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Pakistani police have used tear gas and batons to disperse protesters gathered outside the residence of politician Imran Khan in Lahore. The minor clashes came after police stormed the building itself, where an estimated 500 supporters of Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party had gathered. The operation led to the arrest of 61 people. Khan, who is in Islamabad for […]
Pakistan’s Lahore High Court granted protective bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday in eight terrorism cases and a civil case. The move came after he appeared in court, and hours after another court suspended non-bailable arrest warrants until March 18 in a corruption case. Five of the cases were lodged in Islamabad and […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in Pakistan has suspended the arrest warrant for Imran Khan, the chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in relation to the Toshakhana case. The PTI chairman has filed a petition after an Islamabad sessions court rejected his plea requesting the suspension of his arrest warrant. Additional District and Sessions […]
Imran Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, has sought protective bail in the Toshakhana case following the suspension of the non-bailable arrest warrant for him by the Islamabad High Court. Khan had previously failed to attend hearings regarding the case in which it is alleged that he and others received luxury vehicles from […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has sought protective bail in the Toshakhana case from the Lahore High Court (LHC). The LHC directed Khan to appear before it at 5.30pm and ordered security to be provided for the former prime minister. Ahead of the hearing, PTI’s Asad Umar said an assassination attempt was being planned […]
A warrant for the arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been suspended by the Islamabad High Court. The warrant was issued following Khan’s failure to appear in court on allegations of not declaring gifts that he had received while in office, or the profits he had made from selling them. Khan, who […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan is due to appear before the Lahore High Court to address a police operation to arrest him for failing to attend a Toshakhana hearing. The hearing centres around allegations that the former prime minister gave cars from the national fleet to officials, allegedly in exchange for their loyalty. Khan has previously […]
Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan have barricaded his home in Lahore in a bid to protect him from arrest over allegations of selling state gifts given to him while he was in office. The situation followed pitched battles earlier in the week between the former international cricketer’s supporters and security forces. Khan […]
Tension is high in Lahore as police threaten to arrest former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Supporters of the party, plus those of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, took to the streets in the capital and other cities to protest Khan’s possible arrest. He […]
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing court-ordered arrest in Lahore over allegations of selling state gifts given by foreign leaders while he was in office. Pakistan’s election commission found him guilty and a criminal inquiry is under way. Khan has denied the accusations, saying he sold the items legally. Police claim a court […]
