Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been working on a political comeback ever since he was kicked out of office with a parliamentary vote of no-confidence in April 2022, notched a victory on Monday by securing a snap election in Punjab, whose population of 110 million makes it the largest of Pakistan’s provinces.
The end of 2022 brings with it a host of campaign seasons across the planet, set to change the way major states are governed and how they interact with each other.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), held nationwide protests on Friday, blocking roads and scuffling with police in some areas.
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan was shot in the leg on Thursday during an apparent assassination attempt. The assailant was subdued by a crowd of Khan’s supporters and handed over to the police.
The U.S. State Department declined Monday to criticize Pakistan after that country’s government announced charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan for “terrorism” after had gave a speech in which he criticized a judge and the police.
Police in Pakistan pressed charges against Islamist former Prime Minister Imran Khan this weekend under the nation’s anti-terrorism laws for a speech Khan delivered on Saturday in which he personally named a judge and police officials and threatened not to “spare” them if he returned to power.
The political party of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was ousted from office in April, won a “crucial” by-election in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday, prompting Khan on Monday to call for fresh national elections, Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported.
Pakistan’s army deployed troops to protect Islamabad’s federal government buildings on Thursday in response to riots that broke out on Wednesday during citywide marches in support of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was ousted from the office in April, Pakistan’s Geo News reported.
Tens of thousands of people attended a rally on Thursday night in Lahore, Pakistan, in support of the nation’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, who was ousted from power on April 10 through a “no-confidence” vote by Pakistan’s parliament, Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported on Friday.
The newly minted prime minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, used his first speech as the head of the country’s government on Monday to promise China its investments in the country would be safe on his watch.
Tens of thousands of people gathered on Sunday night across dozens of Pakistani cities to protest against the removal of Imran Khan from the office of Pakistan’s prime minister through a “no confidence” vote earlier Sunday, with “more than 20,000 people” taking to the streets of the southern port city of Karachi, Al Jazeera reported.
Chinese state media outlets insisted on Sunday that the ouster of radical Islamist Prime Minister Imran Khan in neighboring Pakistan – a close friend and ally of the Communist Party – would have no effect on bilateral ties.
The Parliament of Pakistan speedily elected Shehbaz Sharif, younger brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to replace the ousted Imran Khan on Monday.
Pakistan’s parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan in a “no-confidence” vote early Sunday, with 174 of the parliament’s 342 members voting for his ouster.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday halted a planned “no-confidence” vote against him by Pakistan’s National Assembly, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported, noting the action took place shortly before Khan additionally moved to dissolve Pakistan’s parliament.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad on Tuesday for the opening of this year’s Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting.
The Islamist government of Pakistan, through its envoy at the United Nations, claimed this weekend it was ready to recognize the Taliban jihadist organization as the government of Afghanistan “when there’s a consensus” globally that the Taliban is legitimate.
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution to declare March 15 the “International Day to Combat Islamophobia.”
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed Pakistan’s “support for China on … Xinjiang” during a meeting with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Sunday, the Hindustan Times reported on Monday.
Pakistan’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday introducing chemical castration as a possible punishment for serial rapists in the country, Dawn.com reported.
The leaders of Pakistan and China on Tuesday urged the international community to swiftly send humanitarian and economic aid to Afghanistan, backing a similar U.N. call made just 24-hours earlier.
Nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan died in a Pakistani military hospital on Sunday at the age of 85, apparently a victim of the Wuhan coronavirus or one of its comorbidities. He was celebrated by Prime Minister Imran Khan as a “national hero” for turning Pakistan into a “nuclear weapon state.” Left unmentioned in the PM’s eulogy was AQ Khan’s role as a dangerous proliferator who sold nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea, and Libya.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan incorrectly stated on Friday that former U.S. President Ronald Reagan compared the Afghan Mujahidin to the “Founding Fathers” of the U.S. while hosting some of the group’s leaders at the White House in 1983.
Pakistan Ambassador to Kabul Mansoor Ahmad Khan said in an interview published Wednesday that his nation hoped to see the Taliban “utilize this historic opportunity” following the collapse of the nation’s government “for regional peace, progress, and stability.”
Pakistan has played a critical role over many years in helping China suppress the Uyghur expat community within its borders as Beijing orchestrates the ethnic group’s genocide in its northwestern Xinjiang province, according to an August report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs.
The Taliban terror group’s reconquering of Kabul on Sunday broke the “shackles” of a “cultural enslavement” Afghanistan endured since the U.S. invaded the country in 2001, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, a hardline Islamist, argued on Monday.
Islamist Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan expressed frustration with President Joe Biden on Wednesday night about his lack of communication with the country over neighboring Afghanistan, nonetheless dismissing claims that he was glued to his phone awaiting a call from Biden.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday the United States “really messed it up in Afghanistan” by foolishly believing it could keep the Taliban out of power.
Pakistani President Arif Alvi claimed Monday that the government of India is training and financially supporting terrorists in Afghanistan so they can carry out attacks in Pakistan.
The prime minister of Pakistan, Islamist former sports star Imran Khan, told Chinese reporters his country accepts China’s denials that the Communist Party is committing genocide against Muslim ethnic minorities, the Pakistan newspaper Dawn reported Thursday, despite overwhelming evidence to the country.
Islamist Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan wrote in a Washington Post opinion column on Monday that the Taliban “must be included in any [Afghan] government for it to succeed.”
Pakistan’s parliament erupted in chaos on Tuesday after an opposition leader launched an incendiary speech criticizing recent budget proposals by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told Russian President Vladimir Putin the international community should “give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson” as punishment for responding so strongly to deadly Palestinian terror rocket attacks.
Muslim countries should unite and form a transnational trade boycott to force the West to pass blasphemy laws that would protect Muhammad from perceived insults, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan proposed Monday.
Muslim nations should boycott Western countries for “insulting” the Islamic prophet, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday.
(AFP) — At least seven Pakistan police officers and special rangers were taken hostage Sunday by supporters of a radical Islamist party, officials said, after days of violent anti-France protes
People who cast insults against Islam’s prophet Mohammed should be treated the same way as those who deny the Holocaust, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Saturday. He added that claiming “freedom of speech” is no protection against hurting the feelings of observant Muslims.
Swathes of Pakistan have been swept by anti-French riots and French citizens advised to leave the country after an Islamist politician was arrested for saying their ambassador should be expelled from the South Asian country.
(AFP) — The French embassy in Pakistan on Thursday advised all French nationals and companies to temporarily leave the country, after violent anti-France protests paralysed large parts of the country this week.
Concerns have grown in Pakistan about growing public distrust in coronavirus vaccines after Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed this weekend that he tested positive for Chinese coronavirus, two days after receiving his first dose of the made-in-China coronavirus vaccine candidate by Sinopharm.
