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General Asim Munir takes charge as chief of Pakistan's powerful army

General Asim Munir on Tuesday took charge as Pakistan's new army chief, a key change of command in an institution that plays a huge influential role in the governance of the nuclear-armed nation.

Reuters

Pakistan's new army chief takes charge of military

Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country's armed forces

The Independent UK

Pakistan authorities arrest PTI senator for tweets against military officials

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan authorities on Sunday arrested a senator of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party for allegedly using abusive and threatening language against senior military officials.

The Times of India

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Pakistan’s Imran Khan vows to fight to ‘last drop of blood’ in first rally since being shot

Ousted PM calls off march on Islamabad to avoid further chaos but continues to press for early elections, possibly by pulling his PTI party out of regional assemblies

The Guardian - AU

Pakistan ex-PM Khan says lawmakers are quitting assemblies

Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan said his lawmakers are quitting regional legislative assemblies, ending his monthslong protest, to mount further pressure for snap elections days after the appointment of a new army chief.

Tribune News Service

Imran Khan says his party will quit all assemblies in Pakistan

The former prime minister was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament in April. He is now in the opposition and has been demanding early elections.

WEKU

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan calls off march to avoid ‘chaos’

Imran Khan also announced his party will resign from provincial assemblies in first rally since assassination attempt.

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Pakistan's ex-PM Khan says his party to quit all assemblies

Pakistan's former premier Imran Khan says his party will quit all regional and national assemblies

The Independent UK

Former Pakistan PM Khan calls off protest march to avoid creating 'havoc'

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his first public appearance since being wounded in a gun attack earlier this month, said on Saturday he was calling off his protest march to Islamabad because he feared it would cause havoc in the country.

Reuters

On outskirts of Doha, laborers watch World Cup they built

Far from Doha’s luxury hotels and sprawling new World Cup stadiums, scores of South Asian workers poured into a cricket ground in the city’s sandy outskirts to enjoy the tournament they helped create

The Independent UK

Pakistan asks former PM Khan to delay sit-in citing attack threat

Imran Khan and his supporters are to rally in Rawalpindi on Saturday after Khan was hurt in an attack on a party march.

Al Jazeera

The controversial legacy of Pakistan’s outgoing army chief Bajwa

After six years as the head of the country’s most powerful institution, General Qamar Javed Bajwa will retire next week.

Al Jazeera

Explainer-Why Pakistan's army chief matters far beyond its borders

Pakistan named Lieutenant-General Asim Munir as the head of the country's nuclear-armed military, the most powerful institution in a nation seldom far from its next crisis.

Reuters

Pakistan interior minister asks former PM Khan to postpone march, cites militant threat

Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Friday that former prime minister Imran Khan should postpone the resumption of his protest march to Islamabad from Rawalpindi, stating that there had been threats of attacks from militant groups.

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The Guardian - UK

Imran Khan to resume protests – this time taking on Pakistan’s military

After surviving an assassination attempt, many believe ex-PM could use his support to press army to back a return to power

The Times of India

Imran Khan denied permission to land at Parade Ground on Saturday, says party

ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Friday said the Islamabad administration has denied permission to the former Prime Minister's helicopter to land at the Parade Ground in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Saturday to address a protest rally against the Shehbaz Sharif government.

Tribune News Service

Pakistan names new army chief as strife with Imran Khan deepens

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif named General Asim Munir as Pakistan’s next army chief, a choice that could harden former premier Imran Khan’s opposition to the government and stoke his high-stakes clash with the military.

Al Jazeera

Who is Asim Munir, Pakistan’s new army chief?

Lieutenant General Asim Munir will take charge of the 600,000-strong nuclear-armed army on November 29.

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WEKU

Pakistan names a new military chief amid bitter political feuding

Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir replaces Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, who retires on Nov. 29. Munir begins his new role amid bitter feuding between Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and former premier Imran Khan.

Reuters

Factbox-Who is Pakistan's new army chief Asim Munir?

Pakistan named Lieutenant-General Asim Munir on Thursday as chief of its army, an organisation that plays a hugely influential role in the governance of the nuclear-armed nation.

The Independent UK

Pakistani PM names ex-spy master to be new army chief

A Cabinet minister says Pakistan’s premier has named the country's former spy chief as head of the army

Al Jazeera

Pakistan army chief admits military’s meddling in politics

But General Bajwa reveals that the country’s most powerful institution has decided to stay away from politics.

The Independent UK

Pakistan PM to appoint new army chief amid political turmoil

Pakistan's government says it is ready to appoint a new army chief for the country as political turmoil and feuding continues to grip its political elite

The Times of India

Pakistan vs England first Test to go ahead as scheduled from Dec 1 in Rawalpindi: Sources

KARACHI: The first Test between Pakistan and England in Rawalpindi from December 1 to 5 will go ahead as scheduled despite the expected political unrest in that city and adjoining Islamabad, according to sources.

Reuters

Pakistan PM Sharif to pick new chief of powerful military

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to pick a new army chief in the next couple of days, two government officials said on Wednesday, after the military said it had sent a list of six candidates to his office.

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