CNBC's Ted Kemp and Naman Tandon contributed to this report. Khan also expressed concern about ongoing protests in India over a controversial citizenship bill passed last December that many say is set to disproportionately affect Muslims. While Pakistan has always called for international mediation in the Kashmir dispute, India has maintained it is a bilateral issue. Now, that disputed territory has been annexed by India, and, they are trying to change the demography of (the) people of Kashmir, which according to the fourth Geneva Convention is a war crime," he added. "The people of Kashmir, through a referendum could decide whichever country they wanted to join. "Kashmir is a disputed territory between Pakistan and India," Khan said. He has angered the Islamists who claim to. Going by the popular cliche about the reigning gods of Pakistan that preside over its destiny, Prime Minister Imran Khan, it seems, has annoyed all three of them Allah, Army, and America, not necessarily in that order. Recently, India's Supreme Court ruled that an indefinite shutdown of the internet in Kashmir was illegal and rebuked the government for the communications lockdown, Reuters reported. Annoying the gods: Trouble lies ahead for Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. They have fought multiple wars over the area, and the India-controlled region had been affected by an insurgency that started in the late 1980s.
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Meanwhile, New Delhi's position had been that removing the special status would help the state grow.īoth countries lay claim to the Kashmir region in full but control only parts of it. Sherry Rehman, a leader of the opposition Pakistan People's Party, questioned "shallow" accountability slogans.India's move earned strong condemnations from Pakistan. "If any wrongdoing is established we will take appropriate action," he said on a Twitter. Prime Minister Imran Khan held a telephone conversation with the Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, His Royal Highness Mo SeptemPrime Minister Imran Khan held a telephone conversation with the Amir of the State of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, today. In a key development in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan issued a notification approving the induction of Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum as the succeeding Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (DG ISI) to the incumbent chief Faiz Hameed. Khan said his government would investigate all of those mentioned in the latest documents.
Sharif, who lives in self-exile, denied wrongdoing. The Supreme Court sacked Sharif as prime minister in 2017 on corruption charges after his family's London properties came to light in an earlier leak of documents known as the Panama Papers. "Imran Khan is bound to direct all his ministers and aides named in Pandora leaks to resign with immediate effect," Maryam Aurangzeb, the spokeswoman for Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) opposition party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, told Reuters. The ICIJ did not say how the files were obtained, and Reuters could not independently verify the allegations or documents detailed by the consortium.Ī spokeswoman for the main opposition Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told Reuters Khan had to remove all of those identified in the files. Meanwhile, Pakistan Army chief General Bajwa is yet to show his hand.
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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a Washington, D.C.-based network of reporters and media organizations, said the documents link about 35 current and former national leaders and more than 330 politicians and officials in 91 countries and territories to secret stores of wealth.Īmong those named in the papers are more than 700 Pakistanis, including several members of Khan's cabinet, Pakistani partners of the ICIJ said.įinance Minister Shaukat Tarin, who was among the Pakistanis identified, told Geo TV everyone would be investigated, including himself. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s efforts to cast himself at the vanguard of Islam are evident everywhere. Major news organisations published the leaked documents on Sunday.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Pakistan's opposition on Monday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to order cabinet ministers and aides named in leaked financial documents known as the Pandora Papers to resign from office and face investigation.
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