In the interim, Khan has survived an assassination attempt, been hit with a flurry of charges that he claims are concocted to disqualify him from reentering politics, and narrowly avoided arrest amid pitch battles between police and supporters outside his home in Lahore.

A United Nations human rights working group on July 1 called for the immediate release of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying he had been detained “arbitrarily in violation of international laws.”

Sunil Gavaskar has made another passionate plea to the Pakistan government over providing Imran Khan with the best possible medical care in the jail. He made the appeal through a video.

Indian legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has made a second appeal to the Pakistan government to provide best medical care to former Pakistan captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is currently serving jail term in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. Gavaskar’s first appeal was made through a letter that has been signed by 13 other former captains including Kapil Dev.

by Imran Khan

As we settle into 2025, I reflect on what has been one of the most tumultuous and testing periods in Pakistan’s history. From my confinement in a solitary cell, I witness the heartbreaking reality of a nation gripped by authoritarian rule.

ISLAMABAD:

The world is widely acknowledging Prime Minister Imran Khan’s smart lockdown strategy, mainly focusing balance between lives and livelihood, as the country witnessed a steep decline from around 6,800 Covid-19 patients a day in mid-June to 1,209 cases during the last 24 hours across the country.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday paying tribute to Pakistan’s national poet Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal on his 143rd birth anniversary said Iqbal’s thoughts continue to be a source of inspiration and guidance.

PM Imran in his tweet shared an article of Dr Ali Shariati, renowned Iranian revolutionary and sociologist, and wrote that Iqbal’s thoughts continue to be a source of inspiration and guidance.

“He is a great mystic, with a pure spirit, delivered of materiality and, at the same time, a man who respects and honours science, technological progress, and the advancement of human reason in our age,” the PM quoted Dr Shariati.

by Tahir Azad

In April 2022, Imran Khan became the first prime minister in Pakistan’s history to be removed through a vote of no confidence. What followed was a campaign of institutional suppression without precedent in the country’s democratic experience. Party leaders were arrested en masse.

Geneva-based UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says Khan’s imprisonment violates international law and demands ‘immediate’ release.

PM Imran Khan calls on Western governments to treat insult against Islam’s prophet as it does the Holocaust.

by Asad Hashim

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for Muslim-majority countries to band together to lobby Western governments to criminalise the insulting of Islam’s prophet, as negotiations between his government and a far-right anti-blasphemy religious group continue.