Pakistan

Islamabad, Nov 5 (PTI) A deadlock persists over filing an FIR in connection with an assassination attempt on Imran Khan after the former prime minister refused to withdraw the name of a senior Pakistan Army officer from the complaint, which also carries the names of the Prime Minister and the Interior Minister.

04 Nov 2022; MEMO: Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, who was shot and wounded during his anti-government protest march on Thursday, has said he will be back on the streets once he recovers fully, Anadolu News Agency reports.

"As soon as I get well, I have decided to take to the streets and will give the call for Islamabad," Khan told a press conference from a hospital in Lahore on Friday.

03 Nov 2022; MEMO: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the shin today when his anti-government protest convoy came under attack in the east of the country in what his aides said was a clear assassination attempt, Reuters reports.

Several others in the convoy were wounded and the information minister said a suspect had been arrested. One party member said there were reports one person had been killed.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday strongly condemned the firing at Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan in Gujranwala and assured support to Punjab government on investigation and security.

“I condemn the incident of firing on PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the strongest words,” he said in a series of tweets.

He prayed for the recovery and health of PTI chairman and other injured people.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A gunman in eastern Pakistan opened fire Thursday at a campaign truck carrying former Prime Minister Imran Khan, slightly wounding him in the leg and killing one of his supporters, his party and police said. Nine other people also were hurt.

The gunman was immediately arrested at the protest rally, and police later released a video of him in custody, allegedly confessing to the shooting and saying he acted alone. It was not clear under what conditions he made his statement.

Islamabad, Oct 29 (PTI) Imran Khan on Saturday again targeted the powerful establishment, saying the people of Pakistan should not be treated like “goats and sheep”, even as the coalition government ruled out any negotiations with the former prime minister on holding snap elections.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief addressed the participants of his long march on the Day 2 of his protest rally at Shahdara area of Lahore before leading them to Islamabad in a convoy of vehicles.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and thousands of supporters started a long-promised march on Friday to the nation’s capital, Islamabad, to challenge the government of his successor and demand early elections.

Khan maintains that his ouster in a parliament no-confidence vote in April was unlawful, and a conspiracy by his political opponents orchestrated by the United States — a charge denied by both Washington and Pakistan’s new premier, Shahbaz Sharif.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday reiterated its “full solidarity” with the people of Jammu and Kashmir in their quest for the right to self-determination, as they observed Black Day to mark the completion of 75 years of the Indian occupation of the IIOJK.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (NNN-APP) – The death toll from this season’s monsoon rain and floods, in Pakistan, since mid-June, has risen to 1,731, along with 12,867 injuries, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.

According to a report by NDMA, on Saturday night, 645 children and 350 women were among those who lost their lives, in separate rain or flood-related incidents, in the country, so far.

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in financing to help Pakistan provide social protection, promote food security and support employment for its people amid devastating floods, the ADB said on Friday.

The loan is part of ADB's significant response package to support people, livelihoods and infrastructure in Pakistan in the wake of the recent floods which have affected over 33 million people and caused extensive damage to infrastructure and agriculture, the ADB said in a statement.