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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

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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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Pakistan's ex-premier Imran Khan set to march on Islamabad to demand snap polls

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan gathered hundreds of supporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Friday to join a caravan of cars and trucks heading for the capital Islamabad to pressure the government into calling snap polls.

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Thousands attend Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif’s funeral

At least 25,000 people pay their respects to the veteran journalist who was shot dead in Kenya on Sunday.

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United States pledges further $30 million in aid to flood-hit Pakistan

The United States will give Pakistan a further $30 million in aid to help millions of people whose lives were disrupted by severe flooding in recent months, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad said on Thursday.

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Pakistan ex-PM Khan announces march on capital to call for early elections

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Tuesday that he would begin a protest march with his supporters from the eastern city of Lahore to Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Friday to call for early elections.

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Pakistan bringing home body of journalist killed in Kenya

Pakistan's information minister says the body of an outspoken Pakistani journalist who was killed by police while living in hiding in Kenya is being repatriated home to Islamabad

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A Pakistani journalist living in hiding was killed by police at a roadblock in Kenya

Arshad Sharif, 50, had been in hiding since July after he fled Pakistan to avoid arrest. He had been critical of the country's military and the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

WEKU

Pakistan: Court Rejects Imran Khan's Plea Against Election Commission's disqualification ruling

Islamabad High Court on Monday declined the plea of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan to suspend the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan disqualifying him in the Toshakhana reference. Read on for details:

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Pakistan sets a 5-year ban on former Prime Minister Imran Khan holding office

Khan was disqualified after an election panel found he unlawfully sold state gifts and concealed assets as premier, officials said. He was ousted in a no-confidence vote in the parliament in April.

WEKU

Pakistan opposition leader arrested for tweet on military chief

Azam Swati, a legislator from Imran Khan’s PTI party, has been arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency.

Al Jazeera

Issa Launches MWL's Relief Campaign In Islamabad

Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL), Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, launched on Saturday from Islamabad the MWL’s urgent campaign for the relief of the Pakistani people. The campaign aims to secure food, housing and health needs of tens of thousands of…

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Imran Khan: ‘This government will push Pakistan to the brink’

Ex-PM attacks the government over its handling of the flood-ravaged economy and once again calls for swift elections.

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Pakistan court dismisses contempt case against ex-PM Imran Khan

The court has accepted Khan’s written apology for comments he made against officials during a rally in August.

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Pakistan’s former PM Khan gets bail after arrest warrant

Imran Khan faces several cases due to his remarks against police officials and a judge made at a rally last month.

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U.S. extends debt relief to Pakistan after floods

Washington on Friday rolled over an agreement to suspend service payments on $132 million of Pakistan's debt, the U.S. embassy in Islamabad said, after devastating floods exacerbated the South Asian nation's economic crisis.

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Why is Pakistan investigating several audio leaks from PM office?

PM Shehbaz Sharif orders formation of committee to investigate leaking of several audio files released over past week.

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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan apologises in contempt of court case

Pakistan court defers contempt proceedings against PTI chief after he says he is willing to apologise to female judge.

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Police deployed at Pakistan PM Khan's court indictment

Hundreds of police were deployed at a Pakistan court in Islamabad on Thursday ahead of the likely indictment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a contempt of court case, police said.

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Pakistan court extends Imran Khan’s bail in terrorism case

The former prime minister appears before anti-terrorism court in Islamabad that adjourns the case until September 20.

Reuters

USAID chief pledges $20 million in additional help for flood-hit Pakistan

U.S. development agency USAID chief Samantha Power on Friday announced $20 million in additional help for flood-hit Pakistan at a press conference in Islamabad.

WEKU

U.N. chief appeals to world to help badly flood-hit Pakistan

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the world to help Pakistan after arriving in the country Friday to see climate-induced devastation from months of deadly record floods.

The Independent UK

Pakistani PM: World should ramp up climate change fight

Pakistan’s prime minister is urging the world to step up the fight against climate change as a way to avoid more deadly flooding

The Hindu

A perfect storm in Pakistan — India must offer relief assistance

With devastating floods in Pakistan amid political turbulence, New Delhi and Islamabad need to get past the current impasse and resume dialogue.

Evening Standard

Watch: Dramatic aerial footage shows scale of flood devastation in Pakistan

Pakistan health authorities have expressed concern about the risk of water-born diseases spreading in flood-ravaged areas. With large swathes of the country covered in murky flood waters, the death toll surged past 1,200 on Friday.The United Nations and Pakistan have jointly issued an appeal for 160 million US dollars in…

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