Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after shorter-than-expected hospital visit
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Update / Imran taken back to Adiala jail after visit to hospital
21 August 2026
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Former PM Imran Khan would not confront Pakistan army chief if freed, close aide says
20 August 2026
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Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026
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Pakistan restricts international media reporting outside main cities
6 August 2026
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Rukhsar Ahmed, rape accused in UK, wins Pakistan-occupied Kashmir election on bail
6 August 2026
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Suicide bomber kills 14 at anti-militancy protest in Pakistan
3 August 2026
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Imran Khan’s judicial remand extended till Sept 13 in cipher case
A special court, recently established to hear cases filed under the Official Secrets Act, extended the judicial remand of PTI Chairman Imran Khan till September 13 on Wednesday, his lawyer confirmed
30 August 2023
Lion escapes into heavy traffic in Karachi
An adult lion escaped from a private vehicle amidst heavy traffic in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, causing panic for two hours before it was recaptured, police said
30 August 2023
Imran’s graft conviction suspended
A Pakistani court yesterday suspended former prime minister Imran Khan’s recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said, but it will not lead to his release as a judge has ordered his detention in the cipher case.
29 August 2023
Imran’s Toshakhana sentence suspended but detention to continue
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s three-year sentence in the Toshakhana case
29 August 2023
Bombs kill two in Thailand: governor
A series of bomb attacks in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south killed two people and wounded four others, a senior local official told AFP on Tuesday
29 August 2023
Pak court drops Imran’s sedition case
A Pakistani court yesterday quashed a sedition case against former prime minister Imran Khan, a relief for the embattled leader whose appeal against conviction in a separate corruption case will be decided on by a high court today.
28 August 2023
Pakistan court drops Imran Khan's sedition case
Ruling on graft appeal due Tuesday
28 August 2023
Imran Khan discharged from murder charges: lawyer
A Pakistani court on Monday dismissed murder charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his lawyer said
28 August 2023
Missing Cypher Case: Imran admits to misplacing confidential cable
Jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan admitted to misplacing a confidential diplomatic cable as he was interrogated by Pakistan’s top investigative agency at the Attock Jail in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act for wrongful use of the classified document, according to media reports yesterday.
27 August 2023
SC reiterates decision to resume hearing Imran’s Toshakhana plea
The Supreme Court (SC) reiterated its decision on Thursday to halt proceedings on a plea challenging the remand of the Toshakhana case to Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Humayun Dilawar — who convicted PTI chief Imran Khan in the case — until the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) decision on another petition seeking the suspension of the former premier's sentence
24 August 2023
Imran Khan to be quizzed in May 9 attacks case
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday allowed a joint investigation team (JIT) to interrogate and arrest incarcerated PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the case of the attack on the corps commander's house in Lahore during May 9 riots
24 August 2023
Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all rescued
Rescuers in Pakistan pulled all seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine yesterday, officials said, ending an ordeal lasting more than 15 hours.
22 August 2023
Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all on board, mostly children, rescued
Pakistani rescuers pulled seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine on Tuesday, ending an ordeal lasting more than 15 hours
22 August 2023
Bomb blast kills 11 labourers in Pakistan
Eleven labourers were killed in a bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, a local government official said yesterday.
20 August 2023
18 burn to death in Pakistan bus crash
At least 18 people burned to death yesterday when an overnight bus smashed into another vehicle carrying diesel in eastern Pakistan, officials said.
20 August 2023
Imran faces charges over state secrets
Pakistani authorities have opened a criminal investigation against jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, after naming him and three aides in a fresh case, a top security source said yesterday.
20 August 2023
11 labourers killed in bomb attack in Pakistan: official
Eleven labourers were killed in a bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, a local government official said Sunday
20 August 2023
18 burn to death in Pakistan bus crash
At least 18 people burned to death on Sunday when an overnight bus smashed into another vehicle carrying diesel in eastern Pakistan, officials said
20 August 2023
Pakistan appoints former state bank chief as finance minister
A former head of Pakistan's central bank has been appointed finance minister in the interim government leading the country to an election due in months
19 August 2023
Troops guard Pakistani Christians
Paramilitary troops have cordoned off a Christian settlement in eastern Pakistan where a Muslim mob vandalised and torched several churches and scores of houses after two men living there were accused of desecrating the holy Quran, police and witnesses said yesterday.
17 August 2023