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In today’s newsletter: former Pakistan PM survives attack by gunman; signals directorate warns of risk of increased hacking; cost of prison system soars as more women jailed

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…

KARACHI: Ex and current Pakistan cricketers on Thursday condemned the the assassination attempt on former prime minister Imran Khan, a World Cup-winning captain, by an unidentified gunman during a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad.

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,…

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

Violence doesn’t belong in politics or protests, Pakistani and foreign leaders say after Khan wounded in leg.

NEW DELHI: Pakistan on Thursday kept their hopes alive and remained in the race for the semi-final stage of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia after a victory against South Africa. But their fate still hangs in the balance and is dependent on other results going their way in…

An arrest was made at the scene, but the identity of the gunman was not immediately known

The former cricket star turned politician had been given a 10-year jail sentence just a day before