Islamabad, Pakistan | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested outside the High Court in the capital Islamabad. Mr Khan was appearing in court on charges of corruption, which he says are politically motivated. Footage showed paramilitary forces in armoured personnel carriers detaining Mr Khan …
Read More »Imran Khan of Pakistan shot but survives assasination attempt
Islamabad, Pakistan | Xinhua | At least five people, including Pakistan’s former prime minister and chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan, were injured on Thursday after his political convoy was shot at in the eastern Punjab province, a party leader told Xinhua. The PTI Secretary General Asad Umar …
Read More »No-confidence motion against Imran Khan halted, Pakistan to go to the polls
Karachi, Pakistan | THE INDEPENDENT | Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved Sunday the National Assembly at the request of the country’s prime minister, said a statement from the president’s secretariat. “President of Pakistan Arif Alvi has approved the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to dissolve the National Assembly …
Read More »U.S. not giving Pakistan due credit as ally in war against terror: Pakistani PM
Islamabad, Pakistan | Xinhua | Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan lashed out at the United States for not giving Pakistan its due credit as its ally in the war against terror. The people of Pakistan suffered the most from the country’s experience as an ally in the U.S.-led war against terror after …
Read More »Pakistani PM Imran Khan tests positive for COVID-19
Islamabad, Pakistan | XINHUA | Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for COVID-19, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Faisal Sultan said on social media Saturday. The Ministry of National Health Service, Regulations and Coordination said on social media that the prime minister was not fully …
Read More »Pakistan kicks off COVID-19 inoculations with Chinese vaccines
Islamabad, Pakistan | THE INDEPENDENT | Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan launched COVID-19 vaccination drive with China-donated vaccines on Tuesday as part of the country’s efforts to bring the pandemic under control. The first batch of the Sinopharm vaccines reached Pakistan early Monday from Beijing on a special Pakistan Air …
Read More »Pakistani PM, Uzbek deputy PM discuss bilateral cooperation, regional connectivity
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met with Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Sardor Umurzakov here on Thursday, the Prime Minister Office of Pakistan said. In the meeting with Umurzakov who arrived in Islamabad along with his delegation on an official …
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