A Pakistani court on Friday shielded from arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan until at least next week, amid a roiling political crisis that has pitted the celebrity politician against the current government and spilled over into street protests.
blamed Washington for his ouster, and now the former premier was approaching America to get help against Sharif’s government.
Asif also defended this week’s decision by the country’s elections oversight body to delay elections for a provincial assembly in the key Punjab province from April 30 to until Oct. 8.. Wednesday’s decision by the Election Commission comes months after Khan’s party dissolved the regional assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in a failed bid to force snap national elections.
On Friday, President Arif Alvi wrote a letter to Sharif, urging him to hold elections for the two provincial assemblies on time.
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