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Imran Khan: Pakistan Court begins ex Prime Minister’s trial for leaking diplomatic cable

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Former Pakistani PM Imran khan

A court in Pakistan on Monday indicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan for leaking the content of a classified diplomatic cable, his party said. He said this amid mounting legal challenges for the jailed leader ahead of national elections. Judge Mohamed Zulqarnain said Khan and his former foreign minister must stand trial for revealing a state secret at a public rally. The special tribunal would now record statements of the witnesses later this week, the court announced after the pre-trial hearing inside Khan’s prison cell. Both the politicians pleaded not…

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British Prime Minister condemns ‘cowardly’ execution of British-Iranian

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “appalled” by Iran’s decision to execute British-Iranian dual national, Alireza Akbari. “This was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their own people,” Sunak wrote on Twitter. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly also took to Twitter, saying the “barbaric act” deserved “condemnation in the strongest terms.” “This will not stand unchallenged,” Cleverly wrote. Iran had sentenced the former top politician to death earlier in the week over espionage charges.

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