Wed, 2023-04-12 09:54
ISLAMABAD: An American congressman on Tuesday raised concern over Pakistan’s handling of former prime minister Imran Khan’s political party in a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, saying that the frequent detention of opposition politicians was “closing space for free speech” in the South Asian country.
The government cracked down against Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in recent months after the former premier started agitating for fresh national elections since his ouster from power in a parliamentary no-confidence vote last April.
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