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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister and current political opposition leader, Imran Khan, evaded arrest after a 21-hour police siege of his Lahore residence ultimately broke down on Wednesday. Khan, leader of the Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was due to surrender to Islamabad police after the capital’s court issued him with an arrest warrant. However, police were […]
Security forces in Pakistan have withdrawn from around the home of opposition leader Imran Khan, following clashes that broke out after police attempted to arrest him for defying orders to appear in court in connection with charges that he illegally sold state gifts while he was prime minister up to 2012. Supporters of Khan cordoned […]
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank has caused a ripple effect in global financial markets, with investors downgrading their forecasts for further interest rate rises and selling bank stocks globally. Government bond prices have soared, with fund managers betting that the US Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates at its next scheduled monetary policy […]
On Wednesday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, and Senator Azam Swati, presented themselves for arrest as the party’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ (court arrest drive) commenced from Lahore. The campaign was initiated by Imran Khan to counter the alleged attack on the party’s fundamental rights and the economic “meltdown”. The PTI […]
was “trying to hide its corruption and economic terrorism” through the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’. On Wednesday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders presented themselves for arrest as the party’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ commenced from Lahore. The movement is aimed at countering the “attack” on the party’s fundamental rights and the economic “meltdown”. PTI leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, […]
Pakistan’s security forces have been working hard to combat the rising terrorism in the country. Over the last three months, security forces have conducted 6,921 operations across the country, resulting in the arrest of 1,007 terrorists and the killing of 142. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa alone, 1,960 operations have been conducted, resulting in the arrest of 540 […]
[ PTI leaders presented themselves for arrest on Wednesday as the party’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ (court arrest drive) commenced from Lahore, which according to ex-premier Imran Khan is aimed at countering the “attack” on the party’s fundamental rights and the economic “meltdown”. In a video message, PTI Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said that numerous party […]
KARACHI: In what appears to be a damage control attempt, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on Tuesday dispelled the impression that his party — the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) — was in conflict with the country’s armed forces. “We feel proud of our armed forces and the sacrifices they have rendered […]
