Imran Khan supporters breach lockdown, 6 killed

A powerful rebel group has seized a key trading town in northeastern Myanmar on the Chinese border, taking control of a lucrative rare earth mining hub in another setback for the military-led government, according to witnesses. The apparent loss of Kanpaiti to the Kachin Independence Army leaves Myanmar's military in control

Pakistan Army hints at military trial for Imran Khan

The army on Thursday hinted at the possibility of a military trial for Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, warning that using military personnel for personal or political gain could lead to legal action. “Under military law, anyone who uses individuals subject to the Army Act for personal or political gain

Thousands of supporters of Imran Khan rally for release

Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister rallied Monday in the country’s volatile northwest to mark the first anniversary of his arrest and demand his immediate release, officials said. The protest is part of Imram Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI opposition party’s campaign aimed at pressuring the current government

Imran Khan acquitted, remains in jail

A high court in Pakistan overturned jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer and his party said on Monday, but Khan will remain in prison for now due to a conviction in another case. Khan, 71, had been sentenced to 10 years in

Imran Khan sentenced to 14 yrs in prison

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison for corruption, his lawyer and prison officials said, a day after another special court convicted Khan of leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence. The latest conviction and sentencing were

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan replaced as PTI head

Jailed former Pakistani PM Imran Khan's party elected Saturday a new head for the first time since it was established, following the recommendation of the imprisoned politician. Khan has been in charge of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI, since he founded it in 1996. On Wednesday, the former prime minister — who is

Pakistan parliament to dissolve for an election without ex-PM

Pakistan's parliament was due to be dissolved Wednesday, ushering in a technocrat-led interim government to oversee an election that will not include the country's most popular politician, Imran Khan. The country has been in political turmoil since the former international cricket star was booted from power in April last year, culminating

Pakistani police arrest former PM Imran Khan

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested at his home in Lahore on Saturday after a court in the capital found him guilty of graft and sentenced him to three years in jail. The former international cricket star has long warned he would be arrested to prevent him from participating

Imran Khan’s ‘Vandana’ for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib

For more than a decade there was a simmering debate spearheaded by the netizens, academicians, journalists, researchers, social justice activists and civil society in Pakistan on war crimes, genocide and rape as a weapon of war by marauding Pakistan military during the brutal birth of Bangladesh in 1971. Long before the

Pakistan may face East Pakistan-like situation: Imran Khan

Pakistan is heading towards an imminent disaster and it may face disintegration, former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has warned as he accused the ruling coalition of hatching a conspiracy to pit the army against his party. In a video-link address from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore on Wednesday, the