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High court members allege ISI put cameras in their bedrooms and tortured a relative to make them hear an appeal against ex-PMClaims by senior Pakistani judges that the intelligence agencies put pressure on them in cases involving the former prime minister Imran Khan have reached the country’s supreme court, following the publication of an unprecedented letter that has created a storm in Pakistan.The letter...

Shehbaz Sharif expected to become prime minister again after plans for coalition government announced between PML-N and PPP parties Imran Khan’s political rivals have announced details of a coalition agreement, naming Shehbaz Sharif as their joint candidate for prime minister amid continuing concerns about the legitimacy of the recent elections.Khan’s rivals said at a news conference of party leaders late on Tuesday that they...

Confession by Punjab commissioner exacerbates tension over legitimacy of February general election resultsA senior official in Pakistan has admitted to election rigging amid protests breaking out across the country over claims that its general election results were unfair.The confessional statement throws further questions over the legitimacy of the 8 February elections, which were marred by controversies and allegations of rigging in Pakistan. Continue reading...

Rival parties will make Shehbaz Sharif prime minister, despite Khan’s party getting most votes at election A coalition including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PLM-N) and the Pakistan People’s party (PPP) have agreed to form the next government of Pakistan, ensuring that the party of former prime minister Imran Khan will not take power despite getting the most votes in the election.At a press conference...

Government will be formed by Nawaz Sharif’s party but it may not survive long given the popularity of the jailed Imran Khan’s PTIIt was mid-afternoon on Pakistan’s election day, sources say, when military intelligence began to realise that things on the ground were not going as planned.Mobile services, including the internet, had been suspended across the country on the pretext of security issues. Those...

Police fire teargas on supporters of Imran Khan amid turmoil as several parties claim they would be forming governmentPolice fired teargas to disperse supporters of Imran Khan as protests broke out across Pakistan amid allegations of widespread vote-rigging targeting the former prime minister’s political party and other nationalist groups in the general election.The results of the election, which took place on Thursday, gave a...

Jailed leader says he has support to form next government but analysts say results only suit the armyImran Khan’s political party has declared it intends to form the next government after claiming a shock election victory, despite efforts by the opposition to take power in a backroom coalition deal.Even as results showed that candidates backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party run by the...

Country faces uncertainty after strong performance by independent candidates loyal to former PM Imran KhanPakistan’s army chief has told feuding politicians to show “maturity and unity” after an election failed to produce a clear winner, leaving the military’s favoured party having to cobble together a coalition in order to rule.The country faces days of political horse-trading after a strong performance by independent candidates loyal...

Projections on local television channels slow coming in compared to previous elections as some early urban results show surprise lead for Imran Khan’s partyPakistan’s vote count following a national election has been hit by unusual delays, leading the country’s election panel to issue a late-night warning to polling officers, 10 hours after polls closed, to release results immediately.An “internet issue” was the reason behind...

Caretaker government says it took decision for security reasons after two bomb blasts targeted election officesPhone services have been suspended in Pakistan as polls opened in its general election, with candidates and political parties voicing concerns there may be attempts to rig the results.The caretaker government said phone services, including mobile internet, had been suspended for security reasons. Continue reading...

Pakistani former PM says case was created to ‘humiliate’ him and Bushra Bibi, who were sentenced to seven years eachA local court in Pakistan has sentenced Imran Khan, the country’s former prime minister, and his wife to seven years each in a case related to their marriage, which it declared “un-Islamic”.Khan and Bushra Bibi were both last week separately handed 14-year sentences in a...

Former PM, once military’s golden boy, has been sentenced in two separate cases to 10 and 14 yearsThe script seems eerily familiar. Imran Khan, once the golden boy of Pakistan’s powerful military establishment, found himself at the receiving end of not one, but two, damning court verdicts this week.Sentenced to 10 years in jail on Tuesday, and 14 years on Wednesday, the brazen timing...

Ruling against Khan and wife Bushra Bibi comes just a day after a 10-year sentence was handed down, and just before Pakistan goes to the polls in a general electionPakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a corruption case, just a day after he was given a 10-year sentence for leaking state secrets.Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi,...

Former Pakistan prime minister and one of his party deputies each sentenced to 10 years in prisonA Pakistani court has sentenced the former prime minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets.According to Zulfiqar Bukhari, a spokesperson for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, the court announced the verdict at a...

Former prime minister is barred from standing in elections after being jailed for unlawfully selling state gifts while in officePakistan’s election body has rejected former prime minister Imran Khan’s nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies, officials and his party’s media team said on Saturday.The 71-year-old former cricket star has been embroiled in a tangle of political and legal battles since...