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Photos: Imran Khan’s journey from cricket star to popular leader

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was injured when a gunman opened fire on a political rally in Wazirabad, located in Punjab province. Officials from his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), confirmed that Khan sustained a bullet injury to his foot and is out of danger.

At the time of the attack, Imran Khan was leading a long march from Lahore toward Islamabad, calling for immediate general elections. Since his removal from office through a no-confidence vote in April, the former Prime Minister has addressed large public gatherings across the country.

Imran Khan, who served as Pakistan’s 19th prime minister after taking office in August 2018, has repeatedly claimed that his ouster was the result of a planned conspiracy.

Pakistan PM calls for West to criminalise blasphemy against Islam

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.

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.

Mr Popular vs Mr Power: Imran Khan vs Asim Munir

Reporter: Meenakshi Ravi – Al Jazeera

Despite being in jail for more than two years, Imran Khan continues to occupy air time in Pakistan. After the army restricted access to Khan, rumours of his death ricocheted across social media. Pressure from his supporters and family forced the military to lift the restrictions and grant Khan’s sisters access to speak to him.

Pakistan: Authorities Must Immediately Release Imran Khan From Arbitrary Detention

Amnesty International Public Statement

A year on from Imran Khan’s conviction and sentencing, Amnesty International has found several fair trial violations under international human rights standards which have resulted in his arbitrary detention, denying his right to liberty. Amnesty International has reviewed key documents in Imran Khan’s cases and spoken to lawyers involved in the trials. We have noted a pattern of weaponization of the legal system to keep Imran Khan under detention and away from all political activity. Amnesty International calls on the Pakistani authorities to immediately release Imran Khan from arbitrary pre-trial detention.

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan says three bullets were taken from his right leg

Imran Khan interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson

Speaking from his residence in Zaman Park, Lahore, Khan said that he had information from within intelligence agencies that the shooting which injured him last week would take place.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan will “absolutely not” allow CIA to use bases for Afghanistan operations

by Jonathan Swan and Zachary Basu

Pakistan will “absolutely not” allow the CIA to use bases on its soil for cross-border counter terrorism missions after American forces withdraw from Afghanistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan

The many faces of Imran Khan

Imran Khan was catapulted to global fame as a World Cup cricket champion, but the man known in the West as a celebrity playboy is now seeking to lead Pakistan as a populist, religiously devout, anti-corruption reformist. Let’s take a look at the many faces of the man.

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Khan: “They are determined to kill me”

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s ousted prime minister, expects to be arrested soon and says he will continue to fight for democracy and the rule of law By Robert Treichler

The Hidden Imran

by Osman Samiuddin

Just so we’re clear, the following is a fact. Not opinion, not a point of view, not a hot take. Fact. There is no Pakistani male, female, dead, alive, real, imagined – as famous as Imran Khan. Every turn in a multifarious public life has abounded in fame, first as a cricket legend, then as a beloved philanthropist who built a cancer hospital for the poor, latterly as a maverick politician who swept to power promising reform, and now, as the sole occupant of a cell in Pakistan’s most notorious jail. So famous he’s been the subject of two death hoaxes most recently in November, when he went unseen for so long that many concluded he had died.

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