Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan called off reconciliatory talks with the government on Thursday, a week after a court handed him a 14-year jail term on graft charges, his party's chairman said.
The government has said that the next meeting is expected to take place on January 28, when it will formally respond to the PTI demands.
The Islamabad High Court has directed authorities to allow the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan to speak with his sons over the phone, Express News reported.
Islamabad, Jan 23 (EFE).- Forrmer Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday called off negotiations with the government, citing unmet demands. Talks between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government and Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party began in late December to address the country’s political instability.
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said. It’s yet another blow for the former premier who has been behind the bars since 2023.
Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a bill with sweeping controls on social media that includes blocking platforms and sending users to prison for spreading disinformation.
The announcement by the party came shortly after it was confirmed that the fourth round of the talks between the two sides will be held on8
A Trump ally has called on Pakistan to release the former prime minister from prison, inspiring fervent hope among his supporters.
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A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the government aimed at cooling political instability in the south Asian nation.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's 14-year jail sentence in a land corruption case is the latest in a series of ups and downs for the charismatic cricket star who has been in prison for the last one-and-a-half years.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) granted PTI additional time to submit documents in its intra-party polls case, adjourning the hearing to Feb