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Under any of the references, if a case against Imran Khan is lodged and he is put to trial under any of the Acts, he may face life imprisonment or capital punishment. Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed one of its worst violence, clashes and chaos on May 9 following former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest at the Islamabad High Court, which prompted his followers to vandalise and damage sensitive army installations across the country. The violence that went on for at least 72 hours saw mob attacks on General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, Core Commander house in Lahore, Jinnah House in Lahore, Radio Pakistan’s Peshawar office, and other government and state institution offices and buildings across the country. The chaos targeted at state institutions, and the anger among Imran Khan’s supporters against the military has now been linked to the former premier’s anti-military stance, open accusation and name-calling of senior serving military officials of bei...

  Parliamentarians vote for a new leader after Imran Khan lost no-confidence vote Pakistan elected Shehbaz Sharif to be the country’s 23rd prime minister on Monday, a day after incumbent Imran Khan was ousted by a vote of no confidence brought by opposition parties. Mr Sharif received 174 votes from the house’s 342 MPs after days of political drama that saw Mr Khan, the former cricketer-turned-politician, removed just after midnight on Sunday. In his maiden speech as prime minister, Mr Sharif called for unity to tackle Pakistan’s economic crisis. “If we have to save the sinking boat, what we all need is hard work, and unity, unity and unity. We are beginning a new era of development today,” he said. Ahead of Monday’s vote, members of Mr Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had resigned in protest and demanded a national election. “We boycott this election according to the decision of our party, and we are resigning,” said Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Mr Qureshi had been the PTI candidate to b...