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Imran Khan

Bollywood actor Imran Khan asked to leave India after participating in protest, media says

Bollywood actor Imran Khan is detained by security personnel during a protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in Mumbai, India, October 10, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
Bollywood actor Imran Khan is detained by security personnel during a protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in Mumbai, India, October 10, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Jailed Imran Khan's woes compound after Pakistan suspends his provincial government

Traffic moves past Bala Hisar Fort, which serves as the headquarters of Pakistan's Frontier Corps, in the background, days after Pakistan imposed a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and suspended the provincial government led by the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, October 13, 2026. REUTERS
Traffic moves past Bala Hisar Fort, which serves as the headquarters of Pakistan's Frontier Corps, in the background, days after Pakistan imposed a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and suspended the provincial government led by the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, October 13, 2026. REUTERS

Pakistan detains hundreds from ex-PM Imran Khan’s party in northern province

The PTI-ruled province was placed under emergency rule following days-long anti-government protests demanding Imran Khan’s release.
The PTI-ruled province was placed under emergency rule following days-long anti-government protests demanding Imran Khan’s release.

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Rescuers work in a shop destroyed following a Russian missile attack on Oct 11 in Pesochin settlement, a suburb of Kharkiv, which killed three people and wounded 22.
Rescuers work in a shop destroyed following a Russian missile attack on Oct 11 in Pesochin settlement, a suburb of Kharkiv, which killed three people and wounded 22.

Pakistan imposes emergency rule over Imran Khan’s provincial government

Police guard a road leading to Red Zone, in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on Oct 11.
Police guard a road leading to Red Zone, in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on Oct 11.

Thousands of Imran Khan supporters start march to Pakistani capital, party says

Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), gather during a protest march demanding his release and calling for the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law across the country, in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, October 4, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), gather during a protest march demanding his release and calling for the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law across the country, in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, October 4, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Cargo stacks up as Pakistan seizes containers to block capital routes

Steel shipping containers, packed with sand and welded together, have lined the roads into Islamabad for weeks, in preparations against a march to demand Khan’s release from prison.
Steel shipping containers, packed with sand and welded together, have lined the roads into Islamabad for weeks, in preparations against a march to demand Khan’s release from prison.

Pakistan blocks roads around capital ahead of planned pro-Khan protest

Commuters driving past shipping containers placed by authorities to block access towards the President’s House and the Red Zone area in Islamabad on Sept 24.
Commuters driving past shipping containers placed by authorities to block access towards the President’s House and the Red Zone area in Islamabad on Sept 24.

Pakistan tightens security ahead of march planned by Imran Khan’s party

FILE PHOTO: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pauses as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pauses as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

Police arrest Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan’s sister in Lahore ahead of party’s planned march

Aleema Khan has been arrested and sent to jail for 30 days.
Aleema Khan has been arrested and sent to jail for 30 days.

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