A Pakistani court on Tuesday declared the jail trial of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets illegal, his lawyer said. A special court has been conducting the trial in jail citing security concerns since Khan…
Pakistani police suspect Islamic State as bomb death toll reaches 46
Pakistani investigators on Monday pointed the finger at the extremist Islamic State group as the death toll from a suicide bombing at a political rally climbed to 46, officials said. A suicide bomber blew himself up among the crowd at…
IMF board approves $3b deal for cash-strapped Pakistan
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday that it has approved a $3 billion loan agreement for Pakistan, unlocking crucial funding for the troubled South Asian economy. In a statement, the IMF said its executive board gave the green light…
Pakistan: 15 arrested in connection with Greece boat tragedy
Fifteen human traffickers, including a key suspect, have been arrested in Pakistan in connection with a Greece boat tragedy. This happened when scores of Pakistanis were killed and many went missing along with people from other countries, the Prime Minister’s…
India and Pakistan braced for “very severe” Cyclone Biparjoy landfall
Authorities in India and Pakistan evacuated tens of thousands of people from coastal areas on Tuesday as the “very severe” Cyclone Biparjoy looms. The India Meteorological Department said that the cyclone had weakened from “extreme” to “very severe” amid forecasts…
Pakistan to try ex-leader Khan’s violent supporters under army laws
Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan would be tried under the country’s army laws for the deadly riots that followed his arrest last week. Top Pakistani political and military leaders “vowed no leniency towards those involved…
Ex-PM Imran Khan arrested outside court in Pakistan
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested during a court appearance in capital Islamabad over corruption allegations. Musarrat Jamshed Cheema, a leader of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI), confirmed Khan’s arrest to Al Jazeera on Tuesday. “He went…
Imran Khan greets supporters after police withdraw from around ex-PM’s home
Pakistan’s main opposition leader Imran Khan has greeted supporters outside his home, hours after there were violent clashes as police tried to arrest him. He addressed the crowd and took pictures with those gathered near his compound in the city…
Pakistan court orders halting of operation to arrest Imran Khan
A court in the Pakistani city of Lahore has ordered the immediate halt of a two-day operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan until Thursday morning. Security forces first attempted to take the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)…
The Pakistani hockey player who died in Italy shipwreck
Shahida Raza, a Pakistani professional hockey player who died when the boat she was on was wrecked off the coast of Italy on Sunday, had been trying to reach Italy to get medical treatment for her three-year-old son, her sister…