Ex-prime minister Khan served as prime minister of Pakistan for over three and half years. He was removed from the position through a no-confidence vote in parliament by the Opposition parties last month.
The removal of Imran Khan has set in motion the process to elect the new leader of the house. The combined opposition has already named PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif as joint candidate.
On Thursday night, the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a landmark judgement ruled President and Deputy Speaker's move as unconsitutional and ordered a no-confidence vote on Saturday.
Imran Khan today targeted his political opponents, accusing them of conspiring against his government at the best of their foreign masters, in an apparent reference to the US.
Terming the Opposition’s no-confidence motion a conspiracy, Imran Khan said he knew about it since August last year and he had reports that some Opposition leaders were visiting embassies.
While Imran Khan refused to divulge much details about the letter, a senior Pakistan government official has claimed that the letter Imran Khan was talking about is actually a telegram sent by Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed Khan to Islamabad.
Though the Pakistani army told the media that they discussed "matters of mutual national, regional, and international interest", sources say that the meeting was all about the impending no-confidence vote that Imran Khan is trying to thwart using "illegal" means.
Around 100 lawmakers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) submitted a no-confidence motion. The National Assembly session for the move is expected to be convened on March 21 and the voting is likely to be held on March 28.
Pakistan has been on the grey list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) since June 2018 for failing to check money laundering, leading to terror financing, and was given a plan of action to complete it by October 2019.
3-day meeting between the two commissioners of PCIW completed discussions on all agenda items on Wednesday. The talks were held in a very cordial environment and the final outcome of crucial parleys is expected to be announced on Thursday.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that preparations for the visit of Prime Minister Khan were underway, the state-run TASS news agency reported on Sunday.
At the same time, the number of positive cases surged to 13,53,479, it said. The previous highest of 6,825 was reported on June 13, 2020, the ministry data showed. The first coronavirus patient was detected in February, 2020.
It was the 4th time in the past 15 months that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority imposed and lifted such a ban.
Pakistan has been a mainstay on index since its inception in 2008, Geo News reported. Somalia remains the world's worst country for unsolved killings of journalists, according to CPJ's annual Global Impunity Index.
According to Secy Water Resources, Dr Shahzeb Khan Bangash, the civil work in project has been stalled since attack on Chinese engineers in July, reported Business Recorder.
Abdul Qadeer Khan's health condition started deteriorating on Saturday night, after which he was rushed to the Khan Research Laboratories Hospital in Islamabad, according to his family members.
It was for India's govt that Khan reserved his harshest words, once again labelling Indian PM Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government “fascist.”
"The Taliban hold all of Afghanistan and if they can sort of now work towards an inclusive govt, get all the factions together, Afghanistan could have peace after 40 yrs. But if it goes wrong and which is what we are really worried about, it could go to chaos. The biggest humanitarian crisis, a huge refugee problem," Khan said.
"Pfizer vaccine will be available at all major vaccination centres... We have also been making arrangements to send teams to educational institutions to vaccinate children."
The tremors were felt at 10:52 am (local time) at a depth of 178 kilometres.
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