Comment by Indian National Congress Party chief comes as annual meeting of security-themed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation goes virtual-only.

Bhutto Zardari, 34, ‘wouldn’t have shot up to the very senior post of foreign minister without the military’s blessing’, one analyst notes.

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said the former cricket star’s PTI party had attacked the ‘very basis of state’, which could not be tolerated.

A court granted Imran Khan protection from arrest until June 8, said a spokesperson for his party. More than 100 cases, including for corruption, are registered against him.

The meeting will be the first significant international event in Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the Muslim-majority region of semi-autonomy in 2019.

First South Asian actor to win best new performer at Hong Kong Film Awards says he knew little about movie industry after first arriving in city at age four.

The impetus for the region to buy more Russian energy is likely to increase due to an emerging El Niño weather pattern.

The former PM once had Pakistan’s all-powerful military on his side, but all that has changed with a series of mob attacks on security personnel last week linked to his party.

Slowing birth rates mean Southeast Asia’s largest economy is set to slip down global population rankings over the next two decades, to be replaced by Pakistan and Nigeria.

The call to protest is a sign of escalating tensions between the judiciary and the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Khan urges his supporters to hold protests ‘at the end of your streets and villages’ across the country on Sunday and announces he will return to campaigning on Wednesday.

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Police shot dead one attacker and another is on the run after they tried to attack a boatyard in the coastal city of Karachi.

Khan’s arrest on corruption charges, which led to deadly clashes, was declared illegal by the court, which ruled he could not be arrested again before Monday.

The anti-corruption agency was ordered to release former Prime Minister Imran Khan from its custody, following his arrest on Tuesday that sparked deadly and widespread protests.

Pakistan’s government called in the military to help end violent protests after former premier Imran Khan was arrested and put under the custody of the anti-corruption agency.

Chinese and Pakistani navy aims to ‘expand into new fields of cooperation’, seen as likely to irk India, which opposes any military aid to Pakistan and is vying with China for regional influence

Khan’s arrest has led to violent protests across the country, with at least two provinces asking the federal government to deploy troops to restore order.

Dozens of heavily-armed paramilitary troops took Khan into custody at the Islamabad High Court, where he was appearing in an unrelated case.

Video of the man’s killing has been shared widely on social media, with police seen vainly trying to stop a frenzied mob from attacking the alleged blasphemer.