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☆ Pakistan army chief takes on ousted PM Khan over alleged US conspiracy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Asif Shahzad | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ISLAMABAD, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Pakistan's outgoing army chief rejected on Wednesday as "fake and false" claims by ousted prime minister Imran Khan that a U.S.-backed conspiracy had toppled his government, and also said the military would play no role in national politics in future. The former premier has also alleged that the military played a role in his ousting, a charge the army has denied. "A state of hysteria was created in the country on the pretext of a fake and false narrative," the army chief said about Khan's main accusation that Washington supported his removal with the help of a local handler. Over the weekend, Khan said that even if the military had not been involved it could still have saved his government. Khan's party spokesman Fawad Chaudhry told Reuters he had no comment on the army chief's remarks.

Police said the suspected shooter was arrested after Khan supporter Ibtesam Hasan overpowered him and threw off his aim, possibly saving the ex-premier from more serious gunshot wounds. Khan has accused three people of devising a plan to assassinate him, naming Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and intelligence official Major-General Faisal Nasser. Khan launched what is known as a long-march protest rally from Lahore to the capital on Oct. 28. He was waving to the crowd from a container mounted on a truck in Wazirabad when a man fired several shots at him. Reporting by Asif Shahzad in Islamabad and Mubasher Bukhari in Lahore, Pakistan; Editing by Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Supporters of Pakistan's Imran Khan block roads in new protest
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Asif Shahzad | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] People react as police use tear gas to disperse them during a protest to condemn the shooting incident on a long march held by Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Wazirabad, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan November 4, 2022. The former cricket star, who has been pressing for a general election since he was ousted as prime minister after losing a confidence vote in parliament in April, was shot at the rally last Thursday. Khan's successor as prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has rejected his demand for new polls and the deadlock has stoked instability in the nuclear-armed country of 220 million people. Television footage showed Khan's supporters burning tyres as they set up protest camps across roads. Khan, 70, launched what is known as a long-march protest rally from Lahore to the capital on Oct. 28.

☆ Imran Khan welcomes probe into shooting
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Mubasher Bukhari | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LAHORE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday he welcomed the government's offer to launch a judicial commission to investigate the attack in which he was shot in the leg on Thursday. Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will lead the rally in coming weeks in the eastern province of Punjab, Khan said. Khan has accused three people of devising a plan to assassinate him, naming Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and intelligence official Major-General Faisal Nasser. Sharif on Saturday said that Khan was making "baseless allegations" but that the government had requested the country's chief justice to form a judicial commission to investigate the claims. Reporting by Gibran Peshimam and Mubasher Bukhari; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/2] A truck is seen at a crime scene after a shooting incident on a long march by Pakistan former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Wazirabad, Pakistan November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroWAZIRABAD, Pakistan, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The party of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was shot and injured in an apparent assassination attempt, said country-wide protests would be held on Friday as tensions remained high in the South Asian nation. "Today, after Friday prayers, there will be protests across the country, which will continue until Imran Khan's demand is met," Asad Umar, a close Khan aide, said on Twitter. Khan's supporters began gathering again early on Friday at the spot of the apparent assassination attempt and called on the former prime minister to restart his march on Islamabad. Sharif has also called for a transparent inquiry into the shooting, which occurred in an area where Khan's party is in government.

Thursday's activities began at around 8 a.m. when supporters of Khan's PTI party gathered in the streets, with crowds swelling into the thousands throughout the day. "Imran Khan arrived and we welcomed him, we never thought about any attack; people were chanting, workers were dancing,” said PTI supporter and witness Qadir Khan. "I heard a burst of shots after which I saw Imran Khan and his aides fall down on the truck," witness Qazzafi Butt said. In the chaos and confusion touched off by the gunfire, supporters clamoured to know what had happened to Khan. "People chanted that they would lay down their lives for Imran Khan," he added.

☆ Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan shot in the leg in apparent assassination attempt at political march
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Sinéad Baker | Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Imran Khan, until recently the leader of Pakistan, was shot on Thursday. His political party said he was shot in the leg, and he was stable while he was taken to hospital. Khan's political party, PTI, said Khan "was shot in the leg but was stable while being taken to hospital." PTI shared a video that it said shows Khan, who is 70, waving to supporters after he was shot. Sky News reported that Khan was shot in the leg while speaking to supporters.

There was a lot of bleeding," Fawad Chaudhry, a spokesperson for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, told Reuters. "I heard a burst of bullet shots after which I saw Imran Khan and his aides fall down on the truck," witness Qazzafi Butt told Reuters. "Later, a gunman shot a single shot but was grabbed by an activist of Khan's party." [1/7] Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is helped after he was shot in the shin in Wazirabad, Pakistan November 3, 2022 in this still image obtained from video. Her father and former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged in the same city in 1979 after being deposed in a military coup.

☆ Videos show the chaotic aftermath of the shooting of former Pakistani PM Imran Khan
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan was shot and injured at a rally on Thursday. Another video showed Khan waving at the crowd before being taken to hospital. "Imran Khan was shot in the leg but was stable while being taken to hospital. It was posted online by Pakistani media outlet Naya Pakistan. Another video posted on social media appears to show the same incident from a different angle.

☆ Pakistani journalist crushed by Imran Khan's truck during coverage
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Mubasher Bukhari | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The incident prompted Khan to halt the "long march" that he is leading towards Islamabad to pressure the federal government into calling snap elections. His convoy started from the eastern city of Lahore, and is expected to reach Islamabad on Friday. PTI leader Mussarat Jamshed Cheema confirmed that Naeem was run over by Khan's vehicle. The incident occurred as Khan's convoy was near the city of Gujranwala, 220 km (136 miles) from Islamabad. Reporting by Mubasher Bukhari in Lahore, Pakistan; Writing by Gibran Peshimam; editing by Philippa FletcherOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Pakistan's ex-premier Imran Khan set to march on Islamabad to demand snap polls
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Mubasher Bukhari | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

LAHORE, Pakistan Oct 28 (Reuters) - Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan gathered hundreds of supporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Friday to join a caravan of cars and trucks heading for the capital Islamabad to pressure the government into calling snap polls. Khan plans to lead the motorised caravan slowly northwards up the Grand Trunk Road to Islamabad, drawing more support along the way before entering the capital in a week. DONE THIS BEFOREThe growing crowd of Khan supporters in Lahore chanted slogans including “Imran Tere Jannisar, Beshumar, Beshumar", meaning "Imran, countless people are willing to give their life for you". As Khan's supporters assembled in Lahore, large numbers of police were deployed along the 260-kilometres (160-mile) route to Islamabad. Having once been regarded as close to the generals, Khan has accused the military of supporting his opponents move to oust him.

☆ Pakistan ex-PM Khan announces march on capital to call for early elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Mubasher Bukhari | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LAHORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Tuesday that he would begin a protest march with his supporters from the eastern city of Lahore to Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Friday to call for early elections. "I am marching to press the government to announce elections immediately," he said, adding his supporters and party members should avoid violence. Last week's ruling has added to the political and economic uncertainty plaguing Pakistan this year. The political instability has also fuelled economic uncertainty, with international ratings agencies questioning if the current government can maintain difficult economic policies in the face of political pressure and looming elections. ($1 = 220.5000 Pakistani rupees)Reporting by Mubasher Bukhari; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; editing by Grant McCoolOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ FTC seeks to hold Drizly CEO accountable for alleged security failures, even if he moves to another company
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In a new proposed settlement, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking to hold a tech CEO accountable to specific security standards, even if he moves to a new company. The FTC claims that despite being alerted to the security concerns two years before the breach, Drizly and Rellas did not do enough to protect their users' information. In a statement, Wilson wrote that naming Rellas will not result in putting "the market on notice that the FTC will use its resources to target lax data security practices." But it later dropped him from the complaint after the company said Zuckerberg would not try to personally buy Within. "We take consumer privacy and security very seriously at Drizly, and are happy to put this 2020 event behind us," a Drizly spokesperson said in a statement.

☆ Pakistan election commission bars former PM Khan from holding public office
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at an event of Karachi Bar Association in Karachi on October 14, 2022. Pakistan's Election Commission disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday from holding public office after its tribunal found him guilty of unlawfully selling state gifts given by foreign dignitaries and heads of state, a lawyer for Khan said. Faisal Chaudhry, a lawyer in Khan's team, said the Election Commission tribunal had no jurisdiction in the matter, and said a challenge would be lodged in the high court. "The election commission doesn't have a legal authority to give a ruling in such cases," he told Reuters. After the tribunal's ruling, Khan's party spokesman Fawad Chaudhry called for supporters to come out on the streets to "topple this parliament".

☆ WWE stock hits 52-week high, defying market trends, in aftermath of McMahon scandal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The company's stock is up more than 50% in 2022, hitting a 52-week high Monday, and trading at levels it hasn't seen since summer 2019. The stock continued to do well after the company's longtime leader and biggest shareholder, Vince McMahon, retired from the company over the summer in a cloud of scandal. WWE's market capitalization is over $5.6 billion. Analyst John Healy of Northcoast Research, who covers WWE, sees the stock's success a confluence of successful ratings, upcoming media deal opportunities, and the speculation of a possible acquisition. Given a highly saturated media market, Healy expects high bidding for the rights to "Raw" and "Smackdown," which are set to be renegotiated in the coming year.

☆ New Pakistan finance minister vows to tame inflation and cut interest rates
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Asif Shahzad | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Pakistan's likely new Finance Minister Ishaq Dar walks upon his arrival at the Nur Khan military airbase in Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Pakistan September 26, 2022. "We will control inflation," Dar told reporters in televised comments after he was sworn in. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"We will bring interest rates down," he said. WRECKED ECONOMYDar, a senior politician in the ruling party of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, flew to Islamabad on Monday night after ending five years in self-exile in London. "I wasn't able to travel for the last four years," he added, describing the legal action against him as political victimisation by the previous government of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

☆ Former Pakistan PM Khan apologises in contempt of court case - lawyer
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Asif Shahzad | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterPakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is facing terrorism charges, appears in court to extend pre-arrest bail, in Islamabad, Pakistan September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Waseem KhanISLAMABAD, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday tendered an apology in a contempt of court case, his defence lawyer said, a move he hopes would prevent his disqualification from politics. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"The court has appreciated the gesture," Chaudhry told Reuters, adding charges would mostly be dropped after the apology. "We will prepare and submit in writing an unconditional apology as sought by the court," Chaudhry said. The high court was due to indict Khan, a move that could lead to his exclusion from politics if convicted.

The Federal Trade Commission late Wednesday rejected Amazon's bid to exclude CEO Andy Jassy and founder Jeff Bezos from testifying in a probe into the retail giant's Prime program. Amazon even accused FTC staff of harassing Bezos and Jassy for their participation. Amazon said last month it has been complying with the FTC's requests so far, producing some 37,000 pages of documents. "Amazon has cooperated with the FTC throughout the investigation and already produced tens of thousands of pages of documents. WATCH: How Amazon Prime turned Amazon into a $1.6 trillion empire

☆ London transport gets 500 mln stg funding facility
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMayor of London Sadiq Khan (centre) travelling with passengers on a northbound Victoria line tube train during the launch of London's Night Tube August 20, 2016. REUTERS/Yui Mok/PA Wire/Pool/LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - London city authorities will make 500 million pounds ($567 million) available for the British capital's transport network to cover gaps left by a government support package, Mayor Sadiq Khan's office said on Wednesday. The 500-million-pound facility will be financed by the taxpayer-funded Greater London Authority, with TfL having the option to tap funds until March 2024. Britain's government has stepped in with a number of funding packages for TfL since the start of the pandemic, when lockdowns caused a fall in passenger numbers, pressuring the transport network's finances. ($1 = 0.8821 pounds)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Muvija M; editing by Sachin Ravikumar and Catherine EvansOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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