Imran Khan
'Kashmir now a flashpoint, has potential of turning into nuclear war'
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the international community to play their due role in resolving the Kashmir issue and warned them that the dispute — which has now become a flashpoint between India and Pakistan — carries the potential of turning into a nuclear war and impacting the entire world.
15 September 2019
India's crackdown on Kashmir will spur global Muslim extremism: Imran
India's crackdown on protests and dissent in Kashmir will drive more of the world's Muslims into extremism, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says during a fiery speech in the part of the disputed territory administered by Pakistan.
14 September 2019
Imran Khan trolled after he quotes Tagore as Gibran
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan tweets an inspirational quote but mistakenly attributes it to another writer which makes his tweet viral on social media.
20 June 2019
Imran Khan has taken a leaf out of Josh Malihabadi's book
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken a leaf out of the great Urdu poet Josh Malihabadi's book.
2 March 2019
Pakistan PM fires back after Trump criticism
Pakistan's prime minister fired back Monday after President Donald Trump accused the country of harboring Osama bin Laden despite getting billions of dollars in American aid.
20 November 2018
Imran writes to Modi
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking that India and Pakistan resume dialogue that has been suspended since 2015. In the letter addressing the PM as "Modi Sahab", Imran Khan also suggests a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries.
20 September 2018
Pak cabinet bans first-class air travel by top officials, retains two-day weekly holiday
In what appears to be unfolding of its agenda for "change", the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government imposes a ban on first-class air travel by the president, head of the government, chief justice, Senate chairman and NA speaker.
25 August 2018
Imran Khan's biggest challenge? 'It's the economy, stupid!'
Shakespeare had once observed, through his character Marcellus addressing Horatio in the drama Hamlet, that there was something rotten in the State of Denmark.
31 July 2018
Can Imran Khan be the man of the people?
The army in Pakistan seems to have devised a way where a particular person is elected even without a valid cause. Imran Khan is a product of such phenomena. Long before the latest elections, his name was tossed around.
29 July 2018
Imran still striving to get required numbers to form govt
Though Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the single largest party in National Assembly after the July 25 polls and its leaders have been claiming they will not need support of any party, final preliminary results issued by the country''s election commission show that the party is still short of numbers to form government on its own.
29 July 2018
Imran Khan faces tough test in looming economic crisis
Equity and bond markets have welcomed Imran Khan's victory in Pakistan's disputed election, but the former cricket hero faces a tough slog to avert a currency crisis and implement long-term reforms needed to end decades of boom-and-bust cycles.
28 July 2018
Imran Khan in coalition talks with small party, independents
Pakistan's likely new prime minister Imran Khan opens coalition talks with at least one smaller party and independent politicians, a spokesman says, following the announcement of full results of an election disputed by rivals.
28 July 2018
PTI largest party with 115 NA seats as ECP releases final tally two days after polls
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) emerges as the largest political party in Pakistan winning 115 of the 270 National Assembly seats in the 11th General Elections as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) releases the complete preliminary results more than 56 hours after the conclusion of voting.
28 July 2018
Imran starts preparations for formation of govt at Centre
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan starts preparations for formation of his party’s government at the Centre after the PTI won a majority of seats in the National Assembly.
28 July 2018
Imran Khan receives VVIP protocol
Prime minister in-waiting Imran Khan is provided VVIP security protocol, meant for the head of government.
27 July 2018
Pakistan Polls: PTI leads with 110 NA seats
Election Commission (ECP) of Pakistan releases 95 per cent of the provisional results of National and the four provincial assemblies.
27 July 2018
Infographics: Results of Pakistan elections 2008-18
As Pakistan awaits an official announcement from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the outcome of this year’s general elections, let’s have look at the outcomes of the elections held in the country since 2008.
26 July 2018
Imran promises wide-ranging reforms: 'All policies for the people'
Pakistan's cricket legend Imran Khan declares victory in a divisive general election marred by a long delay in ballot counting and allegations of vote rigging by most opponents.
26 July 2018
Jemima pays tribute to Imran Khan's political journey
The election results may be on halt but preliminary numbers put PTI firmly in the lead, and most people have more or less called it: Imran Khan will be Pakistan's next Prime Minister.
26 July 2018
Wasim Akram endorses Imran Khan ahead of Pakistan polls
Legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram takes to the social media platform Twitter to woo voters to support his former captain and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan.
24 July 2018