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The clashes erupted when Khan attended a much-awaited hearing in the Toshakhana corruption case. During the confrontation, over 25 security personnel were injured. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, leaves court after an appearance in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, May 19, 2023. ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan got a major relief on Tuesday when an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan granted him bail till June 8 in eight cases related to violence that erupted at the Judicial Complex here in March. The cases were registered in different police stations of Islamabad against 70-year-old Khan after clashes erupted between police and his supporters when the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief appeared before a court in the Judicial Complex on March 18. The clashes erupted when Khan attended a much-awaited hearing in the Toshakhana corruption case. During the confrontation, over 25 security personnel were injured. On Tuesday, Khan travelled from Lahore to the ca...

 The Supreme Court on Saturday summoned Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Dost Mazari and issued notice to chief minister Hamza Shahbaz in a petition filed by PML-Q. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's son Hamza Shehbaz on Saturday took oath as the chief minister of Punjab province. But the political turmoil in the country seems to be far from over. On Friday, Hamza was re-elected to the post by just three votes amid high drama when deputy speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari rejected 10 crucial votes of his rival candidate. The run-off election for the Punjab chief minister was conducted in the Punjab Assembly in line with the instructions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Hamza was declared the winner in the election though his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party did not have a majority in the Assembly after key by-elections held on July 17. Hamza managed to retain the post of Punjab province CM by the barest of margins after Mazari rejected 10 votes of his rival candidate Chaud...

The heavy downpour in Karachi has damaged homes, roads, five bridges and power stations across the city, and is reported to have claimed more than 25 lives in the Sindh province. Former Pakistan PM  Imran Khan  on Tuesday hit out at the Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party for "14 years of corruption", and held its "mismanagement in governing Sindh" responsible for the flood-like situation in Karachi, which has been triggered by record-breaking rain across the country. The heavy downpour has also damaged homes, roads, five bridges and power stations across the country, and is reported to have claimed more than 25 lives in the Sindh province. “Flooding of Karachi because of rain, again a reflection of PPP's 14 years of corruption and mismanagement in governing Sindh,” the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) chief tweeted. “My government had given Rs35 bn to clean & reconstruct major nullahs but prov govt failed to perform it's task of improving solid waste ...