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Pakistan's opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif (C) speaks with the media before attending a hearing outside the Supreme Court building in Islamabad on 7 April 2022. Picture: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Imran khan

Pakistan lawmakers to elect new PM after Khan ousted

By AFP

Khan was dismissed Sunday after losing a no-confidence vote, paving the way for an opposition alliance that faces the same issues that bedevilled the cricket...

  • FILE: Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is among those implicated in the Pandora Papers. Picture: AFP.

    EXPLAINER: Key revelations from the 'Pandora Papers'

    One of the largest ever global media investigations, the so-called ‘Pandora Papers’ involved more than 600 journalists who together analysed some 11.9 million documents from financial services companies around the world.

    226 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Ramaphosa listed as target for phone surveillance - report

    New evidence uncovered by The Pegasus Project has revealed that the phone numbers for 14 heads of state, including Ramaphosa, French President Emmanuel Macron, Pakistan’s Imran Khan, were selected as people of interest by clients of spyware company the NSO Group.

    301 days ago
  • This handout photograph taken and released by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on 27 November 2020 shows Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan (R) meeting with American pop icon Cher in Islamabad. Picture: AFP.

    Music icon Cher meets Pakistan PM ahead of elephant's move

    The singer, who has for years campaigned for Kaavan the elephant and is helping pay for his move, arrived in the Pakistan capital this week to see the animal before the flight to Cambodia on Sunday.

    536 days ago
  • Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the nation outside the Prime Minister Secretariat building in Islamabad on 30 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    Pakistan PM Imran Khan slammed for saying bin Laden was 'martyred'

    Imran Khan made the comment in parliament as he was describing the history of Pakistan's troubled relations with the US since American special forces killed bin Laden in 2011 in the northern city of Abbottabad.

    691 days ago
  • FILE: A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency on 13 October 2019 shows President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan giving a joint press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran. Khan visited Iran following a request from the United States and Saudi Arabia for him to try to defuse rising tensions in the Gulf. Picture: AFP

    Pakistan PM Imran Khan calls for lifting of Iran sanctions

    Khan's comments came after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wrote to him asking for help in dealing with the novel coronavirus outbreak that has now killed at least 1,433 people in Iran.

    789 days ago
  • Britain's Prince William (C), Duke of Cambridge, and his wife Catherine (R), Duchess of Cambridge, meet with school children during their visit to a government-run school in Islamabad on 15 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    All smiles as Britain's William and Kate meet Pakistan PM Khan

    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were greeted with handshakes by a smiling Khan, who first met William when the prince was a young boy, on the steps at the Prime Minister's House in the capital.

    946 days ago
  • FILE: A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency on 13 October 2019 shows President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan giving a joint press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran. Khan visited Iran following a request from the United States and Saudi Arabia for him to try to defuse rising tensions in the Gulf. Picture: AFP

    Pakistan PM in Tehran on mission to 'facilitate' Iran-Saudi talks

    Noting that it was a 'complex' issue that can be resolved through talks, Imran Khan warned that any conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia would 'cause poverty in the world'.

    948 days ago
  • Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the nation outside the Prime Minister Secretariat building in Islamabad on 30 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    Pakistan PM Khan leads nationwide protests over Kashmir

    At noon, sirens rang out across the country followed by broadcasts of the national anthems of Pakistan and Kashmir, while traffic ground to a halt for several minutes in solidarity with the rallies.

    992 days ago
  • Barack Obama announced that al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed. Picture: AFP

    Pakistani intelligence led CIA to bin Laden: Imran Khan

    The report, which coined the term "governance implosion syndrome" to explain the extent of official failures to detect him, said he was once stopped for speeding and enjoyed wearing a cowboy hat.

    1030 days ago
  • Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad on 25 July 2018. Picture: AFP

    Pakistanis sign petition seeking Nobel Peace Prize for Imran Khan

    The hashtag #NobelPeaceForImranKhan began trending on Twitter on Thursday after Khan unexpectedly announced that the captured pilot would be released as a "peace gesture".

    1173 days ago
  • Indian security forces inspect the remains of a vehicle following an attack on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy that killed at least 16 troopers and injured several others in Kashmir on 14 February 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Pakistan 'ready to talk' on Kashmir, warns India against attack: PM

    The attack was claimed by Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed. Indian officials have said those behind the blast will pay a "heavy price".

    1184 days ago
  • FILE: PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khan. Picture: AFP.

    Pakistan plans to relax visa policy in bid to revive tourism

    Potentially restarting tourism has been one of the most talked about parts of new Prime Minister Imran Khan’s push to create an Islamic welfare state in Pakistan.

    1243 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump speaks during a post-election press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on 7 November 2018. Picture: AFP

    Pakistan summons US envoy to protest Trump's criticism

    The friction threatens to further worsen already fragile relations between Islamabad and Washington.

    1275 days ago
  • File: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan inspects guard of honour on his arrival in the Prime Minister House during a ceremony in Islamabad. Khan was sworn in at a ceremony in Islamabad on 18 August. Picture: AFP

    Saudis offer Pakistan $6bn rescue package to ease economic crisis

    Finance Minister Asad Umar this month requested talks with the IMF for the country’s second bailout in five years.

    1302 days ago
  • FILE: New Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan inspects a guard of honour on his arrival in the Prime Minister House during a ceremony in Islamabad. Khan was sworn in at a ceremony in Islamabad on 18 August. Picture: AFP

    Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan to attend controversial Saudi conference

    The decision comes a day after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and senior ministers from Europe announced plans to skip the conference.

    1307 days ago
  • New Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan inspects a guard of honour on his arrival in the Prime Minister House during a ceremony in Islamabad. Khan was sworn in at a ceremony in Islamabad on 18 August. Picture: AFP

    New PM Khan to skip UN General Assembly to focus on Pakistan economy

    Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will head the Pakistani delegation at 73rd UN General Assembly session set to open on 18 September.

    1358 days ago
  • Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Picture: AFP

    Pakistan PM Khan calls for austerity; wants bullet-proof cars sold

    Khan, 65, a former cricket legend, was sworn in as prime minister on Saturday after his party swept to power in last month’s election.

    1367 days ago
  • File: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan inspects guard of honour on his arrival in the Prime Minister House during a ceremony in Islamabad. Khan was sworn in at a ceremony in Islamabad on 18 August. Picture: AFP

    Promises, promises, Imran Khan raises Pakistani hopes sky high

    And in his victory speech, Khan offered an olive branch to India and called for mutually beneficial ties with the United States.

    1368 days ago
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