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Pakistan’s police have registered a terrorism case against Imran Khan and over a dozen Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders after accusing them of vandalism, attacking security personnel and creating unrest outside the Islamabad judicial complex ahead of a court hearing. Clashes erupted when the PTI workers attempted to attend a hearing in a graft case involving […]
Former Pakistani Prime Minister and Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party Imran Khan has appeared in court relating to a case about Toshakhana, or the federal treasury. The PTI leader had voiced concerns about being barred from entering the court, as he believes the government is seeking to prevent him from doing so. The Islamabad […]
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been allowed to leave the Islamabad Judicial Complex after marking his attendance in the Toshakhana case. Khan had earlier said that he was not being permitted to enter the court’s premises. His party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has raised security concerns, after which the venue was shifted to […]
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 […]
Protests erupted in several Pakistani cities including Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Lahore after police surrounded the residence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The police used tear gas and water cannons at Khan’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore after two non-bailable arrest warrants were issued for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief. The warrants were issued […]
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 […]
Political turmoil in Pakistan is holding up a $1.1bn tranche of funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to sources. The funds are part of a $6.5bn bailout package approved by the IMF in 2019, the conditions of which Pakistan has largely met. However, the IMF is seeking assurances that any future political administration […]
New records reveal that gifts worth over Rs 8.2 million (Pakistani rupee) had been kept for free since 2002 at the Toshakhana, a Pakistani government facility where gifts received by top officials are stored. The gifts were doled out to several former prime ministers, presidents, government employees, and even their valets. Among those who benefited […]
Pakistan’s federal government has released a 446-page document detailing the gifts received by public officials from foreign dignitaries and other governments since 2002, according to Daily Pakistan. The release of the data follows Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s announcement that the federal government had declassified the data of the state repository, known as Toshakhana. The repository, […]
The Pakistan government has released details of foreign gifts retained by officials, sparking controversy over the Toshakhana gifts sold by former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The 446-page document, which includes gifts retained from 2002 to 2022 by former presidents, prime ministers, federal cabinet members, politicians, bureaucrats, retired generals, judges, and journalists, revealed that President Arif […]
