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Islamabad, April 9 – The prices of roti and chapati have increased in Karachi, Pakistan, as the country continues to experience a severe shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), further increasing the financial burden on people who are already struggling with inflation, local media reported on...

Islamabad, April 7 – Authorities have imposed Section 144 in Rawalpindi until April 20, citing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf protest outside the Adiala jail, local media reported on Tuesday.In an order released on Monday, Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner Hassan Waqar Cheema enforced Section 144...

Islamabad, April 6. Protests and rallies were held in Karachi, Jacobabad, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and several other parts of Sindh province in Pakistan against the recent increase in petroleum prices and rising inflation, local media reported on Monday.The Sindh United Party (SUP) in Sukkur held a...

Islamabad, April 5 – Ahead of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's planned protest against rising fuel prices and inflation, two roads leading to the Karachi Press Club (KPC) were closed on Sunday, with the police citing "security" reasons for the closure.In a statement, the Karachi Traffic Police...

Islamabad, April 4 – A sharp increase in fuel prices by the Pakistani government has triggered strong reactions from opposition parties and civil society groups, with calls for mass protests and demands for the removal of the coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according...

Peshawar, March 29 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi of Pakistan alleged on Sunday that a recent speech by Kasim Khan, the son of former prime minister Imran Khan, was being “deliberately misrepresented” by the government in an attempt to mislead the public.Addressing a press...

Islamabad, March 27 – Terming his father, Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, being detained as "arbitrary," Kasim Khan has raised serious concerns at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva over the Pakistani authorities' treatment, which...

Peshawar, March 26 The party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan will launch a membership drive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on Friday, a party spokesperson said here.The membership drive for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (

Lahore, March 23 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is currently in prison, accused judges in the country on Monday of "selling their souls for personal gain," saying that he and his wife are not receiving justice from the courts.Khan, 73, has been in prison since August 2023 and...

Islamabad, March 18 A team of doctors visited Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Wednesday and examined former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is suffering from a condition affecting his right eye.According to a report submitted to the Supreme Court in January by his lawyer and the court's amicus...

London, March 17 – Jemima Goldsmith has publicly appealed to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to intervene after her two sons, Sulaiman Khan and Kasim Khan, were unable to obtain visas to visit their father, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, despite applying more than two months ago.In...

Peshawar, March 13 Imran Khan's party in Pakistan demanded immediate medical treatment for the jailed leader, who is believed to be suffering from an ailment in his right eye.At a press conference, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi called for the 73-year-old founder of the...

Islamabad, March 11 – The sisters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan staged a sit-in after they were again stopped at a checkpoint outside Adiala Jail. Police also pushed back members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (

Islamabad, March 10 – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has condemned the sentencing of 47 party leaders and supporters to 10-year imprisonment on terrorism charges in absentia, calling it a "political vendetta." A report details that this occurred after Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the Anti-Terrorism...

Islamabad, March 7 An anti-terrorism court on Saturday sentenced 47 leaders and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to 10 years in prison and a fine of PKR 500,000 each, in absentia, for vandalism and violence during the May 9, 2023, protest.The nationwide protest was launched by...

Washington, March 4: With military supremacy effectively institutionalized in Pakistan, the country’s volatile politics, fragile civilian governance, entrenched military dominance, systematic corruption, criminal networks, and widespread human rights abuses risk becoming more persistent, a...

Islamabad, February 25 Imran Khan's party, which includes the former Pakistani prime minister, approached the Supreme Court on Wednesday, seeking to move him from jail to a private hospital for his eye treatment.Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (

Islamabad, February 25 Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, who is currently in prison, has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking to move him from jail to a private hospital for his eye treatment.Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (

Islamabad, February 25 – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party filed a petition in the country’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, requesting that former Prime Minister Imran Khan receive medical treatment at a hospital of his choice and be allowed to consult with his personal physicians. Local media...

Islamabad, February 24 – Pakistan's history demonstrates that political imprisonment is a recurring tool of power used by both civilians and dictators, and is often justified in the name of accountability or national security. While the names of Pakistani leaders who have been imprisoned have...