[ad_1] Supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reached Islamabad’s iconic D-Chowk late on Saturday, despite the government’s efforts to deter them by deploying a heavy police force and cutting off internet services in the capital. The police’s use of tear gas to stop protesters was largely ineffective as heavy rain in the capital…
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan‘s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) moved to the Supreme Court challenging the outcome of the February 8 general elections alleging widespread rigging and claiming that their mandate was stolen due to this manipulation. In the initial round, PTI-backed independent candidates won 180 seats in the national assembly,…
[ad_1] Even as one circus of the absurd has ended in Pakistan, another has begun. The farcical nature of the electoral exercise in the country has produced an even more farcical outcome. Even as Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidates continue to maintain their lead on the victory board, Nawaz Sharif has gone ahead…
[ad_1] It was said to be the “mother of all selections”. The ‘establishment‘, read Pakistan army, had planned it all to select the new prime minister. Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan has been kept in jail for many months now. He has been sentenced thrice, with almost over 20 years in jail, in just one…
