PTI leaders Salman Akram Raja and Sardar Latif Khosa were arrested Sunday as workers staged nationwide protests against alleged rigging in 8 February elections and stealing of mandates.
Pakistan district and sessions court had sentenced Khan to 3 years in prison in the Toshakhana case for illegally selling state gifts and had barred him from politics for 5 years.
Published by Bloomsbury India, ‘The Bomb, the Bank, the Mullah and the Poppies: A Tale of Deception’ by Iqbal Chand Malhotra will be released on 31 July on ThePrint's SoftCover.
General Sanders’ visit comes at a time when Islamabad is seeking UK’s support against international isolation. UK sees Pakistan as necessary against IS jihadists in Afghanistan.
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.
Khan's lawyers contended that the case was an 'act of revenge', and that he was being targeted by the present government for his 'fearless criticism of corrupt politicians'.
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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