Pakistan Court
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Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi get relief as Pakistan HC bars solitary confinement
World | Sep 01, 2026, 11:55 PM ISTThe 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, are currently detained at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, serving lengthy prison sentences in corruption and related cases.
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Former ISI chief Faiz Hameed, close aide of Imran Khan, sentenced to 14 years in jail, here's why
World | Dec 11, 2025, 04:09 PM ISTFormer ISI chief Faiz Hameed, once a dominant force in Pakistan's power structure, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of violating the Official Secrets Act and misusing authority. The sentence follows a 15-month court martial process.
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Pakistan court sentences 166 PTI workers for 10 years, days before 'Free Imran Khan movement'
World | Jul 31, 2025, 06:01 PM ISTA Pakistan anti-terrorism court has sentenced 166 members of Imran Khan’s party, PTI, including top opposition leaders, to 10 years in jail over their alleged involvement in the May 9, 2023 riots following Khan’s arrest. This comes ahead of PTI’s planned ‘Free Imran Khan Movement’ starting August 5.
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Pakistan court bars Imran Khan, wife from making 'provocative' statements against army, judiciary
World | Apr 26, 2024, 01:29 PM ISTThe accountability court in Islamabad said Imran made "provocative political statements" that threatened judicial decorum and obstructed the dispensation of justice. The former Pakistan PM had made several strong claims about rigging in claims and the treatment of his jailed wife.
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Will Imran, Nawaz be banned before polls? Pak court to hear case about lifetime disqualification
World | Jan 02, 2024, 07:30 PM ISTThe verdict will determine once and for all the controversy around the period of disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution and the Elections Act 2017.
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Pakistan: Ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi sent to 14-day judicial remand in cipher case
World | Aug 30, 2023, 05:32 PM ISTQureshi was arrested earlier this month in the probe against the cipher, which Imran Khan's party claims was used by the US to orchestrate his deposition from office last year.
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Pakistan: High Court suspends Imran's sentence in Toshakhana case, but asks to remain in jail I WHY?
World | Aug 29, 2023, 02:24 PM ISTA trial court in Islamabad convicted and sentenced the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman to three years in prison on August 5.
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Pakistan: Court approves plea declaring Imran Khan's sisters, nephew as 'absconders' in May 9 riots
World | Jul 25, 2023, 12:06 PM ISTIn wake of the May 9 violence following Imran Khan's arrest, more than 10,000 workers of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party were arrested by the police.
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Pakistan: 'Disqualified' Nawaz Sharif likely to return as President approves THIS move I DETAILS
World | May 29, 2023, 11:24 PM ISTSharif was disqualified in 2017 by a five-member bench of the apex court but he couldn't file an appeal as there was no law to challenge the judgment of the top judiciary.
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Panj Tirath case: Pakistan court summons govt official; why is Hindu religious site in legal trouble
World | Feb 10, 2023, 07:56 PM ISTPanj Tirath case: Pakistan court summons govt official over Hindu religious site demarcation issue
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Pakistan court directs government to make public details of gifts received by former PM Imran Khan
World | Apr 20, 2022, 05:27 PM ISTThe Cabinet Division was told to share the required information within 10 working days and also upload it on the official website. But the Cabinet Division challenged the PIC order in the Islamabad High Court after the then Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government said that the disclosure of any information may jeopardize ties with some countries.
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Pak court acquits 6 leaders of Hafiz Saeed's JuD in terror financing case
World | Nov 07, 2021, 10:13 AM ISTLashkar-e-Taiba orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed more than 160 people.
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US deeply concerned over release of men charged in Daniel Pearl's murder case by Pakistan court
World | Dec 25, 2020, 02:32 PM ISTThe United States has expressed concerns over the release of British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides by a Pakistan court in the abduction and murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl.
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Pak court issues notice to Imran Khan in Shahbaz's defamation case
World | Jun 06, 2020, 11:53 AM ISTA Pakistani court has issued a notice to Prime Minister Imran Khan in a defamation case filed by PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif seeking early hearing of his suit against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman, pending for three years.
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US slams Pakistan court's overturning of sentence in Daniel Pearl murder
World | Apr 03, 2020, 10:38 AM ISTThe US on Friday criticised a Pakistani court for overturning the death sentence of British-born top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted in the abduction and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002 in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attack, terming the verdict an "affront" to victims of terrorism everywhere.
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Pakistan court accepts Hafiz Saeed's plea to club all six terror financing cases
World | Feb 11, 2020, 11:07 PM ISTAn anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Tuesday accepted a plea of Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamat-ud-Dawa chief (JuD), Hafiz Saeed, to club all six terror financing cases against him and his aides, and announce the verdict on completion of the trial.
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Pakistan court says marriage with underage Christian girl valid as she's had her 1st menstrual cycle
World | Feb 08, 2020, 11:52 AM ISTHuma was 14 when she was abducted in October last year and forced to marry her abductor Abdul Jabbar after being converted to Islam, according to her parents Younis and Nagheena Masih.
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Hafiz Saeed seeks more time from Pak court to record statement in terror financing case
World | Jan 13, 2020, 07:39 PM ISTThe court accepted the request of Saeed's counsel and adjourned the hearing till Tuesday. In the last hearing on Friday, a questionnaire was handed over to Saeed in the ATC regarding charges of terror financing against him.
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Pak anti-terror court adjourns hearing in Hafiz Saeed's case due to lawyers' strike
World | Dec 14, 2019, 09:08 PM ISTThe prosecution which was to present witnesses against Saeed, who is detained at the Kot Lakhpat jail here, and others failed to bring them to the court as the lawyers have been on a strike for the last three days protesting against the arrest of their colleagues in a case of hooliganism at a hospital in Lahore.
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Pakistan court grants bail to Nawaz Sharif's close aide, Irfan Siddiqui
World | Jul 28, 2019, 04:43 PM ISTPakistan's jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's special adviser Irfan Siddiqui was granted bail on Sunday, a day after a court sent him to jail on a 14-day judicial remand for violating tenancy laws.