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The Latest Breaking News from Pakistan

Global polio targets set for this year unlikely to be met

Global polio targets set for this year will not be met

The Hindu

Pakistani transgender activists to appeal Shariah court ruling against law aimed at protecting them

Transgender activists in Pakistan say they plan to appeal an Islamic court’s ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting their rights

The Independent UK

India repatriates 22 Pakistani prisoners after completion of jail terms

The Indian Government has repatriated 22 Pakistani prisoners, who had completed their sentences, via the Attari-Wagah border.

The Hindu

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Imran Khan alleges ‘reign of terror’ as supporters face trial in military courts

Former Pakistan prime minister says ‘fascist tactics’ employed by those in power

The Guardian - UK

Police accuse Imran Khan of harbouring ‘40 terrorists’

Police in Pakistan plan to search the Lahore home of former prime minister Imran Khan in a move that could trigger more violence

The New Daily

‘Who isn’t condemning?’: Imran Khan on attacks on Pakistan army

The ex-PM’s muted criticism of vandalism at military installations comes after more than a dozen leaders quit his party.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan's Imran Khan dials down campaign of defiance, allows police search of home for suspects

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has dialed down his campaign of defiance, saying he would allow a police search of his home over allegations that he was harboring suspects wanted in recent violence during anti-government protests by his supporters

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Imran Khan arrest: Pakistan enters ‘uncharted territory’

“Kaha tha Imran Khan ko na chhedna.” If there’s a single slogan that captures the “profound crisis” of the Pakistani state, it is this, said Avinash Paliwal in The Indian Express (Delhi): “We told you, don’t touch Imran Khan.”

The Week

Pakistan police to search Imran Khan's home - official

Pakistani police plan to search the Lahore home of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday, a provincial government official said, an operation that could trigger more violence as the country grapples with political and economic instability.

Reuters

Pakistan investors brace for shockwaves as Imran Khan tests army

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan investors are bracing for a sudden jolt as former premier Imran Khan’s showdown with the powerful military, and the government, reaches a tipping point.

The Times of India

Pakistani forces surround Imran Khan's home as political crisis escalates

The security forces' action came after authorities demanded that Khan hand over dozens of protesters believed to have been among those who smashed and set fire to army installations last week.

WEKU

Pakistan’s controversial Army Act: What is it, how does it work?

Government says it will try rioting protesters under the law, which was enacted in 1952 to prosecute army personnel.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s Imran Khan refuses to join corruption probe over ‘absolutely false’ allegations

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan says he will not join an investigation by the anti-graft agency while he is out on bail.

The New Daily

Imran Khan and Lahore police remain in tense standoff

Since ex-PM was released from custody he has only left his residence once, citing fear of being re-arrested

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Author Sumit Sharma Sameer on his latest book and waking up to issues of the diaspora

Wake Up Ali... Wake Up Now is Nepali author Sumit Sharma Sameer’s first fiction work that tells an archetypal migration story through a Pakistani migrant in Canada

The Independent UK

Top leaders of Pakistan, Iran inaugurate border market in their first meeting in 10 years

Officials say the top leaders of Pakistan and Iran have inaugurated the first border market as relations warm between the two countries

Al Jazeera

Imran Khan says Pakistan gov’t, army ‘scared I will win election’

Ex-PM tells Al Jazeera, ruling coalition and military want him ‘removed from the electoral field in an election year’.

Al Jazeera

Who’s Maulvi Abdul Kabir, Afghanistan’s new Taliban-appointed PM?

Kabir has been associated with Taliban leadership since 2006, when Mullah Omar appointed him as a military commander.

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The Hindu

Tahawwur Rana very relaxed after 26/11 Mumbai attacks: U.S. court document

Pakistani-origin terror convict Tahawwur Rana, whose extradition to India has received a green signal, was “very relaxed” in the days after the 26/11 attacks.

Al Jazeera

Concerns as Pakistan moves to try Khan supporters under army laws

Rights groups criticise decision to use military courts to try civilians, say it risks violating right to due process.

Reuters

Pakistan's Imran Khan says he won't join corruption probe

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is facing corruption charges, said on Thursday he would not join an investigation by the powerful anti-graft agency while he was out on bail.

The Independent UK

Pakistani police besiege Imran Khan's home as deadline for him to hand over suspects is to expire

Pakistani police are keeping up their siege around the home of Imran Khan as a 24-hour deadline given to the former premier to hand over suspects sheltered inside is about to expire

The Independent UK

'Clock has hit midnight': China loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse

A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China

The Times of India

Pakistan braces for unrest as Imran Khan fears another arrest

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan said the police have surrounded his house in the eastern city of Lahore to potentially arrest him again, stoking concerns of a repeat of the violent clashes between his supporters and security forces last week.

ABC News

Setarah Qasimi's Matildas dreams follow her family's incredible journey from Quetta to Cranbourne West

Setarah Qasimi and her family have gone from narrowly avoiding bombings in Hazara Town markets to fostering dreams of Matildas stardom in Mildura. Now family and football have given them hope for the future.

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