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Pakistani traders have staged strikes across the country against the soaring cost of living, including higher fuel and utility bills and record depreciation of the rupee against the dollar.
Pakistan’s health minister says an injectable medicine that was causing a severe eye infection and sight loss in diabetic patients in the province of Punjab has been recalled and an investigation ordered while police are looking for the suppliers.
Pakistani officials say a passenger train collided with another already parked and carrying goods in eastern Pakistan, injuring at least 30 passengers, five of them seriously.
Officials say Pakistan’s anti-graft tribunal in the eastern city of Lahore has allowed authorities to interrogate the president of former premier Imran Khan’s party for a week to determine whether he was involved in corruption.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s police on Thursday arrested a top official in former premier Imran Khan’s political party as authorities move to rein in the outspoken politician’s supporters and allies.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan dialed down his campaign of defiance on Friday, saying he would allow a police search of his home over allegations that he was harboring suspects wanted in recent violence during anti-government protests by his supporters.
Pakistani police are keeping up their siege around the home of Imran Khan as a 24-hour deadline given to the former premier to hand over suspects sheltered inside expired.
Pakistan’s prime minister says authorities will go after those involved in violent protests following the detention of his predecessor, Imran Khan, including prosecution in anti-terrorism courts.
Pakistan’s government has called out the military in provinces roiled by violence following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani Sikh was killed by unknown assailants in a drive-by shooting in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, police said.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan led a rally in the eastern city of Lahore in the early hours of Sunday, setting out his ideas to revive the country’s spiraling economy and accusing the government of lacking a rescue plan.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Friday shielded from arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan until at least next week, amid a roiling political crisis that has pitted the celebrity politician against the current government and spilled over into street protests.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Tuesday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan a weeklong bail in two new cases in which he faces terrorism charges, officials said.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police on Monday arrested scores more supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan for attacking officers over the weekend outside an Islamabad court where the ousted premier was to appear on graft charges, officials said.
Police in Pakistan have stormed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in the eastern city of Lahore and arrested more than 60 people.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Defending champion Lahore Qalandars recorded a stunning one-run win against Multan Sultans on the last ball of the final to win the Pakistan Super League and become the first team to retain the title on Saturday.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Lahore Qalandars will defend their Pakistan Super League title in the final after knocking out Peshawar Zalmi by four wickets in the elimination playoff on Friday.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top Pakistani court on Friday suspended an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, giving him a reprieve to travel to Islamabad and face charges in a graft case without being detained.
A Pakistani court has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s petition to suspend a warrant for him to appear in court in a graft case linked to his term in office.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Kieron Pollard and Sheldon Cottrell lifted Multan Sultans to their third straight Pakistan Super League final with an 84-run win over defending champion Lahore Qalandars as the match went ahead despite political unrest in the eastern city Wednesday.
Pakistani police have paused efforts to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan on graft charges after clashes continued for a second day outside his home in the eastern city of Lahore.
Clashes have erupted in Pakistan after police tried to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan from his home in the eastern city of Lahore.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Prime Minister Imran Khan rallied thousands of supporters in eastern Pakistan on Monday as courts in the capital of Islamabad issued two more arrest warrants for him for failing to appear before judges in graft and terrorism cases, officials said.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police used water cannons and fired tear gas to disperse supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday in the eastern city of Lahore.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Defending champions Lahore Qalandars became the first team to qualify for the Pakistan Super League playoffs after beating Multan Sultans by 21 runs on Saturday.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Sikandar Raza helped Lahore Qalandars overcome a top-order batting collapse to beat Quetta Gladiators by 17 runs in the Pakistan Super League on Thursday.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Defending champions Lahore Qalandars dismissed Islamabad United for 90 runs to register a 110-run victory and go top of the Pakistan Super League on Monday.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police arrested Monday a retired army general and prominent supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of inciting the public and government employees against national institutions, officials said.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Shaheen Shah Afridi took five wickets and Lahore Qalandars’ top-order scored heavily as the defending champions beat Peshawar Zalmi by 40 runs in the Pakistan Super League on Sunday.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister on Wednesday defied a ban on rallies in a commercial area of the city of Lahore, taunting police and asking to be arrested en masse.
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Lahore Qalandars handed a crushing 63-run defeat to Quetta Gladiators as the defending champions notched their second win in the Pakistan Super League on Tuesday.