PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has accused the province’s governor of mounting an “attack on the Constitution and democracy” by chairing a security meeting, deepening a confrontation with Islamabad, while his party’s long march continues.
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Guterres praises Pakistan’s mediation effort, urges US and Iran to return to diplomacy
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Imran Khan’s supporters resume march on capital despite threat of emergency rule
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s main opposition party resumed its march towards Islamabad on Monday to demand the release of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, defying a federal government that has vowed to stop any gathering in the capital and is weighing emergency powers in the province leading the protest.
Terrorism and Imran Khan’s health: the two issues that sank Islamabad march talks
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday accused Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister of “sabotaging” negotiations, after two days of talks failed to stop a march on the capital by supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
Talks to avert Imran Khan supporters’ march on capital end in deadlock
ISLAMABAD: Talks between the coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the opposition aimed at stopping a mass march on Islamabad by supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan ended in deadlock before dawn on Sunday, hours before the protest was due to set off.
Draft agreement drawn up in Pakistan’s political standoff, but PTI says Imran Khan must have the final word
ISLAMABAD: The government and jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s opposition party have reportedly reached an understanding aimed at averting a mass march on the capital due to begin Sunday, though the final decision rests with Khan.
Military warns of ‘decisive force’ against any repeat of May 9 violence days before Imran Khan’s party marches on Islamabad
Pakistan’s most senior army officers have warned that any attempt to stir unrest or recreate the violence of 9 May 2023 will be met with “decisive force”, days before the party of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan sets out on a march towards the capital.
Govt, PTI open talks to seek way out of crisis before march on capital
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz-led coalition government and the party of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan began talks in Islamabad on Friday, three days before a planned long march on the capital that has pushed Islamabad and the opposition-run province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) towards a constitutional confrontation.
Pakistan presents man India said it killed in Kashmir encounter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military has produced a retired soldier whom Indian authorities and media said had been killed as a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant in Kashmir, presenting him alive at a press conference and accusing India of staging the episode.
PM Sharif weighs emergency rule in Imran Khan’s heartland days before Islamabad march
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is preparing to consult his coalition partners on whether to take direct control of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the north-western province run by Imran Khan’s party, days before a planned march on Islamabad.