Latest Islamabad News
Pakistani court rejects ex-PM Imran Khan's bail plea in case related to leaking state secrets
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer said. Khan is accused of exposing an official secret document, dubbed Cipher, when he waved a confidential diplomatic letter at...
3 family members sought in death of 10-year-old girl arrested in the UK after arriving from Pakistan
LONDON (AP) — Three family members of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in her U.K. home were arrested in Pakistan on Wednesday on suspicion of murder and flown to Britain, where they were taken into police custody on arrival. Sara Sharif was found dead with extensive injuries...
Taliban reject Pakistani claims of unlawful structures, indiscriminate firing at key border crossing
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday rejected Pakistani government accusations that they're to blame for the closure of a key border crossing. Pakistan shut the vital commercial artery of Torkham in its northwest last Wednesday after guards from the two countries...
Pakistan court orders 5 siblings of girl found dead near London put into child protection center
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Tuesday ordered the five siblings of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead with extensive injuries near London put into a children’s protection center after they were located by police. The police are continuing their search for the...
Pakistani premier claims US military equipment left behind in Afghanistan is now in militant hands
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's caretaker prime minister claimed on Monday that U.S. military equipment left behind during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan has fallen into militant hands and ultimately made its way to the Pakistani Taliban. The equipment — which includes a...
Pakistan's Imran Khan will be imprisoned for 2 more weeks despite getting bail
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan will remain in a high-security prison for at least another two weeks despite being granted bail the previous day, as a court extended his detention Wednesday in a case involving the revealing of an official secret document, a defense...
Pakistani court suspends the corruption conviction and sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani appeals court on Tuesday suspended the corruption conviction and three-year prison term of Imran Khan in a legal victory for the hugely popular but embattled former prime minister, his lawyers and court officials said. Hours after the announcement, the...
Top Pakistani court in southwest quashes sedition case against imprisoned ex-PM Imran Khan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A court in southwest Pakistan on Monday quashed a sedition case against imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his lawyer said, a sign of some relief for the former cricket hero-turned-politician who has been embroiled in more than 150 cases since his ouster in...
A Pakistani court delays ruling on ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's conviction appeal
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A court in Pakistan’s capital delayed for a day a crucial ruling that was expected Thursday on an appeal from the country’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan against his recent conviction and three-year sentence in a graft case, one of his lawyers said. ...
Pakistan arrests opposition leader accused of exposing official secrets, harming national interest
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top investigation agency has arrested an opposition leader, who is a close aide of convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan, for exposing official secrets and harming state interests, according to case documents revealed Sunday. It’s the latest...
