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The Latest Breaking News from Pakistan

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Hindu

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

The Independent UK

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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.

Al Jazeera

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.

The Hindu

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.

Al Jazeera

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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.

Reuters

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 Independent UK

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.

ABC News

Ex-Pakistan PM Khan says police surrounded his home in Lahore

Imran Khan says he fears re-arrest as police surround his house over claims he is hiding suspects in recent riots.

Al Jazeera

Factbox-Pakistan's military courts spotlighted in Khan crisis

Pakistan's government has said it will try in military courts suspects accused of attacking army installations in countrywide protests in the wake of the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan last week.

Reuters

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan says police surrounded his house, arrest imminent

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said police had surrounded has his house and that his arrest was imminent.

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Pakistan: Punjab interim govt gives 24-hour ultimatum to Imran Khan's party to hand over "terrorists" hiding at his residence

Pakistan's Punjab province interim government gave a 24-hour ultimatum to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hand over "30-40 terrorists who have taken refuge" in former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Zaman Park residence in Lahore, Geo News reported.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan official gives Khan 24 hours to hand over riot suspects

Ex-PM Imran Khan accused of sheltering aides and supporters wanted over attacks on army following his arrest last week.

Reuters

Ex-Pakistan PM Khan says police surround his house, fears re-arrest

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that police had surrounded his house and that he expected to be rearrested soon, after the government warned him to hand over supporters who it blamed for attacks on the army.

The Independent UK

Right groups call on Pakistan not to try 'arsonists' from political protests in military courts

A leading international rights group and a Pakistani watchdog are calling on Pakistan not to try civilians who were involved in recent anti-government protests before military courts

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Al Jazeera

Pakistani government to try violent protesters under army laws

People were seen burning and attacking police, gov’t buildings, official and public vehicles, and military assets.

Reuters

Pakistan to try ex-PM Khan's violent supporters under army laws

Pakistan's civilian and military leaders on Tuesday said that rioters and their backers who attacked state assets and military installations to protest the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan will be tried under army laws.

The Guardian - UK

Imran Khan granted bail in more cases relating to corruption charges

Former Pakistan prime minister says there are plans to rearrest him and reiterates call to followers to hold peaceful protests

The Hindu

With militants changing tack, Rajouri-Poonch sector an uphill challengefor security agencies

Militants are changing tack in the Pir Panjal valley to outsmart the security agencies and survive longer in a region with topography “as tough as Afghanistan’s mountains”, officials say. The valley comprises the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch, and includes 225 km of the Line of Control (LoC) with…

Reuters

Factbox-Wife of Pakistan's Khan, charged with graft, is known for spirituality

Bushra Khan, the wife of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, is facing corruption charges in the same case that led to his arrest on May 9. On Monday, he accompanied her to a court that granted her protective bail.

The Hindu

Man arrested for message on social media

The Vijayapura Police arrested a 31-year-old man on the charge of creating enmity between communities, after he posted a message, Pakistan Zindabad, on his social media handle.

TechRadar

Pakistan's free VPN users get their data allowance tripled with relief code

Despite connections now being restored in Pakistan, further disruptions could be likely. Here's how to get the most out of Windscribe's free VPN.

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