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Imran Khan appears before Islamabad ATC in terrorism case

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Former prime minister Imran Khan reaches court to appear in a terrorism case filed for threatening police officials and a judge. Screengrab PTI Twitter ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan finally appeared before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad to seek pre-arrest bail after the expiry of transit bail granted by the Islamabad High Court in a terrorism case filed against him. On August 21, a first information report (FIR) was registered against the former prime minister under the Anti-Terrorism Act for threatening an additional sessions judge and senior police officers of the Islamabad Police at a rally in the federal capital’s F-9 Park on August 20. Khan appears in person before the court where ATC judge Raja Jawwad Abbas is hearing his plea. Terming the terrorism case against Imran Khan “political victimization”, his counsels Babar Awan and Muhammad Ali Bukhari have filed a petition in the ATC seeking their client’s pre-arrest bail. The lawyers urged the ATC jud

Pakistan condemns Israeli terrorism after airstrikes pound Gaza

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses a press conference in Pakistan in this undated photo. — AFP/File  Israeli military's new airstrikes end more than a year of calm. 10 Palestinians killed as Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza. PM says if barbarism had a face, it would be that of Israel. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday condemned Israel's killing of Palestinians in Gaza as fresh violence continued a second day, ending more than a year of relative calm along the border. Israel on Friday said it had launched a special operation against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, killing one of its senior commanders in a surprise daytime air strike on a high-rise building in Gaza City. Health authorities in the enclave controlled by Hamas said 10 people had been killed by Israel's bombardment, including a five-year-old girl, with 79 others injured. Israel's army estimated that its operation had killed 15. In a tweet, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the martyrdom of 10 P