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Imran Khan: Pakistan Ex-Prime Minister wounded at protest march

Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has survived a gun attack on his convoy while holding a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad.

He was wounded in the leg when a burst of gunfire hit his vehicle. One person was killed and at least five others were injured.

Imran Khan: “I’m afraid Pakistan is headed towards martial law”

By Bruno Maçães

The country’s former PM warns that its spiralling political crisis could end as a brutal military dictatorship.

Pakistan Ex-PM Imran Khan Says Defying U.S. Policy Led to His Downfall

Today, Khan is largely confined to his residence in Lahore while on bail from successive court appearances on allegations ranging from corruption to terrorism and even murder.

Pakistan’s Imran Khan openly accuses military of trying to destroy his party

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam

LAHORE – Pakistan’s embattled former Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the powerful military and its intelligence agency of openly trying to destroy his political party, saying he had “no doubt” he would be tried in a military court and thrown in jail.

A Conversation With Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan

Speaker: Imran Khan Prime Minister of Pakistan

Presider: Richard N. Haass

Prime Minister Imran Khan discusses the current state of U.S.-Pakistan relations, recent developments in the disputed region of Kashmir, and Pakistan’s relationship with India, Afghanistan, and other neighboring countries.

Imran Khan wasn’t overthrown — Pakistan was

by Junaid S. Ahmad

From the barracks of Rawalpindi to the halls of Washington, a sordid alliance stalks the republic of Pakistan: a military caste addicted to power, a civilian class cowed into servitude, and a foreign patron ever ready to pull the leash. What unfolds is less a grand strategy than a tragicomedy: generals trading sovereignty for sinecures, soldiers harbouring contempt for their officers, and a once-promising democratic movement crushed under the twin weights of imperial ambition and martial tutelage.

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.

Why Imran Khan has disappeared from Pakistan’s media

by Caroline Davies – BBC News Islamabad

It was a surreal moment. On Tuesday night during his live TV show, Pakistani anchor Kashif Abbasi was talking about a legal petition filed by a lawyer against former prime minister Imran Khan.

Mr Abbasi says his name, then stops himself: “He filed an application under article six against Imran Khan… I apologise, against the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e Insaf.”

We tried to speak to Mr Abbasi, but he did not get back to us.

Imran Khan: Former Pakistani prime minister speaks to ITV News from solitary confinement

by Rohit Kachroo

Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has urged Sir Keir Starmer to raise awareness of threats to democracy in Pakistan in a rare interview granted from solitary confinement

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