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Pakistan’s Imran Khan urges Muslim unity against Islamophobia

By Asad Hashim

In letter to leaders of Muslim-majority countries, the Pakistani prime minister asks to ‘act collectively to counter growing Islamophobia’.

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has written to the leaders of Muslim-majority countries, asking them “to act collectively to counter growing Islamophobia in non-Muslim states”, his office has said.

The letter follows a rebuke by Khan to French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this week, where he accused Macron of “encouraging Islamophobia” for moves made by his government to tackle what the French leader termed “Islamic separatism”.

They Thought Trump Would Help Free Imran Khan – But They Were Terribly Wrong

By Prem Thakker

The former Pakistani leader remains behind bars, prompting those Pakistani-American groups that backed Trump and Republicans in 2024 to now worry they got ‘played’ by the president and his team.

Imran Khan’s Humanitarian Legacy Uplifting Pakistan’s Poor

by Asia Jamil

After losing his mother to cancer in 1985, Imran Khan dreamed of constructing a free cancer hospital to help others. Imran Khan spent significant time and effort raising money for this cause because he was committed to building a center that would offer quality cancer care to low-income patients in Pakistan regardless of their ability to pay.

Pakistan: World Bank lists Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme among top global social protection measures

Sana Jamal

Islamabad: The World Bank has ranked Pakistan’s Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme among the top four global social protection initiatives based on the number of people covered.

The Last Interlocutor: Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Leadership Vacuum, and the Search for a Regional Peacemaker

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.

Pakistan believes in peace beyond borders: Imran Khan

by Pazir Gul

MIRAMSHAH: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Pakistan believes in peace beyond borders and will play its role in the Afghan peace process, as peace in the war-ravaged country is critical for achieving an enduring peace in Pakistan.

The final solution to Imran Khan

When a regime starts rationing a prisoner’s light, it is no longer governing — it is unravelling. If credible reports are accurate that Imran Khan’s eyesight has catastrophically deteriorated in custody, this is not bureaucratic failure, nor medical misfortune. It is escalation. It is the continuation — by more brutal means — of a four-year campaign of relentless state persecution against the most popular, electrifying, and historically singular political figure Pakistan has produced in its 78-year existence. The dimming of his vision is not incidental. It is terror by design.

Pakistan has planted over a billion trees

by Rosamond Hutt

Pakistan hit its billion tree goal in August 2017 – months ahead of schedule. Now, the hills of the country’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are alive with newly planted saplings.

The massive reforestation project – named the Billion Tree Tsunami – added 350,000 hectares of trees both by planting and natural regeneration, in an effort to restore the province’s depleted forests and fight the effects of climate change.

Sunil Gavaskar makes Emotional Appeal for Imran Khan’s ‘Proper’ Medical Care

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.

India has been taken over by a racially extremist ideology: PM Imran Khan

In an exclusive interview with DW Editor-in-Chief Ines Pohl, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan talks about Pakistan’s relationship to India, the Iran crisis and the international community’s “lukewarm” response to the Kashmir dispute.

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