Imran Khan

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan applies to be Oxford chancellor

Khan graduated from Oxford in 1975 after studying philosophy, politics, and economics

Khan, 71, had been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a lower court on charges of making public a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington in 2022.

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan acquitted in state secrets case, but to stay in jail

Khan will remain in prison for now due to a conviction in another case

The election took place in the shadow of a month’s long military campaign to gut the party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former international cricket star and populist leader who was ousted by parliament in 2022 after falling out with the generals.

Pakistan’s stormy politics laid bare in election

Pakistanis have labelled it a “selection” – not an election. Human rights monitors have condemned it as neither free nor fair.

Textile workers leave after a workday at Kohinoor Mills in Lahore, Jul 30, 2023. Pakistan's industrial manufacturing sector – like elsewhere in the world – has suffered from the slowdown in global consumption and the rise in energy costs following the outbreak of war in Ukraine.
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Pakistan’s fate up in the air as it heads for elections

PAKISTAN seems to be having a respite from turmoil following an injection of funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, even after last week’s jailing...

Supporters of former Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, gather at Zaman Park in Lahore. Khan’s ouster in April last year has galvanised support for the former international cricket star as the unsteady coalition that replaced him struggles to pull Pakistan back from the brink of default and control spiralling inflation.

Pakistan crippled economy fuels Khan's protests

The tumultuous campaign by Imran Khan, Pakistan’s most popular politician, to reclaim power has been driven by an economic crisis that ordinary people say has left them unable to feed their families.

Khan was presented before the top court that’s heard an appeal against his arrest, which has fuelled countrywide protests.

Pakistan Supreme Court frees Imran Khan from custody

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that former premier Imran Khan’s arrest by the anti-graft agency was illegal and ordered for the ex-cricket star to be freed from custody, a dramatic about-turn in the o...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party activists and supporters of former Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan clash with policemen during a protest against the arrest of their leader, in Islamabad on May 10, 2023.

Pakistan calls out army to quell riots over ex-PM Khan’s arrest

PAKISTAN’S political turmoil intensified late Wednesday with violent nationwide protests swelling and the government deploying the military as former prime minister Imran Khan was remanded in custody ...

Khan was at a court hearing in Islamabad when he was arrested by paramilitary troops.

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s ex-leader arrested

Pakistan’s ousted prime minister, Imran Khan, was arrested on Tuesday (May 9) in a major escalation of a political crisis that raises the prospect of mass unrest by his steadfast supporters.