistan News Pakistan faced further political uncertainty as jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan challenged the three-year sentence on graft charges Tuesday. Khan's lawyer Naeem Panjutha said the petition challenging the weekend conviction had been filed in Islamabad High Court which will hear the case Wednesday. Ex-cricketer Khan, 70, ...
Islamabad:Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been kept in a small bug-infested cell with an open washroom in the high-security Attock jail after his conviction and arrest in a corruption case. Khan’s attorney Naeem Haider Panjotha said that the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman has been provided C-class ...
Thousands of Mr Khan's supporters have been arrested since May. The army has said they intend to try them in military courts, which human rights groups have said is against international law. The PTI has also been systematically gutted, with numerous party workers and leaders being arrested, or facing ...
Islamabad, Aug 8: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been kept in a small bug-infested cell with an open washroom in the high-security Attock jail after his conviction and arrest in a corruption case.Khan’s attorney Naeem Haider Panjotha said that the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman has been ...
Niger coup leaders refuse to let senior US diplomat meet with nation’s president NIAMEY, Niger: A senior US diplomat said coup leaders in Niger refused to allow her to meet Monday with the West African country’s democratically elected president, whom she described as under “virtual house arrest.”Acting Deputy Secretary ...
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing harsh prison conditions, his legal team said on Monday. Khan was handed a three-year jail sentence on Saturday for failing to declare state gifts he received while in power. The ruling disqualifies him from running for office, with general elections due for ...