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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.

The Times of India

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.

WEKU

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.

The Times of India

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Pakistan govt receives names of senior generals for next army chief

ISLAMABAD: The clouds of uncertainty around the appointment of Pakistan's new army chief began to clear on Wednesday after the government announced on Wednesday that it has received the names of six senior generals for the post to succeed incumbent General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

The Times of India

Pak army chief Javed Bajwa's family became billionaires in last six years: Report

ISLAMABAD: Less than two weeks before Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure is about to end, a damaging report has shed light on the sharp rise of wealth of close family members of the most powerful person in the country in a span of six years.

The Times of India

Imran Khan’s life under threat: Pakistan judge cites intel report

Chief justice of Islamabad High Court says intelligence report suggests fears of another assassination attempt on ex-PM.

Al Jazeera

Imran Khan’s U-turn: No longer blaming US for his ouster as PM

Pakistan’s former prime minister has repeatedly claimed that Washington conspired in his fall from grace – and power.

Al Jazeera

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Allies of Pakistan’s ex-PM Khan resuming march on Islamabad

Thousands of allies of Pakistan’s former prime minister are resuming their protest march on the country’s capital city

The Independent UK

Party says Pakistan's ex-PM Khan delaying march on Islamabad

Party officials say Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has postponed the resumption of his protest march on the capital, Islamabad, to challenge his successor's government for later this week

The Independent UK

Imran Khan to resume early elections push after being shot

Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan will call on his supporters to resume a march to Islamabad and continue pushing for early elections after being released from a hospital for treatment of a leg wound sustained in a shooting at a public rally.

Tribune News Service

Imran Khan to continue march to Islamabad after being shot in the leg in ‘assassination attempt’

Former Pakistani prime minister Mr Khan was discharged from hospital on Sunday after ‘assassination attempt’

Evening Standard

Ex-PM Khan says march on Pakistani capital to resume Tuesday

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan says a protest march toward the capital Islamabad suspended after he was wounded by a gun shot in an apparent attempt on his life will resume Tuesday

The Independent UK

Pakistan ‘heading for chaos’ after Imran Khan ‘assassination attempt’

Ousted prime minister claims that his successor ordered shooting

The Independent UK

Imran Khan supporters take to streets as shooting fuels Pakistan tensions

Stakes raised on Friday as clashes erupt between police and protesters in cities across Pakistan

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Reuters

Former Pakistan PM Khan says two shooters tried to assassinate him

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan said on Friday two shooters had tried to assassinate him in the city of Wazirabad the day before, opening fire at a protest march he was leading to the capital Islamabad.

The Times of India

Imran Khan shot at, injured in his leg, blames PM, home minister, ISI

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Thursday survived an assassination attempt in the middle of his long march to the capital, taking two bullets in his right leg as a lone gunman in the crowd fired at him and party colleagues waving at supporters from atop a container truck winding…

Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan was shot: What, where and why?

Khan was wounded when his anti-government protest convoy was shot in the east of Pakistan.

The Independent UK

‘Shots fired’ near convoy of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Khan is leading a protest march on Islamabad to demand snap elections

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Al Jazeera

Xi Jinping assures Pakistan’s Sharif of China’s support

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has held talks with top Chinese leaders during two-day visit in Beijing.

The Independent UK

Pakistan slams ‘baseless’ claim from Russian senator of helping Ukraine develop nukes

Ukrainian specialists travelled to Pakistan to discuss nuke technologies, claimed a Russian senator

The Times of India

'Yes, it was me': Imran Khan admits to advising slain journalist Arshad Sharif to flee Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Responding to ruckus gaining traction over who had asked the hardcore critic, journalist Arshad Sharif to flee the country, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former prime minister Imran Khan has record-breakingly exclaimed, "Yes, it was me!"

Reuters

Pakistani journalist crushed by ex-PM Khan's truck during coverage

A female journalist was crushed to death by a vehicle carrying former prime minister Imran Khan in an accident in eastern Pakistan on Sunday as he led a convoy along with his supporters towards the capital, party officials and journalists said.

The Independent UK

Pakistani minister hints at action against Imran Khan convoy

Pakistan’s interior minister has alleged the country’s former premier, Imran Khan, who is leading an opposition convoy of thousands of supporters toward Islamabad, plans to use his march to spread “violence and chaos."

The Independent UK

Pakistani ex-PM Khan, supporters start march to Islamabad

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and thousands of his supporters have started a long-promised march to the capital, Islamabad, to challenge his successor's government and demand early elections

Al Jazeera

Pakistan ex-PM Khan and supporters set off on march to Islamabad

Six months after being forced from office, Khan is leading a protest from Lahore to Islamabad to demand early elections.

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