Imran Khan is incarcerated in a squalid, remote facility.
LAHORE, The prison chosen by the government to detain former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, who was convicted of corruption, is a squalid, remote facility that houses hardened criminals and has no facilities for political prisoners, his party and lawyers said Monday. Khan, the flamboyant cricketer-turned-politician, has long been associated Continue Reading
Man killed in Pakistan by mob citing ‘blasphemy’ laws
According to authorities, a crowd in central Pakistan murdered a man for reputedly having burnt pages of the Quran, in the country’s latest episode of blasphemy-related violence. The custodian of a local mosque said he saw the man burning the Muslim holy book inside the mosque Saturday evening and told others before informing police, according to police spokesman Chaudhry Imran. The violence took place in a village in the district of Continue Reading