Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s supporters win big as US, UK and EU urge probe into poll fraud
Imran Khan is in jail and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has been barred from the polls. Independents, most of them backed by Khan, had won the most seats – 98 of the 245 counted by 1830 GMT – while Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party had won 69 seats.
Preliminary Pakistan election outcome favours jailed former PM Imran Khan supporters
Imran Khan is in jail and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was barred from the election, so his supporters contested as independents. Analysts have predicted there may be no clear winner, adding to the woes of a country struggling to recover from an economic crisis while it grapples with rising militant violence in a deeply polarised political environment.
Argentina captain and Inter Miami talisman Messi ‘recovers’, ready to play in Tokyo after
Messi trained later on Tuesday in suburban Tokyo and looked fit, running drills and moving with ease at a practice facility run by the Japan Football Association. He did not speak afterward with reporters.
World’s largest automaker Toyota adjusts profit growth upwards to $33 billion, rivals forecast drop
Toyota CFO Yoichi Miyazaki said that efforts to adjust production to better respond to demand for popular models had helped the automaker sell vehicles without resorting to the usual discounts and incentives.
Emerging market debt sales hit January record despite elusive flows, will rise to $165b this year
According to JPMorgan calculations, adding coupons to maturities and comparing to gross issuance should have left dedicated emerging markets hard currency funds with a $78 billion cash pile to invest over the past two years. But taking into account outflows, that would have shrunk to just $8 billion, the bank said in a recent note to clients.
Ex-Pakistan PM and cricket icon Imran Khan and his wife sentenced to 7 years in prison for ‘unlawful marriage’
Bushra was accused of not completing the waiting period mandated by Islam, called “Iddat”, after divorcing her previous husband and marrying Khan.
Family behind bars: Party says Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan’s wife jailed for 14 years in graft case
Wednesday’s verdict was linked to the same matter, but followed an investigation by the country’s top anti-graft body, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), which had also charged his wife in the case.
Court jails Pakistani cricket legend and former PM Imran Khan for 10 years ahead of elections
In May last year, the first time Khan was arrested, his supporters were accused of rioting and ransacking military installations, including a high ranking general’s home. Khan denies his supporters were part of the mobs. He called on his supporters to make sure they came out in numbers to vote for candidates backed by him.
India’s Modi opens controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya in grand event ahead of elections
Millions of Indians watched the ceremony on television, with news channels running non-stop coverage of the event, portrayed as a religious spectacle.
US’ CIA uncovers how Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch planned and carried out Iran blasts
ISIS on Thursday claimed responsibility for the bombings, saying two operatives wearing explosive suicide belts staged the attack during a memorial service for Qassem Soleimani, a senior military commander assassinated in Iraq in a 2020 US drone strike.
