Pakistan’s elections on February 8 come after one of the most turbulent periods in the country’s history. Around 127 million people will go to the polls on the back of a politically and economically choppy 20 months, dating back to the removal of the then-Prime Minister Imran Khan and his governing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party … Read more
The United Nations’ top human rights body expressed concern Tuesday over the “pattern of harassment” against members of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party ahead of this week’s parliamentary election. During a news briefing in Geneva, Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged Pakistani authorities to ensure a fully … Read more
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison each for corruption, his lawyer and prison officials said, a day after another special court convicted Khan of leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence. The latest conviction and sentencing were Khan’s third since … Read more
Advertisement Three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has left self-imposed exile and returned to Pakistan to launch his twilight vision for the country. However, the Pakistan he has returned to features a political landscape that has been scorched by the power struggle between the dynastic political parties – composed of Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and … Read more
Advertisement As Pakistan heads toward its next general elections, set for late January 2024, the political scene is heating up. One former prime minister – Imran Khan – is facing trial on charges of leaking state secrets this week, while another former PM – Nawaz Sharif – just stage a triumphant return home, having received … Read more
Lawyers and supporters of Pakistani imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan react after a court decision, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Aug. 29, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Anjum Naveed Advertisement A Pakistani appeals court on Tuesday suspended the corruption conviction and three-year prison term of Imran Khan in a legal victory for the hugely popular embattled former prime … Read more
Advertisement Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is now in jail because he overlooked the single biggest lesson from the political history of the country: The house wins every time. For months, his arrest and sentencing were the writing on the wall, but he failed to heed the warning signs. It was not his first … Read more
Advertisement Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday appealed his conviction and three-year prison sentence in a graft case, a spokesperson for his legal team said. Naeem Haider Panjutha, Khan’s lawyer, said the Islamabad High Court will hear the appeal on Wednesday. It’s the latest turn in Khan’s legal drama after being ousted in … Read more
Advertisement On May 9, political activists and followers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came out in a direct confrontation with the state and attacked civilian and military assets. Many in Pakistan presumed that the strife had come to its peak. For the military, it was unprecedented to see their created monsters rampaging. The military deemed … Read more
Advertisement Last week, supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) went on a rampage, expressing great anger toward Pakistan’s powerful army. Between May 9 and 12, PTI workers in several Pakistani cities vandalized the houses of high-ranking senior army officers in military cantonment areas, set fire to key government and army installations, blocked roads, and damaged … Read more