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Pakistan’s Imran Khan Still Imprisoned Over Wife’s Menstrual Cycles

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After an arduous legal fight, a Pakistani court on Monday acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges related to his handling of a confidential intelligence cable, known within the Pakistani government as a cypher.

Khan’s acquittal by the Islamabad High Court is a major victory for the former prime minister and his supporters, coming on the heels of a suspended sentence in a separate corruption case.

The ruling leaves Khan behind bars on precisely one charge: namely, that he and his third wife Bushra Bibi entered into an “un-Islamic marriage,” a crime for which Khan and Bibi are serving seven-year sentences. 

Source: Pakistan’s Imran Khan Still Imprisoned Over Wife’s Menstrual Cycles

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Caitlin Johnstone: US Department of Hypocrisy

After his department was caught pushing the ouster of the democratically elected Imran Khan, the U.S. secretary of state is now praising Pakistan’s preparations for “free and fair elections.”

Source: Caitlin Johnstone: US Department of Hypocrisy

Pakistan

US government pressured Pakistan to oust democratically elected Imran Khan – Pearls and Irritations

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US Secretary of State Tony Blinken tweeted in celebration of Pakistan’s preparations for “free and fair elections” on Wednesday, a week after it was revealed that the US pressured Pakistan to oust its popular democratically elected prime minister Imran Khan last year.

Source: US government pressured Pakistan to oust democratically elected Imran Khan – Pearls and Irritations

American Politics

Pakistan Denies Conspiracy Against Imran Khan, Confirms Cable

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif waits for a group photo with lawmakers of the National Assembly at the end of the last session of the current parliament, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Pakistan's prime minister took a formal step Wednesday toward dissolving parliament, starting a possible countdown to a general election, as his chief political rival fought to overturn a corruption conviction that landed him in a high-security prison over the weekend. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

The two openers for the New Pakistan  : Caught and bowled by Imran Khan

For a year and a half, Pakistani politics has been gripped by word of a diplomatic cable said to describe U.S. State Department officials encouraging the removal of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan from power. Last week, The Intercept published the contents of the cable, known internally as a cypher, which revealed U.S. diplomats pressing for the removal of Khan over his neutral stance on the conflict in Ukraine.

Since it was published, the response to the story from Pakistani and U.S. officials has been both defensive and contradictory.

Source: Pakistan Denies Conspiracy Against Imran Khan, Confirms Cable

Pakistan

Pakistan Cypher Exposes U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan

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Who’s pulling the strings?

“All will be forgiven,” said a U.S. diplomat, if the no-confidence vote against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan succeeds.

Source: Pakistan Cypher Exposes U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan

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Trump says he could win Afghan war ‘in a week … but I don’t want to kill 10m’ | US news | The Guardian

 

When world champion bullshitt-er meets world champion cricket-er Trump has to channeling the voice of Kim Jong-Un little rocketman to prove he has a big heart too. (ODT}

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