Assassination bid: Imran Khan is doing fine, doctors say

Pakistani former prime minister Imran Khan was recovering in hospital on Friday after an assassination attempt that left him with a gunshot wound to the leg.
4 November 2022

Imran survives attempt on life

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the shin yesterday when his anti-government protest convoy came under attack in the east of the country in what his aides said was a clear assassination attempt.
3 November 2022

Tried killing Imran because he was ‘misleading people’: Suspect

The sole suspect caught by police has said that he wanted to kill PTI Chairman Imran Khan because “he was misleading the public.”
3 November 2022

Protests erupt across Pakistan after assassination attempt on ex-PM Imran

Protests erupted across Pakistan on Thursday after PTI chairman Imran Khan was injured in gunfire during the long march in Wazirabad.
3 November 2022

Imran says his struggle similar to Bangabandhu’s

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, who is demanding an early general election in the country after being kicked out of office in April by a no-confidence vote, has compared his struggle for “real freedom” with that of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
2 November 2022

Imran Khan draws inspiration from Bangabandhu in his struggle for "real freedom"

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday (November 1, 2022) compared his struggle for ‘real freedom’ with that of Awami League chief Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and reminded that the country had split into two after a political party with a legitimate political mandate was denied its right to rule.
2 November 2022

India to grant citizenship to non-Muslims who migrated to Gujarat

The Indian government has decided to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians coming from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who are currently living in two districts of the western Indian state of Gujarat under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
1 November 2022

World food supplies at risk

Russia’s weekend backtrack from a UN-brokered deal to export Black Sea grains is likely to hit shipments to import-dependent countries, deepening a global food crisis and sparking gains in prices.
31 October 2022

Chattogram to get air connectivity with Agartala

Chattogram will be linked by air with Agartala, the capital city of north eastern Indian state of Tripura, India’s Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia announced yesterday (October 30, 2022).
31 October 2022

Pakistani journalist crushed to death by ex-PM Imran's convoy during coverage

Sadaf Naeem, a reporter covering the PTI’s long march for Channel 5, was crushed to death during an accident near Sadhoke on Sunday.
30 October 2022

Political turmoil in Pakistan: Imran begins ‘long march’ for early polls

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan yesterday launched a so-called “long march” on the capital Islamabad to demand early elections, piling pressure on a government already in crisis.
28 October 2022

Imran Khan begins long march demanding early election in Pakistan

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan launched a so-called "long march" Friday on the capital Islamabad to demand early elections, piling pressure on a government already in crisis.
28 October 2022

Imran asked army for illegal favours

Pakistan’s intelligence chief accused former Prime Minister Imran Khan of asking the country’s powerful military for “illegal and unconstitutional” support for his
27 October 2022

Imran Khan challenges disqualification verdict against him

PTI chief Imran Khan filed a plea in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) today (October 22, 2022), challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to disqualify him over what the electoral watchdog cited as his failure to properly account for monetary proceeds from the sale of Toshakhana gifts while he was the prime minister.
22 October 2022

Imran barred from polls for five years

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was disqualified yesterday from running for political office for five years, after the election commission ruled he misled officials about gifts he received from foreign leaders while in power.
21 October 2022

Pakistan off "grey list" in global terror financing

Pakistan has been removed from an international grey list that warrants increased surveillance for terrorism financing, the head of the international money laundering watchdog which makes the list said on Friday.
21 October 2022

Sri Lanka trims presidential powers via constitutional amendment

Sri Lanka's parliament on Friday passed a constitutional amendment aimed at trimming presidential powers, beefing up anti-corruption safeguards and helping to find a way out of the country's worst financial crisis since independence.
21 October 2022

Pakistan EC bars ex-PM Imran Khan from holding public office

Pakistan's Election Commission disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday from holding public office after its tribunal found him guilty of unlawfully selling state gifts given by foreign dignitaries and heads of state, a lawyer for Khan said.
21 October 2022

Sri Lanka top court shoots down ‘de-radicalisation’ bill

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court blocked the country’s parliament from approving a bill that would have allowed the state to arbitrarily detain suspects for up to two years for “de-radicalisation”, MPs were told yesterday.
20 October 2022

India to make strategic air base near Pakistan border in Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (October 19, 2022) laid the foundation stone of a new strategic air base at Deesa in his home state of Gujarat. The base is just 130km from the border with Pakistan.
19 October 2022