Despite the relief, Khan's release is unlikely soon. He has been in prison since 2023, serving a sentence in a case related to state gifts, and is also serving a sentence in the 190 million pound Al-Qadir Trust case
Earlier, Khan had moved Islamabad HC against transfer of 9 May cases to military courts. Meanwhile, the ATC has also acquitted all 18 accused in 9 May riots due to lack of evidence.
PTI leaders including its senior vice-president Fawad Chaudhry, senior party leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and secretary general Asad Umar were arrested between Wednesday and Thursday.
Pakistan has been rocked by fresh political turmoil after Khan was arrested by the country's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a corruption case Tuesday.
Prior to being PM & after her two terms, Zulfikar's daughter Benazir Bhutto faced several arrests & served multiple jail terms. She was also put under house arrest in August 1985.
CAG reports are still coming but the old bites and stings have gone missing. The CAG is still unsparing in some cases but the BJP may not mind it at all.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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