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  Former ISI chief Faiz Hameed, close aide of Imran Khan, sentenced to 14 years in jail, here's why

  World | December 11, 2025 16:09 IST

  Former 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 | July 31, 2025 18:01 IST

  A 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 | April 26, 2024 13:29 IST

  The 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 | January 02, 2024 19:30 IST

  The 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 | August 30, 2023 17:32 IST

  Qureshi 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 | August 29, 2023 14:24 IST

  A 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 | July 25, 2023 12:06 IST

  In 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 23:24 IST

  Sharif 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 | February 10, 2023 19:56 IST

  Panj 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 | April 20, 2022 17:27 IST

  The 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 | November 07, 2021 10:13 IST

  Lashkar-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 | December 25, 2020 14:32 IST

  The 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 | June 06, 2020 11:53 IST

  A 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 | April 03, 2020 10:38 IST

  The 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 | February 11, 2020 23:07 IST

  An 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 | February 08, 2020 11:52 IST

  Huma 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 | January 13, 2020 19:39 IST

  The 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 | December 14, 2019 21:08 IST

  The 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 | July 28, 2019 16:43 IST

  Pakistan'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.

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  Pakistan court adjourns hearing in treason case against Musharraf as government fails to appoint defence lawyer

  World | July 24, 2019 11:42 IST

  The hearing in a high treason case against Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf has been adjourned for a month by a special court after the government failed to appoint a defence counsel to represent Pakistan's former military dictator, according to a media report on Wednesday.