Responding to the ongoing civilian unrest in neighbouring Pakistan in the wake of the arrest of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Friday said the stronger Pakistan remains, the better it is for India.
"Being the Chief Justice does not mean enslaving the state to a person who has burnt every symbol of national honour and national defence to ashes through his pet thugs," she tweeted.
PML-N leader Marriyum Aurangzeb while addressing a press conference in Islamabad said that "a few hundred armed protesters and terrorists have been attacking" the country and state properties regarding the protest by PTI supporters.
Pakistan has a lengthy history of imprisoning former prime ministers. Ever since it was created, Pakistan is infamous for such incidents. Earlier in 1950, Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in Rawalpindi's Company Bagh (aka East India Company Garden) during a public meeting of the Muslim C
Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, while denying reports of Rangers personnel torturing Imran Khan during his arrest, has said that "no sort of torture was inflicted on him," reported Geo News.
The ongoing rift between the Pakistan government and the Supreme Court escalated after Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday said that the judiciary should be held accountable for illegal and unconstitutional steps taken during the past 75 years, Geo News reported.
He said that Saqib Nisar had played a key role in the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif on completely baseless and false allegations and ran a vindictive campaign against the PMLN in order to bring Imran Khan into power through a rigged election he presided over.
In spite of Pakistan taking a 3-0 lead in their ODI series against New Zealand on home soil, the left-hander has stressed the need to keep the group consistent, considering the scale of matches and the little time to prepare for their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign in India.
Pakistan's middle order has consistently failed to build on the foundation laid down by the top order. The batters between Nos. 4 and No. 7 have averaged 26.9, which is slightly lower than the West Indies, whose middle-order batters average 26.2.