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An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan's Punjab province on Tuesday extended the interim bail to Imran Khan until April 13 in three cases filed relating to the clashes that took place between his supporters and the police outside the residence of the former prime minister in Lahore last month. ATC Judge Abher Gul Khan, issuing the orders, extended the bail of 70-year-old Khan in multiple cases after the cricketer-turned-politician appeared before the court in a personal capacity, the Dawn newspaper reported.
As the political turmoil continues in Pakistan, Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday sought security permission for a public rally in Lahore on Tuesday, ARY News reported
On Tuesday, Islamabad Police showed up at Imran Khan's Lahore residence - Zaman Park- to arrest him but were met with resistance from hundreds of his supporters
The police were supposed to arrest Khan for his persistent absence from the court hearings of the Toshakhana case, but they could not
Pakistan Senator, the General Secretary of the PPP in his speech in the House criticised former prime minister Imran Khan, saying that terrorists were supported and encouraged by the PTI government
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will reply to the motion of thanks on the President's Address to Parliament.
In a midnight drama in Pakistan's Punjab Assembly, Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi managed to obtain a vote of confidence paving the way for its dissolution on the wish of ousted prime minister Imran Khan. Punjab Governor Baligur Rehman of the PMLN had sought a vote of confidence from CM Elahi last month in a bid to stop the dissolution of the assembly. He had de-notified Elahi and his cabinet for failing to comply his order. However, the Lahore High Court had restored Elahi and his cabinet. On Wednesday, the LHC held hearing in this case and remarked that the chief minister would have to take trust vote. In the light of the court's observation, Elahi secured the required 186 votes from the Punjab Assembly in the ongoing session at 1 am Thursday amid the Opposition's protest. Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan presided over the session and said CM Elahi had received 186 votes required to secure the trust vote. The Opposition led by the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) boycott
The four-member bench headed by Pak CEC Sikander Sultan Raja unanimously disqualified Khan for five years as the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a member of the national assembly
Pakistan's ousted Imran Khan on Friday dismissed reports that he struck a deal to end his massive Azadi rally demanding fresh general elections, asserting that he had decided to end his march
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the apex court's April 7 decision on the crucial vote of no-confidence.
Pakistan's army warned its critics on Sunday to avoid throwing dirt on the premier institution as it took "strong exception" to "intensified and deliberate attempts" to drag it in politics
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has taken out massive rallies in several cities across the country to protest against Imran Khan's ouster as the Prime Minister through a no-confidence motion last night.Protest rallies were held in various cities including Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Lahore with demonstrators shouting slogans against the Opposition.Earlier, Khan said that today marked the beginning of a "freedom struggle" against what he called a "foreign conspiracy of regime change". In an attempt to galvanise his supporters, he said "it is always the people who protected their own sovereignty and democracy"."Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change. It is always the people of the country who defend their sovereignty & democracy," he said in another Tweet.In Karachi, the city was lighted up for Imran Khan following his ouster.In Islamabad, the protest started from Zero Point, .
The move comes a day after the Supreme Court struck down deputy speaker Qasim Suri's controversial move to dismiss a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Khan
According to Orders of the Day' issued by the National Assembly Secretariat, the National Assembly's session for voting on the no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan will take place on Saturday
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has welcomed the unanimous court judgment restoring the country's national assembly and calling for the vote of no confidence to be held against PM Imran Khan
Pakistan's Supreme Court will resume the crucial hearing on the dismissal of a no-confidence vote against embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan and the dissolution of Parliament by the president
Dubbing Pak PM's claim that the US is looking to overturn his government as concocted, a former top Trump administration official said that the country is entering a period of political uncertainty.
Khan, a former cricket star, lost his parliamentary majority last week and had been facing a no-confidence vote tabled by the opposition that he was expected to lose on Sunday
Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial said that the Supreme Court would only look into the legality of Pakistan National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri's rejection of the no-confidence motion
Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Tuesday instructed the workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to prepare for the next elections, saying that the polls will be held in the next three months, Geo News reported