Hundreds of Khan's supporters have been arrested for violence after his arrest on corruption charges, authorities said, deepening a political crisis in the nuclear-armed country.
Angry protesters burnt two police vehicles parked near the rally & pelted stones as cop used tear gas to disperse the supporters of ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan, a media report said.
Khan was arrested by Pakistani Rangers outside the Islamabad High Court on charges of granting undue favours to a real estate firm in exchange of donations to his trust.
Hundreds of supporters blocked streets in Imran Khan's home town Lahore as well as northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Protesters also blocked a major road in Karachi.
Imran Khan's constant act of shifting blame to the army, an institution that has had a significant role in Pakistan’s history, gradually alienated a significant portion of the populace.
Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.
In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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