NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been added to the no-fly list, local media reported quoting sources on Thursday.
“Imran Khan added in No Fly List,” Pakistan Daily tweeted quoting sources. However, there has been no official confirmation of Imran Khan being added to the no-fly list.
This comes a day after Pakistan defence minister said that the government is considering to ban former prime minister Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) for attacking the state.
The PTI chief is embroiled in the latest, critical phase of a decades old rivalry between civilian politicians and the powerful military, which has ruled directly or overseen governments throughout Pakistan’s history. The face-off has brought widespread protests by Khan’s supporters, raising new fears about the stability of the nuclear-armed country as it struggles with its worst economic crisis in decades.
Imran Khan on Thursday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the deployment of the army to aid the civilian administration in some provinces, terming it as “undeclared martial law” in the coup-prone country.
Khan moved the Supreme Court of Pakistan against Shehbaz Sharif’s government that invoked Article 245 in several provinces including Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad – the Federal Capital Territory.
Under Article 245 of Pakistan’s Constitution, the army can be called in to aid the civil administration to defend the country.
(With agency inputs)
“Imran Khan added in No Fly List,” Pakistan Daily tweeted quoting sources. However, there has been no official confirmation of Imran Khan being added to the no-fly list.
This comes a day after Pakistan defence minister said that the government is considering to ban former prime minister Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) for attacking the state.
The PTI chief is embroiled in the latest, critical phase of a decades old rivalry between civilian politicians and the powerful military, which has ruled directly or overseen governments throughout Pakistan’s history. The face-off has brought widespread protests by Khan’s supporters, raising new fears about the stability of the nuclear-armed country as it struggles with its worst economic crisis in decades.
Imran Khan on Thursday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the deployment of the army to aid the civilian administration in some provinces, terming it as “undeclared martial law” in the coup-prone country.
Khan moved the Supreme Court of Pakistan against Shehbaz Sharif’s government that invoked Article 245 in several provinces including Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad – the Federal Capital Territory.
Under Article 245 of Pakistan’s Constitution, the army can be called in to aid the civil administration to defend the country.
(With agency inputs)