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Dead or Alive, Imran Khan Puts Pakistan’s General Munir in a Catch-22 Situation

By Asif Ullah Khan

In trying to contain Khan, the system may be unintentionally shaping the very legend it fears.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was 51 when he was executed. Benazir Bhutto Zardari was 54 when she was assassinated. Imran Khan is now 75. He appears physically fitter than most men his age — even after retiring from cricket, he never stopped exercising, and reports say he continues to work out daily in prison. He is also being provided with food of his choice. Yet physical fitness alone cannot shield a man of his age from the toll of imprisonment, especially the psychological strain.

Imran Khan, Pakistan, and the Cowardice of Clever Comrades

by Junaid S Ahmad

The tragedy of a section of Pakistan’s left is not that it misread Imran Khan politics often involves misjudgments. The real tragedy is that even after witnessing censorship, arrests, military trials, enforced disappearances, and political repression, many still chose cautious vocabulary over moral courage.

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.

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 Writes From Prison: Why the World Must Pay Attention To Pakistan

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.

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.

Iqbal Day: Imran Khan pays tribute to Pakistan’s National Poet

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.

‘Terrible what they are doing to him’: Chappell, Gavaskar, Border, Waugh make humanitarian appeal for Imran Khan

Fourteen former international cricket captains from five Test teams have appealed to the Pakistan government to request better prison treatment for Imran Khan, amid serious fears for the health of the 73-year-old ex-captain and prime minister.

The petition, drafted by former Australian skipper Greg Chappell and delivered to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday afternoon, has also been undersigned by former Indian captains Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, plus the likes of Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark and Kim Hughes.

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.

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