People in Pakistan have raised concerns over the ruling coalition's 'draconian laws' as they reflect on how such strict actions by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) restrict civil liberties and free speech, according to Dawn.
On Tuesday, Imran was arrested outside Islamabad High Court by Pakistan Rangers on a warrant issued by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
There is no gainsaying the fact that Imran has shown courage and defiance in openly challenging the generals. In Pakistan, no one so far has dared to do so in this manner. The army is quite on the back foot, criticism, and veiled digs at generals by Imran are lapped up by the huge crowds comprising vast numbers of youths thronging his meetings.
The Pakistan Army has abused its power and used the legal system and its control over the administrative levers to aggressively target the Pashtuns risking inflammation of social divisions in the country.
Atrocities against the Baloch people have reached new heights in recent months. People's life in Balochistan is tightly controlled by the Pakistan Army.
During his weekly briefing, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that Pakistan is not only in violation of the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), but also of its own ordinance.
The Indian government had on Thursday slammed Pakistan for intimidating and distressing its imprisoned citizen Kulbhushan Jadhav during the second consular access granted to its officials.
According to the Indian Army sources, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along the LoC in Machil sector of Kupwara district.
'The quadcopter had intruded 500 metres on Pakistan's side of the LoC,' Pakistani Military spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar said in a statement.
The local media has also criticised Pakistani rulers for "awful display of barbarism on an ancient rock-art site".
