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Mobocracy in the Making: Pakistan on edge after Imran Khan’s arrest

After former Pakistan PM Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday, his supporters in Islamabad and other cities went on a rampage, blocking roads, clashing with police and setting checkpoints and military facilities ablaze. The violence has killed eight protesters and left more than 200 cops injured

Pakistan: Protests over Imran Khan's arrest have broken unquestioned myth of army supremacy

Protests have displayed that the Pakistani army is no longer the most respected and loved institution in the South Asian nation. Its power has diminished and every step it takes in the future would be closely watched

Pakistan: Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Bashir Ahmed Peer killed in Rawalpindi

Bashir Ahmed Peer alias Imtiyaz Alam, the launching commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen, was shot dead in Rawalpindi, Pakistan late on Monday evening

Benazir assassination case: A high court in Pakistan to hear appeal after 5 years

The decision of the LHC to hear the appeals came after over five and a half years and days after one of the accused -- late General Pervez Musharraf-- died. Notices were issued to Pakistan People’s Party co-chair and ex-president Asif Zardari, all 5 accused, Musharraf and convicted police officers

Pakistan: Dozens injured in celebratory gunfire as people welcome new year

Apart from Karachi, similar celebrations have also been reported from other parts of Pakistan including Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Casualties due to celebratory gunfire have also been reported from Lahore

General Asim Munir takes charge as new chief of Pakistan Army

A change of command ceremony was organized at the Pakistan Army headquarters in Rawalpindi on Tuesday during which General Bajwa handed over the reins of the Pakistan Army to his successor General Asim Munir

Pakistan: Former PM Imran Khan to address first rally since assassination attempt

The rally will take place on a vast open ground between the capital, Islamabad, and neighbouring Rawalpindi -- the garrison city that is home to the headquarters of the country's powerful military

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party set to resume stalled long march

Khan, who is recovering from his injuries, had announced resumption of the long march on Tuesday but later the party changed the decision and rescheduled it for Thursday. He will join the long march in Rawalpindi when it reaches there in 10 to 14 days

Pakistan: PTI protest against Imran Khan shooting rocks Rawalpindi

The headquarters of the Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi echoed with slogans by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activists protesting against the shooting of party chief Imran Khan for the second consecutive day

100 years of Saka Panja Sahib: A look back at a significant chapter in Sikh history

The events of 30 October, 1922, occurred in the backdrop of the Guru Ka Bagh Morcha, when the British arrested hundreds of Sikh prisoners, gave them summary trials and dispatched them to distant prisons by train