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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday sought protection from arrest from a court in Islamabad ahead of his planned return to the country, his lawyer and officials said.Sharif, who lived in voluntary exile in London until this month, is expected to return home on Saturday. He is ...

The Afghan Taliban strongly urged the Pakistani government to review its intentions to expel 1.7 million non-registered Afghan refugees from Pakistan based on Islamabad's allegations that illegal Afghan immigrants are involved in the country's security issues.For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The Taliban's ...

However, the ex-leader’s fate is widely believed to have been sealed on May 9, when supporters of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party attacked military installations in response to Khan’s previous arrest for ignoring repeated summons from the country’s anti-corruption watchdog.Pakistan’s army, which has dominated national politics for nearly 70 ...

The cricketer-turned-politician was accused of misusing his premiership to buy and sell state gifts received during visits abroad. The guilty verdict could eliminate Khan from a national election that is expected to be held in early November. Source link

Police arrested Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, his lawyer said, after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts.Legal experts say guilty verdict reached by a district court could end Khan's chances of participating ...

The government’s ability to stay on track with reforms will be tested ahead of a coming national election that will need to go smoothly, analysts caution. Source link

The former PM once had Pakistan’s all-powerful military on his side, but all that has changed with a series of mob attacks on security personnel last week linked to his party. Source link

Pakistan’s ousted prime minister, Imran Khan, was released on a two-week interim bail by a special bench of the Islamabad High Court on Friday. The court also instructed the authorities not to arrest Khan in any case filed against him anywhere in the country until Monday, May 15.For ...

Comment on this storyCommentISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested and dragged from court Tuesday as he appeared to face charges in multiple graft cases, a dramatic escalation of political tensions that sparked violent demonstrations by his angry supporters across the country.The arrest of Khan, who ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s anti-graft agents on Tuesday arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases, police and officials from his party said.The arrest, which marks a dramatic escalation on Pakistan’s political scene, drew ...