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Muhammad Rasheed Mughal, a 75-year-old villager, recounts the impact of last year&#039;s flood, which washed away bridges, residential houses, and land.<\/p>\n<p>\"Last year&#039;s flood swept away bridges, residential houses, land and everything. There has been heavy <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//12//21//keeping-track-of-snowfall-in-a-changing-climate/">snowfall in the mountains this year,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the glaciers burst again this year and there is a flood, the remaining village will be washed away. We have no one to rely on, just sitting there with Allah&#039;s help\".<\/p>\n<h2>How many glaciers are in Pakistan?<\/h2><p>Pakistan boasts over 7,000 glaciers, one of the highest totals for any country on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), by 2018, over 3,000 lakes had formed due to melting glaciers in the Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>33 of these <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//19//worlds-largest-lakes-are-shrinking-scientists-say-global-warming-and-overuse-of-water-are-/">lakes are considered at risk of flooding, posing a serious threat to over 7 million people residing downstream.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the country experienced an unprecedented deluge and unexpected monsoon rainfall. It resulted\u00a0in one-third of the nation being submerged and claiming the lives of 1,700 people.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan estimates floods have affected more than 33 million people, mainly in Sindh and Baluchistan provinces.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7664402,7690696\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//20//morgues-full-and-hospitals-overwhelmed-as-indias-heatwave-death-toll-hits-170/">Morgues full and hospitals overwhelmed as India\u2019s heatwave death toll hits 170<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//09//meet-the-ex-poachers-restoring-the-indonesian-coral-reefs-they-destroyed/">Meet the ex-poachers restoring the Indonesian coral reefs they destroyed<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Flash floods and avalanches are becoming more likely<\/h2><p>Another study published last week found that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//01//26//what-does-a-blue-blob-in-the-atlantic-ocean-have-to-do-with-iceland-s-glaciers/">glaciers across the Hindu Kush <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//17//this-sinking-himalayan-town-reveals-the-dark-side-of-indias-hydropower-boom/">Himalayan mountain ranges could lose up to 80 per cent of their volume this century if global <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//14//greenhouse-gas-concentrations-higher-than-in-all-of-human-civilisation/">greenhouse gas<\/strong><\/a> emissions aren&#039;t rapidly reduced.<\/p>\n<p>Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development warned that flash floods and avalanches would become more likely in coming years.<\/p>\n<p>The availability of freshwater could be curtailed for nearly 2 billion people who live downstream of 12 rivers that originate in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//06//20//a-melting-glacier-could-force-nepal-to-move-its-everest-base-camp-by-2024/">mountains./n

Ice and snow in the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges are an important source of water.\u00a0The rivers, which flow through 16 countries in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//03//03//eu-countries-are-selling-shark-fins-to-asia-at-an-alarming-rate-study-reveals/">Asia,/u00a0provide fresh water to 240 million people in the mountains and another 1.65 billion downstream.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch the video above to learn about Pakistan\u2019s melting glaciers.<\/h2>","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1687879133,"updatedAt":1689070520,"publishedAt":1687962957,"firstPublishedAt":1687962966,"lastPublishedAt":1689070061,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"ABDUL MAJEED\/AFP or licensors","altText":"Rising global temperatures linked to climate change are causing the glaciers to rapidly melt, creating thousands of glacial lakes.","callToActionText":null,"width":2941,"caption":"Rising global temperatures linked to 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Melting Glacier in Pakistan","path":"\/green\/2023\/06\/28\/washed-away-pakistans-melting-glaciers-threatens-millions-with-dangerous-flooding","lastModified":1689070061},{"id":2279764,"cid":7624820,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230523_GISU_51760462","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Meet the 82-year-old architect teaching people to build flood-proof homes in Pakistan","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Meet the 82-year-old architect building flood-proof homes in Pakistan","titleListing2":"Meet the 82-year-old architect teaching people to build flood-proof homes in Pakistan","leadin":"Yasmeen Lari was awarded the 2023 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects for her dedication to using architecture to change people's lives.","summary":"Yasmeen Lari was awarded the 2023 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects for her dedication to using architecture to change people's lives.","keySentence":"","url":"meet-the-82-year-old-architect-teaching-people-to-build-flood-proof-homes-in-pakistan","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/05\/24\/meet-the-82-year-old-architect-teaching-people-to-build-flood-proof-homes-in-pakistan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At 82 years old, architect Yasmeen Lari is forging a path to survival for Pakistan's rural communities living on the frontline of climate change. \n\nThe esteemed architect swapped designing luxury homes in the capital for developing pioneering flood-proof bamboo houses in vulnerable communities. \n\nThe few pilot settlements already constructed are credited with saving families from the worst of the catastrophic monsoon flooding that left a third of the country underwater last year. \n\nNow, Lari is campaigning to scale up the project to one million homes made from affordable local materials, bringing new jobs to the most vulnerable areas. \n\nWho is Yasmeen Lari? \n\nLari was Pakistan's first female architect. She spent much of her career working on multi-million dollar projects in the megacity of Karachi. \n\nThe architect, who trained in the United Kingdom, is behind some of Karachi's most notable buildings. She is known for brutalist constructions such as the Pakistan State Oil headquarters, as well as a string of luxury homes. \n\nAs she was considering retirement, a series of natural disasters - including a massive earthquake in 2005 and flooding in 2010 - made her think again. \n\n\"I had to find the solution, or find a way by which I could build up the capacities of people so that they could fend for themselves, rather than waiting for outside help,\" she explains. \n\n\"My motto is zero carbon, zero waste, zero donor, which I think leads to zero poverty.\" \n\nWhy do we need to build flood-proof housing? \n\nClimate change is making monsoon rains heavier and more unpredictable, scientists say. The need to flood-proof the country is now more urgent than ever, particularly as the poorest communities live in the most vulnerable areas. \n\nPakistan has the world's fifth-largest population. It is responsible for less than 1 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions but is one of the nations most vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather. \n\nPono Colony, a few hundred kilometres outside Karachi, is made up of around 100 houses. It was developed just months before catastrophic monsoon rains arrived last summer and displaced eight million people. \n\nThe village's elevated homes are protected from rushing water, while their bamboo skeletons , which go deep into the ground, can withstand pressure without being uprooted. \n\n\"We continued to live in them,\" says Khomo Kohli, a 45-year-old resident of Pono Colony village. \n\n\"The rest of the residents had to move onto the road where they lived for two months until the water receded.\" \n\nIn rural Sindh, tens of thousands of people are still displaced and stagnant water stands in large parts of farmland almost a year after the country's worst-ever floods. \n\nThe World Bank and Asian Development Bank in a joint study estimated Pakistan sustained \u20ac29.7 billion in damage and economic losses and would require \u20ac15 billion for reconstruction and rehabilitation . \n\nWhat do flood-proof homes look like? \n\nKnown locally as \"chanwara\", the mud huts are an improved take on the traditional single-room houses dotted along the landscape of southern Sindh province and Rajasthan state in India . \n\nThey require only locally available materials: lime, clay, bamboo and thatching. \n\nWith straightforward training for locals, they can be assembled at a cost of around \u20ac157, roughly an eighth of the cost of a cement and brick house. \n\n\"I call it a kind of co-building and co-creation, because the people have an equal part in embellishing it and making it comfortable for themselves,\" says Lari. \n\nShe recalls working on social housing in Lahore in the 1970s, when local women pored over her plans and probed her on where their chickens would live. \n\n\"Those chickens have really remained with me, the women's needs are really the uppermost when I'm designing,\" she explains. \n\nThis time around, the redesign of traditional stoves has become a significant feature. They are now lifted off the floor. \n\n\"Earlier, the stove would have been on the ground level and so it was immensely unhygienic,\u201d says Champa Kanji, who has been trained by Lari's team to build stoves for homes across Sindh. \n\n\u201cSmall children would burn themselves on the flames, stray dogs would lick pots and germs would spread.\" \n\nLari's work has been recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects, which awarded her the 2023 Royal Gold Medal for her dedication to using architecture to change people's lives. \n\nWatch the video above to learn more about Yasmeen\u2019s flood-proof housing. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>At 82 years old, architect Yasmeen Lari is forging a path to survival for Pakistan&#039;s rural communities living on the frontline of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The esteemed architect swapped designing luxury homes in the capital for developing pioneering flood-proof bamboo houses in vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n<p>The few pilot settlements already constructed are credited with saving families from the worst of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//09//07//pakistan-floods-parts-of-the-country-now-like-a-sea-says-prime-minister/">catastrophic monsoon<\/strong><\/a> flooding that left a third of the country underwater last year.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Lari is campaigning to scale up the project to one million homes made from affordable local materials, bringing new jobs to the most vulnerable areas.<\/p>\n<h2>Who is Yasmeen Lari?<\/h2><p>Lari was Pakistan&#039;s first female architect. She spent much of her career working on multi-million dollar projects in the megacity of Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>The architect, who trained in the United Kingdom, is behind some of Karachi&#039;s most notable buildings. She is known for brutalist constructions such as the Pakistan State Oil headquarters, as well as a string of luxury homes.<\/p>\n<p>As she was considering retirement, a series of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//10//02//why-calling-extreme-climate-events-natural-disasters-is-wrong/">natural disasters<\/strong><\/a> - including a massive <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//21//hero-dogs-do-70-of-the-searching-during-disaster-rescue-missions/">earthquake in 2005 and flooding in 2010 - made her think again.<\/p>\n<p>\"I had to find the solution, or find a way by which I could build up the capacities of people so that they could fend for themselves, rather than waiting for outside help,\" she explains.<\/p>\n<p>\"My motto is zero carbon, zero waste, zero donor, which I think leads to zero poverty.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6766274,7596708\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//12//generally-frustrating-climate-experts-verdict-on-what-has-and-hasnt-changed-since-cop27/">/u2018Generally frustrating\u2019: Climate experts\u2019 verdict on what has - and hasn\u2019t - changed since COP27 <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//06//12//inside-this-indian-eco-school-which-proves-sustainability-can-be-stunning/">Inside the Indian eco-school that proves sustainable design doesn't scrimp on style<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why do we need to build flood-proof housing?<\/h2><p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//23//life-threatening-heat-could-impact-two-billion-people-by-2100-which-countries-are-most-at-/">Climate change<\/strong><\/a> is making monsoon rains heavier and more unpredictable, scientists say. The need to flood-proof the country is now more urgent than ever, particularly as the poorest communities live in the most vulnerable areas.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has the world&#039;s fifth-largest population. It is responsible for less than 1 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions but is one of the nations most vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather.<\/p>\n<p>Pono Colony, a few hundred kilometres outside Karachi, is made up of around 100 houses. It was developed just months before <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//08//30//in-pictures-historic-pakistan-floods-leave-thousands-homeless-and-almost-100-billion-of-da/">catastrophic monsoon rains arrived last summer<\/strong><\/a> and displaced eight million people.<\/p>\n<p>The village&#039;s elevated homes are protected from rushing water, while their <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//09//a-daring-heart-meet-the-bamboo-scaffolders-bringing-down-hong-kongs-carbon-footprint/">bamboo skeletons<\/strong><\/a>, which go deep into the ground, can withstand pressure without being uprooted.<\/p>\n<p>\"We continued to live in them,\" says Khomo Kohli, a 45-year-old resident of Pono Colony village.<\/p>\n<p>\"The rest of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//10//we-are-still-suffering-families-struggle-to-find-food-6-months-from-devastating-pakistan-f/">residents had to move onto the road<\/strong><\/a> where they lived for two months until the water receded.\"<\/p>\n<p>In rural Sindh, tens of thousands of people are still displaced and stagnant water stands in large parts of farmland almost a year after the country&#039;s worst-ever floods.<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank and Asian Development Bank in a joint study estimated Pakistan sustained \u20ac29.7 billion in damage and economic losses and would require \u20ac15 billion <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//09//pakistan-floods-donors-pledge-nearly-8bn-for-recovery-in-first-test-for-loss-and-damage-fu/">for reconstruction and rehabilitation<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7295146\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//09//climate-disasters-how-much-would-it-cost-to-implement-early-warning-systems-worldwide/">Climate disasters: How much would it cost to implement early warning systems worldwide?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What do flood-proof homes look like?<\/h2><p>Known locally as \"chanwara\", the mud huts are an improved take on the traditional single-room houses dotted along the landscape of southern Sindh province and Rajasthan state in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//01//indias-first-fully-solar-powered-village-is-helping-residents-to-save-time-and-money/">India./n

They require only locally available materials: lime, clay, bamboo and thatching.<\/p>\n<p>With straightforward training for locals, they can be assembled at a cost of around \u20ac157, roughly an eighth of the cost of a cement and brick house.<\/p>\n<p>\"I call it a kind of co-building and co-creation, because the people have an equal part in embellishing it and making it comfortable for themselves,\" says Lari.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6526708,6422858\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//01//25//students-design-a-floating-house-to-save-people-from-floods/">Students design a \u2018floating house\u2019 to save people from floods <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//03//08//a-changer-not-a-victim-meet-afghanistan-s-first-female-tour-guide/">/u201cA Changer, not a victim\u201d, meet Afghanistan\u2019s first female tour guide<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She recalls working on social housing in Lahore in the 1970s, when local women pored over her plans and probed her on where their chickens would live.<\/p>\n<p>\"Those chickens have really remained with me, the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//11//leaders-not-victims-african-asian-and-latin-american-womens-groups-demand-climate-funding/">women&#039;s needs are really the uppermost<\/strong><\/a> when I&#039;m designing,\" she explains.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, the redesign of traditional <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//07//gas-industry-knew-about-indoor-pollution-from-stoves-50-years-ago-investigation-reveals/">stoves has become a significant feature. They are now lifted off the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\"Earlier, the stove would have been on the ground level and so it was immensely unhygienic,\u201d says Champa Kanji, who has been trained by Lari&#039;s team to build stoves for homes across Sindh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall children would burn themselves on the flames, stray dogs would lick pots and germs would spread.\"<\/p>\n<p>Lari&#039;s work has been recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects, which awarded her the 2023 Royal Gold Medal for her dedication to using <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//05//05//5-magnificent-examples-of-green-architecture-around-the-world/">architecture to change people&#039;s lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video above to learn more about Yasmeen\u2019s flood-proof 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","leadin":"Pakistan's former prime minister has appeared before a court in Islamabad on Tuesday to seek protection from arrest in terrorism cases.","summary":"Pakistan's former prime minister has appeared before a court in Islamabad on Tuesday to seek protection from arrest in terrorism cases.","keySentence":"","url":"additional-police-depolyed-as-imran-khan-appears-in-court","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/23\/additional-police-depolyed-as-imran-khan-appears-in-court","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Pakistani authorities deployed additional police and paramilitary troops outside a court in the capital, Islamabad on Tuesday where the country's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was appearing to get protection from arrest in multiple terrorism cases which were registered against him this month, officials said. \n\nKhan, along with his wife, will also appear before the National Accountability Bureau in the garrison city of Rawalpindi to answer questions in a graft case. \n\nBoth of them are accused of taking property to build a university in exchange for providing benefits to a property tycoon in the country. \n\nKhan denies the charge, saying he and his wife Bushra Bibi were not involved in any wrongdoing. \n\nThe latest development comes less than two weeks after Khan was arrested and dragged by anti-corruption authorities from a court in Islamabad in the graft case. \n\nIt sparked clashes between police and supporters from his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, killing at least 10 people, and the violence subsided only when the Supreme Court freed him. \n\nSince then, Khan has since then dialled down his anti-government campaign. \n\nKhan, a 70-year-old former cricket star turned Islamist politician, has a broad base of support around Pakistan. \n\nKhan was removed as prime minister in April last year in a vote of no-confidence by Parliament. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pakistani authorities deployed additional police and paramilitary troops outside a court in the capital, Islamabad on Tuesday where the country&#039;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was appearing to get protection from arrest in multiple terrorism cases which were registered against him this month, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, along with his wife, will also appear before the National Accountability Bureau in the garrison city of Rawalpindi to answer questions in a graft case.<\/p>\n<p>Both of them are accused of taking property to build a university in exchange for providing benefits to a property tycoon in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Khan denies the charge, saying he and his wife Bushra Bibi were not involved in any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7599854,7592036\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//12//pakistan-high-court-grants-ex-prime-minister-imran-khan-bail-after-arrest-triggers-clashes/">Pakistan high court grants ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan bail after arrest triggers clashes<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//09//pakistans-ex-pm-imran-khan-arrested-sparking-violence/">Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan arrested, sparking violence<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The latest development comes less than two weeks after Khan was arrested and dragged by anti-corruption authorities from a court in Islamabad in the graft case.<\/p>\n<p>It sparked clashes between police and supporters from his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, killing at least 10 people, and the violence subsided only when the Supreme Court freed him.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Khan has since then dialled down his anti-government campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, a 70-year-old former cricket star turned Islamist politician, has a broad base of support around Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Khan was removed as prime minister in April last year in a vote of no-confidence by Parliament.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1684823146,"updatedAt":1684840806,"publishedAt":1684837728,"firstPublishedAt":1684837732,"lastPublishedAt":1684837732,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Anjum Naveed\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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KHAN COURT","path":"\/2023\/05\/23\/additional-police-depolyed-as-imran-khan-appears-in-court","lastModified":1684837732},{"id":2271248,"cid":7599854,"versionId":3,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230512_NWSU_51611825","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Pakistan high court grants ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan bail after arrest triggers clashes","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Pakistani ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan granted bail after arrest","titleListing2":" Islamabad high court gives ex-PM Imran Khan 2-week reprieve from arrest in graft case, grants bail.","leadin":"Islamabad high court gives ex-PM Imran Khan 2-week reprieve from arrest in graft case, grants bail.","summary":"Islamabad high court gives ex-PM Imran Khan 2-week reprieve from arrest in graft case, grants bail.","keySentence":"","url":"pakistan-high-court-grants-ex-prime-minister-imran-khan-bail-after-arrest-triggers-clashes","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/12\/pakistan-high-court-grants-ex-prime-minister-imran-khan-bail-after-arrest-triggers-clashes","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A high court in Islamabad on Friday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan protection from arrest in a graft case and ordered him freed on bail. \n\nThe ruling came as the government and legions of Khan's supporters were on edge after days of violent confrontations sparked by the arrest of the former prime minister earlier this week. The government has vowed it will find a way to take Khan back into custody, a move that would likely cause a resurgence of riots and mob attacks. \n\nFriday's ruling by the Islamabad High Court gave Khan protection from arrest on one of several corruption cases against him for a period of two weeks, a form of interim bail that usually is renewed in the Pakistan judicial system. \n\nKhan, however, remained in the court after the decision as his lawyers petitioned the judges for similar protection in a number of other corruption charges, trying to close off a legal avenue for the government to arrest him again. \n\nKhan\u2019s chief lawyer, Babar Awan, praised the ruling, and said Khan was now \u201ca free man.\u201d \n\nA short while later, the court said Khan could not be arrested for the time being in other pending corruption cases against him. The former premier was expected to walk out of the court shortly \n\nThe government contends that Khan\u2019s release rewards and encourages mob violence. After he was arrested Tuesday, his supporters attacked military installations, burned vehicles, and ambulances and looted general stores in various parts of the country. The government responded with a crackdown, arresting nearly 3,000 people. The violence left at least 10 Khan supporters dead. Dozens of protesters and more than 200 police officers were injured. \n\nThe arrest Tuesday was a startling and controversial move: Agents from the National Accountability Bureau burst into the Islamabad High Court where Khan was attending a session on other charges - the same court where he appeared Friday - and dragged him away, putting him into an armoured vehicle. \n\nOn Thursday, Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court ruled that the arrest was unlawful, but asked the Islamabad High Court, a lower court, to reconsider its initial decision to uphold the arrest. \n\nThe controversy surrounding Khan - a figure who inspires both vehement loyalty and furious opposition - threatens to open a deeper vein of turmoil in a country that has seen multiple military takeovers and bouts of violence. The unrest has echoed that which followed the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during an election rally. Her supporters at the time, outraged by her killing, rampaged for days across Pakistan. \n\nKhan, a former cricket star turned Islamist politician, was removed as prime minister last year by a no-confidence vote in Parliament and now leads the opposition. He faces more than 100 legal cases, most involving allegations that he incited violence and threatened police and government officials. \n\nHe also faces at least three graft cases, including accusations from the National Accountability Bureau that he accepted millions of dollars worth of property in exchange for providing benefits to a real estate tycoon. A new terrorism charge was filed against him on Thursday for allegedly inciting his followers to violence after his arrest. \n\nFollowing the Supreme Court's release order Thursday, Khan spent the night at a government guest house in Islamabad, where he met with family members and friends. \n\nPakistan's president, Arif Alvi, also had a meeting with him. Alvi has been trying to defuse tension between Khan and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif's government to avoid an escalation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A high court in Islamabad on Friday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan protection from arrest in a graft case and ordered him freed on bail.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling came as the government and legions of Khan&#039;s supporters were on edge after days of violent confrontations sparked by the arrest of the former prime minister earlier this week. The government has vowed it will find a way to take Khan back into custody, a move that would likely cause a resurgence of riots and mob attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#039;s ruling by the Islamabad High Court gave Khan protection from arrest on one of several corruption cases against him for a period of two weeks, a form of interim bail that usually is renewed in the Pakistan judicial system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//74//84//808x539_cmsv2_1938c101-da40-5198-ad0f-5eac7ba67322-7597484.jpg/" alt=\"Asim Tanveer\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/74\/84\/384x256_cmsv2_1938c101-da40-5198-ad0f-5eac7ba67322-7597484.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/74\/84\/640x427_cmsv2_1938c101-da40-5198-ad0f-5eac7ba67322-7597484.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/74\/84\/750x500_cmsv2_1938c101-da40-5198-ad0f-5eac7ba67322-7597484.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/74\/84\/828x552_cmsv2_1938c101-da40-5198-ad0f-5eac7ba67322-7597484.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/74\/84\/1080x720_cmsv2_1938c101-da40-5198-ad0f-5eac7ba67322-7597484.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/74\/84\/1200x800_cmsv2_1938c101-da40-5198-ad0f-5eac7ba67322-7597484.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/74\/84\/1920x1281_cmsv2_1938c101-da40-5198-ad0f-5eac7ba67322-7597484.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Supporters of Pakistan&apos;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan celebrate after Supreme Court decision, in Multan, Pakistan, Thursday, May 11, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Asim Tanveer\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Khan, however, remained in the court after the decision as his lawyers petitioned the judges for similar protection in a number of other corruption charges, trying to close off a legal avenue for the government to arrest him again.<\/p>\n<p>Khan\u2019s chief lawyer, Babar Awan, praised the ruling, and said Khan was now \u201ca free man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A short while later, the court said Khan could not be arrested for the time being in other pending corruption cases against him. The former premier was expected to walk out of the court shortly<\/p>\n<p>The government contends that Khan\u2019s release rewards and encourages mob violence. After he was arrested Tuesday, his supporters attacked military installations, burned vehicles, and ambulances and looted general stores in various parts of the country. The government responded with a crackdown, arresting nearly 3,000 people. The violence left at least 10 Khan supporters dead. Dozens of protesters and more than 200 police officers were injured.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7593730,7592036,7570066\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//10//court-rules-pakistans-former-prime-minister-imran-khan-can-be-held-for-eight-days/">Court rules Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan can be held for eight days<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//30//watch-belly-dancer-yousha-hussain-breaks-taboos-in-pakistan-around-professional-dance/">WATCH: Belly dancer Yousha Hussain breaks taboos in Pakistan around professional dance <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//09//pakistans-ex-pm-imran-khan-arrested-sparking-violence/">Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan arrested, sparking violence<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The arrest Tuesday was a startling and controversial move: Agents from the National Accountability Bureau burst into the Islamabad High Court where Khan was attending a session on other charges - the same court where he appeared Friday - and dragged him away, putting him into an armoured vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court ruled that the arrest was unlawful, but asked the Islamabad High Court, a lower court, to reconsider its initial decision to uphold the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding Khan - a figure who inspires both vehement loyalty and furious opposition - threatens to open a deeper vein of turmoil in a country that has seen multiple military takeovers and bouts of violence. The unrest has echoed that which followed the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during an election rally. Her supporters at the time, outraged by her killing, rampaged for days across Pakistan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//98//54//808x539_cmsv2_63505677-52e2-5698-9477-18bec323e139-7599854.jpg/" alt=\"K.M. Chaudary\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/98\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_63505677-52e2-5698-9477-18bec323e139-7599854.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/98\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_63505677-52e2-5698-9477-18bec323e139-7599854.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/98\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_63505677-52e2-5698-9477-18bec323e139-7599854.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/98\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_63505677-52e2-5698-9477-18bec323e139-7599854.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/98\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_63505677-52e2-5698-9477-18bec323e139-7599854.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/98\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_63505677-52e2-5698-9477-18bec323e139-7599854.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/98\/54\/1920x1281_cmsv2_63505677-52e2-5698-9477-18bec323e139-7599854.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Supporters of Pakistan&apos;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan celebrate after Supreme Court decision, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, May 11, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">K.M. Chaudary\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Khan, a former cricket star turned Islamist politician, was removed as prime minister last year by a no-confidence vote in Parliament and now leads the opposition. He faces more than 100 legal cases, most involving allegations that he incited violence and threatened police and government officials.<\/p>\n<p>He also faces at least three graft cases, including accusations from the National Accountability Bureau that he accepted millions of dollars worth of property in exchange for providing benefits to a real estate tycoon. A new terrorism charge was filed against him on Thursday for allegedly inciting his followers to violence after his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Supreme Court&#039;s release order Thursday, Khan spent the night at a government guest house in Islamabad, where he met with family members and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#039;s president, Arif Alvi, also had a meeting with him. Alvi has been trying to defuse tension between Khan and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif&#039;s government to avoid an escalation.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1683886808,"updatedAt":1683893164,"publishedAt":1683887172,"firstPublishedAt":1683887240,"lastPublishedAt":1683889413,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Muhammad Sajjad\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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On Wednesday, angry protesters stormed and set fire to a building housing Radio Pakistan in the northwest. \n\nThe 70-year-old politician lost power last year but remains the country's most popular opposition figure. He is the seventh former prime minister to be arrested in Pakistan. His dramatic arrest on Tuesday deepened the political turmoil. \n\nTwo people were killed first, one Tuesday in the southwestern city of Quetta and another in the northwestern city of Peshawar overnight. Two more were in clashes with police Wednesday in Peshawar. \n\nIn eastern Punjab province, where authorities said 157 police officers were injured in clashes with Khan supporters, the local government asked the army to step in and restore order. \n\nPakistan's GEO television broadcast footage showing Khan appearing before a judge at a temporary court inside a police compound Wednesday. The former premier was seen seated in a chair, holding documents. He appeared calm but tired. \n\nEarlier, the National Accountability Bureau requested a 14-day detention of Khan, but the tribunal said authorities could keep him in their custody for eight days. \n\nMeanwhile, Khan's legal team challenged his arrest before the Islamabad High Court, seeking his release. \n\nAlso in Peshawar, Khan's supporters raided the building housing Radio Pakistan, damaging equipment and setting fire to it, said police official Naeem Khan. Some of the employees were trapped inside, he said, and police were trying to restore order. \n\nKhan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party had called for demonstrators to remain peaceful, hours after mobs angered over the dramatic arrest set fire to the residence of a top army general in the eastern city of Lahore. \n\nWhen he was arrested on Tuesday, Khan was appearing in court on multiple corruption charges brought by Islamabad police. As he showed up in court, dozens of agents from the National Accountability Bureau backed by paramilitary troops stormed the courtroom, breaking windows after Khan's guards refused to open the door. \n\nKhan's supporters attacked the military's headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi near the capital, Islamabad, but did not reach the main building housing the offices of army chief Gen. Asim Munir. \n\nOther demonstrators tried to reach the prime minister's residence in Lahore, but were driven off by baton-wielding police. Others attacked vehicles carrying troops and hit armed soldiers with sticks. So far, police and soldiers have not fired at protesters. \n\nThe military has not commented on the attacks on its facilities. None of the leaders from Khan's party denounced the attacks on the military. \n\nA police statement Wednesday said officers in eastern Punjab province arrested 945 Khan supporters since Tuesday \u2014 including Asad Umar, a senior leader from Khan's party. Dozens of Khan supporters were also detained in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and elsewhere. \n\nShah Mahmood Qureshi, senior vice president from Khan's party, appealed for peaceful demonstrations Wednesday, urging followers: \"Don't damage public property, don't attack offices, as we are peace lovers.\" He said the party is considering challenging Khan's arrest in the Supreme Court. \n\nBy morning, police said some 2,000 protesters still surrounded the fire-damaged residence in Lahore of Lt. Gen. Salman Fayyaz Ghani, a top regional commander. They chanted slogans at the military, including \"Khan is our red line and you have crossed it.\" Ghani and his family members were moved to a safer place when the mob on Tuesday first attacked their sprawling house. \n\nPolice deployed in force across the country, and placed shipping containers on a road leading to the sprawling police compound in Islamabad where Khan is being held and where he appeared before a judge at the temporary court placed there for security reasons, according to the government. \n\nAmid violence, Pakistan's telecommunication authority on Tuesday blocked social media, including Twitter. The government also suspended internet service in Islamabad and other cities. Classes at some private schools were cancelled for Wednesday. \n\nRights group Amnesty International said it was alarmed by reports of Pakistani authorities blocking access to mobile internet networks and social media \u2014 Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are suspended for a second day. Amnesty urged authorities to show restraint, saying clashes between law enforcement and Khan's supporters risk human rights violations. \n\nThe National Accountability Bureau has detained and investigated former officials, including former prime ministers, politicians and retired military officers. But some view the NAB as a tool used by those in power, especially the military, to crack down on political opponents. \n\nWhen Khan was in power, his government arrested Shahbaz Sharif, then the opposition leader, through the NAB. Sharif was facing multiple corruption cases when he managed to oust Khan in a 2022 no-confidence vote. The charges were later dropped, citing a lack of evidence. \n\nPrime Minister Sharif returned to Pakistan on Wednesday from a U.K. trip and was to hold a Cabinet meeting on the latest developments. His brother, Nawaz Sharif, who also served as prime minister, was arrested several times on corruption allegations. \n\nIn March, police stormed Khan's Lahore residence, seeking to arrest him in a corruption case related to hiding income from the sale of official gifts. \n\nLater Wednesday, Khan appeared in a different courtroom at the high security court and was indicted in the lingering graft case, pleading not guilty, local media said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan can be held for questioning for eight days, a court ruled Wednesday, a day after the country&#039;s popular opposition leader was dragged from a courtroom and arrested.<\/p>\n<p>His detention set off clashes between his supporters and police Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead. On Wednesday, angry protesters stormed and set fire to a building housing Radio Pakistan in the northwest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//20//36//808x539_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg/" alt=\"Muhammad Sajjad\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/384x256_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/640x426_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/750x500_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/828x551_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1080x719_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1200x799_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1920x1279_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Supporters of Pakistan&apos;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan chant slogansto condemn the arrest of their leader, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday May 9, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Muhammad Sajjad\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The 70-year-old politician lost power last year but remains the country&#039;s most popular opposition figure. He is the seventh former prime minister to be arrested in Pakistan. His dramatic arrest on Tuesday deepened the political turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>Two people were killed first, one Tuesday in the southwestern city of Quetta and another in the northwestern city of Peshawar overnight. Two more were in clashes with police Wednesday in Peshawar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//20//36//808x539_cmsv2_28e2e73b-cf71-58d0-ad7e-c5cc1f454352-7592036.jpg/" alt=\"W.K. Yousufzai\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/384x256_cmsv2_28e2e73b-cf71-58d0-ad7e-c5cc1f454352-7592036.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/640x427_cmsv2_28e2e73b-cf71-58d0-ad7e-c5cc1f454352-7592036.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/750x500_cmsv2_28e2e73b-cf71-58d0-ad7e-c5cc1f454352-7592036.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/828x552_cmsv2_28e2e73b-cf71-58d0-ad7e-c5cc1f454352-7592036.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1080x720_cmsv2_28e2e73b-cf71-58d0-ad7e-c5cc1f454352-7592036.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1200x800_cmsv2_28e2e73b-cf71-58d0-ad7e-c5cc1f454352-7592036.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1920x1281_cmsv2_28e2e73b-cf71-58d0-ad7e-c5cc1f454352-7592036.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Plainclothes police officers beat a supporter of Pakistan&apos;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan as they detain him. May 9, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">W.K. Yousufzai\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In eastern Punjab province, where authorities said 157 police officers were injured in clashes with Khan supporters, the local government asked the army to step in and restore order.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#039;s GEO television broadcast footage showing Khan appearing before a judge at a temporary court inside a police compound Wednesday. The former premier was seen seated in a chair, holding documents. He appeared calm but tired.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau requested a 14-day detention of Khan, but the tribunal said authorities could keep him in their custody for eight days.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Khan&#039;s legal team challenged his arrest before the Islamabad High Court, seeking his release.<\/p>\n<p>Also in Peshawar, Khan&#039;s supporters raided the building housing Radio Pakistan, damaging equipment and setting fire to it, said police official Naeem Khan. Some of the employees were trapped inside, he said, and police were trying to restore order.<\/p>\n<p>Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party had called for demonstrators to remain peaceful, hours after mobs angered over the dramatic arrest set fire to the residence of a top army general in the eastern city of Lahore.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//37//30//808x539_cmsv2_bb137c28-73f4-5934-922e-c9979e0ddd59-7593730.jpg/" alt=\"Anjum Naveed\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/384x256_cmsv2_bb137c28-73f4-5934-922e-c9979e0ddd59-7593730.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/640x427_cmsv2_bb137c28-73f4-5934-922e-c9979e0ddd59-7593730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/750x500_cmsv2_bb137c28-73f4-5934-922e-c9979e0ddd59-7593730.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/828x552_cmsv2_bb137c28-73f4-5934-922e-c9979e0ddd59-7593730.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/1080x720_cmsv2_bb137c28-73f4-5934-922e-c9979e0ddd59-7593730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/1200x800_cmsv2_bb137c28-73f4-5934-922e-c9979e0ddd59-7593730.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/1920x1281_cmsv2_bb137c28-73f4-5934-922e-c9979e0ddd59-7593730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Riot police officers at the police headquarters, where Pakistan&apos;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan being held and appear in a temporary court. May 10, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Anjum Naveed\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>When he was arrested on Tuesday, Khan was appearing in court on multiple corruption charges brought by Islamabad police. As he showed up in court, dozens of agents from the National Accountability Bureau backed by paramilitary troops stormed the courtroom, breaking windows after Khan&#039;s guards refused to open the door.<\/p>\n<p>Khan&#039;s supporters attacked the military&#039;s headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi near the capital, Islamabad, but did not reach the main building housing the offices of army chief Gen. Asim Munir.<\/p>\n<p>Other demonstrators tried to reach the prime minister&#039;s residence in Lahore, but were driven off by baton-wielding police. Others attacked vehicles carrying troops and hit armed soldiers with sticks. So far, police and soldiers have not fired at protesters.<\/p>\n<p>The military has not commented on the attacks on its facilities. None of the leaders from Khan&#039;s party denounced the attacks on the military.<\/p>\n<p>A police statement Wednesday said officers in eastern Punjab province arrested 945 Khan supporters since Tuesday \u2014 including Asad Umar, a senior leader from Khan&#039;s party. Dozens of Khan supporters were also detained in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7592036,7590636,7570066\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//30//watch-belly-dancer-yousha-hussain-breaks-taboos-in-pakistan-around-professional-dance/">WATCH: Belly dancer Yousha Hussain breaks taboos in Pakistan around professional dance <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//09//former-pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-arrested-at-court-appearance/">Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested at court appearance<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//09//pakistans-ex-pm-imran-khan-arrested-sparking-violence/">Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan arrested, sparking violence<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Shah Mahmood Qureshi, senior vice president from Khan&#039;s party, appealed for peaceful demonstrations Wednesday, urging followers: \"Don&#039;t damage public property, don&#039;t attack offices, as we are peace lovers.\" He said the party is considering challenging Khan&#039;s arrest in the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>By morning, police said some 2,000 protesters still surrounded the fire-damaged residence in Lahore of Lt. Gen. Salman Fayyaz Ghani, a top regional commander. They chanted slogans at the military, including \"Khan is our red line and you have crossed it.\" Ghani and his family members were moved to a safer place when the mob on Tuesday first attacked their sprawling house.<\/p>\n<p>Police deployed in force across the country, and placed shipping containers on a road leading to the sprawling police compound in Islamabad where Khan is being held and where he appeared before a judge at the temporary court placed there for security reasons, according to the government.<\/p>\n<p>Amid violence, Pakistan&#039;s telecommunication authority on Tuesday blocked social media, including Twitter. The government also suspended internet service in Islamabad and other cities. Classes at some private schools were cancelled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rights group Amnesty International said it was alarmed by reports of Pakistani authorities blocking access to mobile internet networks and social media \u2014 Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are suspended for a second day. Amnesty urged authorities to show restraint, saying clashes between law enforcement and Khan&#039;s supporters risk human rights violations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//37//30//808x539_cmsv2_833425a4-a66f-55a5-8bb3-04cdedd0b00c-7593730.jpg/" alt=\"Muhammad Sajjad\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/384x256_cmsv2_833425a4-a66f-55a5-8bb3-04cdedd0b00c-7593730.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/640x427_cmsv2_833425a4-a66f-55a5-8bb3-04cdedd0b00c-7593730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/750x500_cmsv2_833425a4-a66f-55a5-8bb3-04cdedd0b00c-7593730.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/828x552_cmsv2_833425a4-a66f-55a5-8bb3-04cdedd0b00c-7593730.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/1080x720_cmsv2_833425a4-a66f-55a5-8bb3-04cdedd0b00c-7593730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/1200x800_cmsv2_833425a4-a66f-55a5-8bb3-04cdedd0b00c-7593730.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/37\/30\/1920x1281_cmsv2_833425a4-a66f-55a5-8bb3-04cdedd0b00c-7593730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man runs past a burning car set on fire by angry supporters of Pakistan&apos;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Peshawar, May 10, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Muhammad Sajjad\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The National Accountability Bureau has detained and investigated former officials, including former prime ministers, politicians and retired military officers. But some view the NAB as a tool used by those in power, especially the military, to crack down on political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>When Khan was in power, his government arrested Shahbaz Sharif, then the opposition leader, through the NAB. Sharif was facing multiple corruption cases when he managed to oust Khan in a 2022 no-confidence vote. The charges were later dropped, citing a lack of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Sharif returned to Pakistan on Wednesday from a U.K. trip and was to hold a Cabinet meeting on the latest developments. His brother, Nawaz Sharif, who also served as prime minister, was arrested several times on corruption allegations.<\/p>\n<p>In March, police stormed Khan&#039;s Lahore residence, seeking to arrest him in a corruption case related to hiding income from the sale of official gifts.<\/p>\n<p>Later Wednesday, Khan appeared in a different courtroom at the high security court and was indicted in the lingering graft case, pleading not guilty, local media said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1683712354,"updatedAt":1683730084,"publishedAt":1683729437,"firstPublishedAt":1683729439,"lastPublishedAt":1683729439,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Muhammad Sajjad\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.","altText":"Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan gestures as police fire tear gas to disperse them. 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Police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrations. \n\nAmid the violence, officials at Pakistan\u2019s telecommunication authority said regulators blocked social media, including Twitter, and internet service was suspended in the capital of Islamabad and other cities. Classes at some private schools were cancelled for Wednesday. \n\nKhan was removed from the Islamabad High Court by security agents from the National Accountability Bureau, said Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, and then shoved into an armored car and whisked away. \n\nChaudhry denounced the arrest of the 71-year-old former cricket star as \u201can abduction.\u201d Pakistan\u2019s independent GEO TV broadcast video of Khan being hauled away. \n\nA scuffle broke out between Khan\u2019s supporters and police outside the court. Some of Khan\u2019s lawyers and supporters were injured in the melee, as were several police, Chaudhry said. \n\nKhan was taken to the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, for questioning at the offices of the National Accountability Bureau, according to police and government officials. He also was to undergo a routine medical checkup, police said. \n\nKhan had arrived at the Islamabad High Court from nearby Lahore, where he lives, to face charges in the graft cases. \n\nHe has denounced the cases against him, which include terrorism charges, as a politically motivated plot by his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, saying his ouster was illegal and a Western conspiracy. Khan has campaigned against Sharif and demanded early elections. \n\nTuesday's arrest was based on a new warrant from the National Accountability Bureau obtained last week in a separate graft case for which Khan had not been granted bail. His lawyers challenged the legality of the arrest, but the court upheld it, although it added that Khan should not have been forcibly removed from the courtroom. Khan is scheduled to appear at an anti-graft tribunal on Wednesday, officials said. \n\n\u201cImran Khan has been arrested because he was being sought in a graft case,\u201d Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan told a news conference. He alleged Pakistan\u2019s treasury had lost millions of dollars while Khan was in office due to illegal purchases of lands from a business tycoon. \n\nThe National Accountability Bureau is Pakistan\u2019s powerful anti-corruption organization that has detained and investigated former officials, including prime ministers, politicians and retired military officers. But some view the NAB as a tool used by those in power, especially the military, to crack down on political opponents. When Khan was in power, his government arrested Sharif, then the opposition leader, through the NAB. \n\nAt a news conference, Law Minister Azam Tarar said Khan was arrested because he was not cooperating with the investigations. He also denounced the violence by Khan supporters, saying that protests must remain peaceful. \n\n\u201cIt should have not happened,\u201d he said, shortly after TV video emerged of burning vehicles and damaged public property in parts of the country. \n\nAuthorities said they have banned rallies in the eastern province of Punjab. \n\nAs the news of the arrest spread, about 4,000 of Khan\u2019s supporters stormed the official residence of the top regional commander in Lahore, smashing windows and doors, damaging furniture and staging a sit-in as troops there retreated to avoid violence. The protesters also burned police vehicles and blocked key roads. \n\nProtesters also smashed the main gate of the army\u2019s headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where troops exercised restraint. Hundreds of demonstrators shouted pro-Khan slogans as they moved toward the sprawling building. \n\nIn the port city of Karachi, police swung batons and fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Khan supporters who had gathered on a key road. \n\nRaoof Hasan, another leader from Khan\u2019s party, told Al Jazeera English television that the arrest is \u201cblatant interference in the judicial affairs by the powers-that-be.\" Hasan added that Khan \"was virtually abducted from the court of law.\u201d \n\nKhan's arrest came hours after he issued a video message before heading to Islamabad, saying he was \u201cmentally prepared\u201d for arrest there. \n\nKhan was wounded by a gunman at a rally in November, an attack that killed one of his supporters and wounded 13. He has insisted, without offering any evidence, that there is a plot to assassinate him, alleging that Pakistan's spy agency was behind the conspiracy. The gunman was immediately arrested and police later released a video of him in custody, allegedly saying he had acted alone. \n\nIn a strongly worded statement Monday, the military accused Khan of \u201cfabricated and malicious allegations\u201d of its involvement in the November shooting, saying they are \u201cextremely unfortunate, deplorable and unacceptable.\u201d \n\nThe military has directly ruled Pakistan for more than half of the 75 years since the country gained independence from British colonial rule, and wields considerable power over civilian governments. \n\nSharif, whose government faces spiralling economic woes and is struggling to recover from last year\u2019s devastating floods that killed hundreds and caused $30 billion in damage, slammed Khan for assailing the military. \n\n\u201cLet this be abundantly clear that you, as former prime minister, currently on trial for corruption, are claiming legitimacy to overturn the legal and political system,\" Sharif tweeted after Khan's arrest. \n\nIn a statement, the European Union urged \u201crestraint and cool-headedness\u201d in the country, through dialogue and the rule of law. \n\nIn Washington, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly both said at a news conference they were aware of reports about Khan\u2019s arrest but declined any substantive comment. \u201cWe just want to make sure that whatever happens in Pakistan is consistent with the rule of law, with the constitution,\u201d Blinken said. \n\nCleverly said he had not been briefed in detail but added, \u201cThe UK has a longstanding and close relationship with Pakistan. We are Commonwealth partners. We want to see peaceful democracy in that country. We want to see the rule of law adhered to. I\u2019m uncomfortable to speculate further without having a detailed briefing on that.\u201d \n\nKhan is the seventh former prime minister to be arrested in Pakistan. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was arrested and hanged in 1979. The current prime minister\u2019s brother, Nawaz Sharif, who also served as prime minister, was arrested several times on corruption allegations. \n\nIn March, police stormed Khan\u2019s Lahore residence, seeking to arrest him based on a court order in a different case. Dozens of people, including police, were injured in the ensuing clashes. Khan was not arrested at the time and later obtained bail in the case. \n\nKhan came to power in 2018 after winning parliamentary elections and had initially good relations with the military which gradually soured. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The arrest of Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022 but remains the leading opposition figure, represented the latest confrontation to roil Pakistan, which has seen former prime ministers arrested over the years and interventions by its powerful military. <\/p>\n<p>At least one person was reported killed in clashes between protesters and the military in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, with another five people wounded there, while about 15 injuries were reported amid similar violence in Karachi, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Lahore. Police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the violence, officials at Pakistan\u2019s telecommunication authority said regulators blocked social media, including Twitter, and internet service was suspended in the capital of Islamabad and other cities. Classes at some private schools were cancelled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Khan was removed from the Islamabad High Court by security agents from the National Accountability Bureau, said Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, and then shoved into an armored car and whisked away.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//20//36//808x539_cmsv2_a16d1390-a9b3-5f0e-91b2-86d1a005b6dd-7592036.jpg/" alt=\"Muhammad Sajjad\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/384x256_cmsv2_a16d1390-a9b3-5f0e-91b2-86d1a005b6dd-7592036.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/640x427_cmsv2_a16d1390-a9b3-5f0e-91b2-86d1a005b6dd-7592036.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/750x500_cmsv2_a16d1390-a9b3-5f0e-91b2-86d1a005b6dd-7592036.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/828x552_cmsv2_a16d1390-a9b3-5f0e-91b2-86d1a005b6dd-7592036.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1080x720_cmsv2_a16d1390-a9b3-5f0e-91b2-86d1a005b6dd-7592036.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1200x800_cmsv2_a16d1390-a9b3-5f0e-91b2-86d1a005b6dd-7592036.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1920x1281_cmsv2_a16d1390-a9b3-5f0e-91b2-86d1a005b6dd-7592036.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Smoke erupts from burning objects set on fire by angry supporters of Pakistan&apos;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Muhammad Sajjad\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Chaudhry denounced the arrest of the 71-year-old former cricket star as \u201can abduction.\u201d Pakistan\u2019s independent GEO TV broadcast video of Khan being hauled away.<\/p>\n<p>A scuffle broke out between Khan\u2019s supporters and police outside the court. Some of Khan\u2019s lawyers and supporters were injured in the melee, as were several police, Chaudhry said.<\/p>\n<p>Khan was taken to the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, for questioning at the offices of the National Accountability Bureau, according to police and government officials. He also was to undergo a routine medical checkup, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Khan had arrived at the Islamabad High Court from nearby Lahore, where he lives, to face charges in the graft cases.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7590636,7542512,7570066\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//30//watch-belly-dancer-yousha-hussain-breaks-taboos-in-pakistan-around-professional-dance/">WATCH: Belly dancer Yousha Hussain breaks taboos in Pakistan around professional dance <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//09//former-pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-arrested-at-court-appearance/">Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested at court appearance<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//18//pakistani-activist-malala-yousafzais-upcoming-memoir-promises-to-be-her-most-personal-yet/">Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai's upcoming memoir promises to be her \"most personal\" yet <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He has denounced the cases against him, which include terrorism charges, as a politically motivated plot by his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, saying his ouster was illegal and a Western conspiracy. Khan has campaigned against Sharif and demanded early elections.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#039;s arrest was based on a new warrant from the National Accountability Bureau obtained last week in a separate graft case for which Khan had not been granted bail. His lawyers challenged the legality of the arrest, but the court upheld it, although it added that Khan should not have been forcibly removed from the courtroom. Khan is scheduled to appear at an anti-graft tribunal on Wednesday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImran Khan has been arrested because he was being sought in a graft case,\u201d Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan told a news conference. He alleged Pakistan\u2019s treasury had lost millions of dollars while Khan was in office due to illegal purchases of lands from a business tycoon.<\/p>\n<p>The National Accountability Bureau is Pakistan\u2019s powerful anti-corruption organization that has detained and investigated former officials, including prime ministers, politicians and retired military officers. But some view the NAB as a tool used by those in power, especially the military, to crack down on political opponents. When Khan was in power, his government arrested Sharif, then the opposition leader, through the NAB.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//20//36//808x539_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg/" alt=\"Muhammad Sajjad\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/384x256_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/640x426_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/750x500_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/828x551_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1080x719_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1200x799_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1920x1279_cmsv2_c4459f5d-1d45-574a-9cf6-69a0a59f76a3-7592036.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Supporters of Pakistan&apos;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan chant slogans as they block a road in protest.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Muhammad Sajjad\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At a news conference, Law Minister Azam Tarar said Khan was arrested because he was not cooperating with the investigations. He also denounced the violence by Khan supporters, saying that protests must remain peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should have not happened,\u201d he said, shortly after TV video emerged of burning vehicles and damaged public property in parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said they have banned rallies in the eastern province of Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>As the news of the arrest spread, about 4,000 of Khan\u2019s supporters stormed the official residence of the top regional commander in Lahore, smashing windows and doors, damaging furniture and staging a sit-in as troops there retreated to avoid violence. The protesters also burned police vehicles and blocked key roads.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters also smashed the main gate of the army\u2019s headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where troops exercised restraint. Hundreds of demonstrators shouted pro-Khan slogans as they moved toward the sprawling building.<\/p>\n<p>In the port city of Karachi, police swung batons and fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Khan supporters who had gathered on a key road.<\/p>\n<p>Raoof Hasan, another leader from Khan\u2019s party, told Al Jazeera English television that the arrest is \u201cblatant interference in the judicial affairs by the powers-that-be.\" Hasan added that Khan \"was virtually abducted from the court of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khan&#039;s arrest came hours after he issued a video message before heading to Islamabad, saying he was \u201cmentally prepared\u201d for arrest there.<\/p>\n<p>Khan was wounded by a gunman at a rally in November, an attack that killed one of his supporters and wounded 13. He has insisted, without offering any evidence, that there is a plot to assassinate him, alleging that Pakistan&#039;s spy agency was behind the conspiracy. The gunman was immediately arrested and police later released a video of him in custody, allegedly saying he had acted alone.<\/p>\n<p>In a strongly worded statement Monday, the military accused Khan of \u201cfabricated and malicious allegations\u201d of its involvement in the November shooting, saying they are \u201cextremely unfortunate, deplorable and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//20//36//808x539_cmsv2_0e537707-668d-5d53-9c77-2f173273facf-7592036.jpg/" alt=\"Pervez Masih\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/384x256_cmsv2_0e537707-668d-5d53-9c77-2f173273facf-7592036.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/640x426_cmsv2_0e537707-668d-5d53-9c77-2f173273facf-7592036.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/750x500_cmsv2_0e537707-668d-5d53-9c77-2f173273facf-7592036.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/828x551_cmsv2_0e537707-668d-5d53-9c77-2f173273facf-7592036.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1080x719_cmsv2_0e537707-668d-5d53-9c77-2f173273facf-7592036.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1200x799_cmsv2_0e537707-668d-5d53-9c77-2f173273facf-7592036.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/20\/36\/1920x1279_cmsv2_0e537707-668d-5d53-9c77-2f173273facf-7592036.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Supporters of Pakistan&apos;s former Pakistan&apos;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan hold a banner of their leader next to burning tires.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Pervez Masih\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The military has directly ruled Pakistan for more than half of the 75 years since the country gained independence from British colonial rule, and wields considerable power over civilian governments.<\/p>\n<p>Sharif, whose government faces spiralling economic woes and is struggling to recover from last year\u2019s devastating floods that killed hundreds and caused $30 billion in damage, slammed Khan for assailing the military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet this be abundantly clear that you, as former prime minister, currently on trial for corruption, are claiming legitimacy to overturn the legal and political system,\" Sharif tweeted after Khan&#039;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the European Union urged \u201crestraint and cool-headedness\u201d in the country, through dialogue and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly both said at a news conference they were aware of reports about Khan\u2019s arrest but declined any substantive comment. \u201cWe just want to make sure that whatever happens in Pakistan is consistent with the rule of law, with the constitution,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>Cleverly said he had not been briefed in detail but added, \u201cThe UK has a longstanding and close relationship with Pakistan. We are Commonwealth partners. We want to see peaceful democracy in that country. We want to see the rule of law adhered to. I\u2019m uncomfortable to speculate further without having a detailed briefing on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khan is the seventh former prime minister to be arrested in Pakistan. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was arrested and hanged in 1979. The current prime minister\u2019s brother, Nawaz Sharif, who also served as prime minister, was arrested several times on corruption allegations.<\/p>\n<p>In March, police stormed Khan\u2019s Lahore residence, seeking to arrest him based on a court order in a different case. Dozens of people, including police, were injured in the ensuing clashes. Khan was not arrested at the time and later obtained bail in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Khan came to power in 2018 after winning parliamentary elections and had initially good relations with the military which gradually soured.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1683649957,"updatedAt":1683666606,"publishedAt":1683662646,"firstPublishedAt":1683662648,"lastPublishedAt":1683662700,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"W.K. Yousufzai\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.","altText":"Plainclothes police officers beat a supporter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan as they detain him, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. ","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"Plainclothes police officers beat a supporter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan as they detain him, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. 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He has claimed the process was illegal and a Western conspiracy and has campaigned against the government of his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, demanding early elections. \n\nChaudhry said Khan was dragged out of the court and into a police vehicle. He said the former premier is now in the custody of the security forces and he denounced the arrest as \u201can abduction.\u201d \n\nPakistan\u2019s independent GEO TV broadcast images of Khan being pulled by security forces towards an armoured vehicle, which took him away. \n\nKhan's party immediately complained to the Islamabad High Court, which requested a police report explaining the charges for Khan's arrest. \n\nOfficials from the anti-corruption body said that Pakistan\u2019s National Accountability Bureau had issued arrest warrants for Khan last week in a separate corruption case, for which he had not obtained bail \u2014 something that would protect him from arrest under the country's laws. \n\nThe officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Khan will be brought to appear before an anti-graft tribunal later on Tuesday. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Officials from the party of Pakistan\u2019s former Prime Minister Imran Khan said he was arrested on Tuesday in the capital Islamabad as he appeared in a court.<\/p>\n<p>Khan is facing multiple charges of corruption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, said the 72-year-old Khan was arrested on the premises of the court by agents from the country&#039;s anti-corruption body, the National Accountability Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April last year. He has claimed the process was illegal and a Western conspiracy and has campaigned against the government of his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, demanding early elections.<\/p>\n<p>Chaudhry said Khan was dragged out of the court and into a police vehicle. He said the former premier is now in the custody of the security forces and he denounced the arrest as \u201can abduction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s independent GEO TV broadcast images of Khan being pulled by security forces towards an armoured vehicle, which took him away.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6964326,7173760,6618244,6608052\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//08//22//imran-khan-pakistans-police-file-terrorism-charges-against-ex-prime-minister/">Imran Khan: Pakistan's police file terrorism charges against ex-prime minister<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//04//10//pakistan-s-prime-minister-ousted-in-no-confidence-vote/">Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan ousted in no-confidence vote<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//11//04//imran-khan-supporters-protest-rally-shooting/">Imran Khan supporters protest rally shooting<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//04//14//thousands-attend-former-pakistani-pm-imran-khan-s-rally-in-peshawar/">Thousands attend former Pakistani PM Imran Khan's rally in Peshawar<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Khan&#039;s party immediately complained to the Islamabad High Court, which requested a police report explaining the charges for Khan&#039;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the anti-corruption body said that Pakistan\u2019s National Accountability Bureau had issued arrest warrants for Khan last week in a separate corruption case, for which he had not obtained bail \u2014 something that would protect him from arrest under the country&#039;s laws.<\/p>\n<p>The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Khan will be brought to appear before an anti-graft tribunal later on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1683626608,"updatedAt":1683638164,"publishedAt":1683628156,"firstPublishedAt":1683628161,"lastPublishedAt":1683628161,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"K.M. 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It is extremely difficult to take this up as a profession. I am doing it, I know how hard it is here. I can\u2019t tell you what kind of taunts I have heard.\u201c \n\nHis father was vehemently opposed to him taking up dancing as a profession. \n\n\u201cIn the beginning, it was very tough. My dad was unhappy with me,\" he said.\u00a0 \n\n\"He did not talk to me for one long year. He even beat me up for wanting to become a dancer. The support that I needed was not there initially.\u201d \n\nBut his father finally relented when he performed on TV shows and gained a little recognition. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In Pakistan, Yousha Hussain has a unique passion - he is training to be a belly dancer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old says he grew up watching Hindi movies, particularly the songs accompanied by dances.\u00a0 And he was inspired by Indian belly dancer Eshan Hilal.<\/p>\n<p>But he has faced a lot of opposition when he expressed his intention to become a professional dancer as Pakistan\u2019s society is deeply conservative where dancing and singing are frowned upon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Dancing] is a big taboo in Pakistan,\" Hussain said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Whether you are a boy or a girl, no one would like you to become a dancer. It is extremely difficult to take this up as a profession. I am doing it, I know how hard it is here. I can\u2019t tell you what kind of taunts I have heard.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>His father was vehemently opposed to him taking up dancing as a profession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the beginning, it was very tough. My dad was unhappy with me,\" he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"He did not talk to me for one long year. He even beat me up for wanting to become a dancer. The support that I needed was not there initially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But his father finally relented when he performed on TV shows and gained a little recognition.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682847148,"updatedAt":1682858406,"publishedAt":1682858046,"firstPublishedAt":1682858048,"lastPublishedAt":1682858048,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP ","altText":"Yousha Hussain, a 22-year-old belly dancer from Pakistan ","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"Yousha Hussain, a 22-year-old belly dancer from Pakistan 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the holy month of Ramadan, the Euronews Culture team brings you another recipe for a popular dish that has a special place at the Ramadan table and is a must on the Eid menu.","keySentence":"","url":"ramadan-recipe-how-to-make-dahi-baray-lentil-fritters-in-yoghurt-sauce","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/04\/22\/ramadan-recipe-how-to-make-dahi-baray-lentil-fritters-in-yoghurt-sauce","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr \u00a0at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the Euronews Culture team brings you another recipe from the Ramadan table. \n\nThis time we\u2019re looking at South Asia, home to one-third of the world\u2019s Muslims, where Eid is being celebrated today.\u00a0 \n\nFor the past four weeks, Muslims around the world have been fasting to celebrate Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. The fasts are observed daily from sunrise to sunset. During that period those people don't eat, drink, smoke, or engage in sexual activities until the fast is \u201copened\u201d at the Iftar food table.\u00a0 \n\nThe month of Ramadan continues until a crescent moon is spotted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar is 11 days shorter than the widely used Gregorian solar calendar, Eid falls on a different day each year.\u00a0 \n\nThe 1.8 billion Muslims in the world are spread across different countries from east to west.\u00a0Oftentimes, this means the first day of Eid can vary between different Islamic countries depending on the moon sighting in each country.\u00a0 \n\nThis year, for example, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, and most countries in the Middle East started celebrating Eid yesterday (Friday, 21 April) whereas, in Pakistan, India, and even Morocco, Eid starts today (Saturday, 22 April).\u00a0 \n\nToday, as most of South Asia celebrates Eid, we are sharing with you a recipe for Dahi Baray (lentil fritters in yoghurt) \u2013 fried or steamed fritters made from pounded lentils in a sweet, tangy, or spicy yogh urt sauce. \n\nGrowing up in Pakistan, I have had Dahi Baray countless times. They\u2019re eaten all year round \u2013 as a snack, an appetizer, or a side dish \u2013 but have a special place at the Ramadan Iftar table and also on the Eid feast table. \n\nDahi Baray \n\nServes: 3-5 persons \n\nTotal time: Up to 1 hour \n\nIngredients: \n\nFor the baras: \n\n\u00bd Cup yellow lentils (moong daal) \n\n\u00bd tsp Carom seeds (Ajwain) \n\n1 cup sifted gram flour \n\n1 tbs corn oil \n\n\u00bc tsp baking soda \n\n1 tsp (or to taste) red chilli powder \n\n\u00bd tsp turmeric powder \n\n1 tbs salt \n\nCooking oil for deep frying \n\nLukewarm water as required \n\nFor the yoghurt sauce: \n\n4-5 tbs (or to taste) sugar \n\n1 cup yoghurt \n\n\u00bc tsp salt \n\n\u00bd cup milk \n\n4-5 tbs cream \n\nOptional: \n\nImli chutney (Tamarind sauce) \n\nCoriander sauce \n\nDahi bara masala\/Chaat masala to taste \n\nInstructions: \n\nPreparation: \n\n1. In a spice mixer, add yellow lentils and carom seeds. Grind to make a fine powder & set aside. \n\n2. In a bowl, add gram flour, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and the ground lentil powder and mix well. \n\n3. Gradually add water and whisk well until a thick batter is formed. \n\n4. Add corn oil and whisk for 2 minutes. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes. \n\n5. After 15 minutes, add baking soda to the mix and whisk. \n\n6. In a frying pan, heat some oil. Take out the batter using a big spoon and make circular shapes (for the baras) in the oil.\u00a0Fry on medium-low heat until golden brown. \n\n7. In a bowl, pour some lukewarm water and add 1 tsp salt. \n\n8. Take out the fried baras from the pan and soak them in the bowl of water for 15-20 minutes. \n\n9. While the baras are being soaked, prepare the yoghurt sauce. Pour yoghurt in a bowl. Add 4-5 tbs of sugar, \u00bc tsp salt, 4-5 tbs of cream, and \u00bd cup milk. Whisk well. \n\nAssembling: \n\n10. Take out the baras from the bowl of water and gently squeeze each piece (bara) in your palm to remove the excess water. \n\n11. Line up a serving dish with the baras and pour the yoghurt mix on top. Sprinkle some dahi bara masala (available in Indian supermarkets) or chaat masala (available in most supermarkets). \n\nFeel free to pour some imli chutney (tamarind sauce) and\/or coriander sauce, both of which you can easily find in an Indian supermarket. \n\nSome people also like to add boiled potatoes and onions to the final assembly dish but just the baras alone with the yoghurt sauce makes a fine treat! \n\n","htmlText":"<p>As Muslims around the world celebrate <em>Eid-ul-Fitr<\/em>\u00a0at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the <em>Euronews Culture<\/em> team brings you another <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//21//ramadan-recipe-how-to-make-sicilian-couscous-alla-trapanese/">recipe from the Ramadan table.<\/p>\n<p>This time we\u2019re looking at South Asia, home to one-third of the world\u2019s Muslims, where Eid is being celebrated today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the past four weeks, Muslims around the world have been fasting to celebrate Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. The fasts are observed daily from sunrise to sunset. During that period those people don&#039;t eat, drink, smoke, or engage in sexual activities until the fast is \u201copened\u201d at the Iftar food table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The month of Ramadan continues until a crescent moon is spotted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar is 11 days shorter than the widely used Gregorian solar calendar, Eid falls on a different day each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 1.8 billion Muslims in the world are spread across different countries from east to west.\u00a0Oftentimes, this means the first day of Eid can vary between different Islamic countries depending on the moon sighting in each country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year, for example, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, and most countries in the Middle East started celebrating Eid yesterday (Friday, 21 April) whereas, in Pakistan, India, and even Morocco, Eid starts today (Saturday, 22 April).\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7523576,7547716\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//19//ramadan-recipe-how-to-make-algerian-bricks/">Ramadan recipe: How to make Algerian bricks<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//21//ramadan-recipe-how-to-make-sicilian-couscous-alla-trapanese/">Meal of the Week: How to end Ramadan with this delicious Sicilian Couscous alla Trapanese<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today, as most of South Asia celebrates Eid, we are sharing with you a recipe for <em>Dahi Baray<\/em> (lentil fritters in yoghurt) \u2013 fried or steamed fritters made from pounded lentils in a sweet, tangy, or spicy yoghurt sauce.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in Pakistan, I have had Dahi Baray countless times. They\u2019re eaten all year round \u2013 as a snack, an appetizer, or a side dish \u2013 but have a special place at the Ramadan Iftar table and also on the Eid feast table.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dahi Baray<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serves: 3-5 persons<\/p>\n<p>Total time: Up to 1 hour<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>For the baras:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bd Cup yellow lentils (moong daal)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd tsp Carom seeds (Ajwain)<\/p>\n<p>1 cup sifted gram flour<\/p>\n<p>1 tbs corn oil<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc tsp baking soda<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp (or to taste) red chilli powder<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd tsp turmeric powder<\/p>\n<p>1 tbs salt<\/p>\n<p>Cooking oil for deep frying<\/p>\n<p>Lukewarm water as required<\/p>\n<p><em>For the yoghurt sauce:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>4-5 tbs (or to taste) sugar<\/p>\n<p>1 cup yoghurt<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc tsp salt<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd cup milk<\/p>\n<p>4-5 tbs cream<\/p>\n<p><em>Optional:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Imli chutney (Tamarind sauce)<\/p>\n<p>Coriander sauce<\/p>\n<p>Dahi bara masala\/Chaat masala to taste<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//54//85//44//808x454_cmsv2_78b596f0-a92e-501b-b13e-854452babe85-7548544.jpg/" alt=\"Canva\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/54\/85\/44\/384x216_cmsv2_78b596f0-a92e-501b-b13e-854452babe85-7548544.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/54\/85\/44\/640x360_cmsv2_78b596f0-a92e-501b-b13e-854452babe85-7548544.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/54\/85\/44\/750x422_cmsv2_78b596f0-a92e-501b-b13e-854452babe85-7548544.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/54\/85\/44\/828x466_cmsv2_78b596f0-a92e-501b-b13e-854452babe85-7548544.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/54\/85\/44\/1080x608_cmsv2_78b596f0-a92e-501b-b13e-854452babe85-7548544.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/54\/85\/44\/1200x675_cmsv2_78b596f0-a92e-501b-b13e-854452babe85-7548544.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/54\/85\/44\/1920x1080_cmsv2_78b596f0-a92e-501b-b13e-854452babe85-7548544.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Fried dahi baras with yoghurt sauce, tamarind sauce, coriander sauce, and relevant spices.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Canva<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Preparation:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. In a spice mixer, add yellow lentils and carom seeds. Grind to make a fine powder &amp; set aside.<\/p>\n<p>2. In a bowl, add gram flour, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and the ground lentil powder and mix well.<\/p>\n<p>3. Gradually add water and whisk well until a thick batter is formed.<\/p>\n<p>4. Add corn oil and whisk for 2 minutes. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>5. After 15 minutes, add baking soda to the mix and whisk.<\/p>\n<p>6. In a frying pan, heat some oil. Take out the batter using a big spoon and make circular shapes (for the baras) in the oil.\u00a0Fry on medium-low heat until golden brown.<\/p>\n<p>7. In a bowl, pour some lukewarm water and add 1 tsp salt.<\/p>\n<p>8. Take out the fried baras from the pan and soak them in the bowl of water for 15-20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>9. While the baras are being soaked, prepare the yoghurt sauce. Pour yoghurt in a bowl. Add 4-5 tbs of sugar, \u00bc tsp salt, 4-5 tbs of cream, and \u00bd cup milk. Whisk well.<\/p>\n<p><em>Assembling:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>10. Take out the baras from the bowl of water and gently squeeze each piece (bara) in your palm to remove the excess water.<\/p>\n<p>11. Line up a serving dish with the baras and pour the yoghurt mix on top. 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The rescue operation is ongoing with the help of excavators and other heavy machinery,\" Faizi added. \n\nThe cause of the landslide was not immediately clear, but one official said heavy machinery had been in use for months on an expansion project in the hills surrounding the border post. \n\nTorrential overnight rain may also have contributed, said the official, Ali Raza. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least two people were killed and eight injured in a massive pre-dawn landslide that buried dozens of trucks waiting to cross from Pakistan to Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers feared more people could be trapped dead or alive beneath the rubble, and deployed sniffer dogs at the scene as workers cautiously used heavy earth-moving equipment to shift debris.<\/p>\n<p>The landslide struck Torkham border post, the busiest and most important transit point for trade between the two countries, as more than 120 trucks were waiting to cross.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have recovered two bodies and have taken eight injured to hospital,\" Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for the Rescue 1122 emergency service, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was unclear how many people may be beneath the rubble, but some survivors had reported getting phone calls from colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\"They are not receiving calls any more... maybe the mobile battery of those trapped inside is dead, or maybe there is another reason,\" Faizi told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Fires broke out following the landslide, the brunt of which struck about 120 metres from the main border crossing.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers and their assistants were cooking pre-dawn meals on gas stoves ahead of a day of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>\"The fire is under control now. 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Doctors are reporting increased cases of malnutrition, according to Save the Children. \n\nMany are still living in tents around stagnant water and surviving on just one meal a day, the charity says. \n\n\u201cThis is one of the biggest disasters this country has ever seen, and after six months, we are still suffering,\u201d says Khuram Gondal, charity Save the Children\u2019s country director for Pakistan. \n\n\u201cThese devastating floods are an acute example of how those living in a country responsible for less than 1 per cent of global carbon emissions are seeing their lives completely turned upside down by the climate crisis.\u201d \n\nGondal adds that, as with many disasters, children are bearing the brunt of the impact. \n\nJust this week, Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the flooding was \u201cthe biggest, most devastating climate catastrophe that we\u2019ve ever experienced.\u201d \n\nAnd, at the time of the flooding, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned that \u201cwhat happened in Pakistan will now stay in Pakistan.\u201d He called the country the \u201cground zero of climate change\u201d. \n\nPakistan: Cases of malnutrition are rising \n\nCommunities in Sindh province affected by the floods have told Save the Children staff they are barely surviving due to agricultural land being ruined. It is the main income source for most families in the area. \n\nHajra lives in a tent with her husband and three children as their house is still damaged by stagnant flood water. Her husband barely earns enough money to buy food for one meal a day for the family as a daily wage labourer. \n\n\u201cWe had nothing to eat during the rains, and no milk for the children. It was difficult for us to eat the food as our children start crying when they see us eat, so we fed them what we had,\u201d she says. \n\n\u201cThere was nothing left to eat for my husband and me. What should we do? Eat and see our children crying and hungry?\u201d \n\nHer 10-month-old baby has developed severe acute malnutrition due to a lack of food as Hajra was weak, sick and couldn\u2019t breastfeed. \n\nShe brought him to a healthcare unit run by Save the Children where he was treated and has since improved. The doctor who treated her son, Dr Muhammad Hanif, says that the percentage of children arriving at his clinic with malnutrition has increased from 20 per cent to 60 per cent. \n\n\u201cAll the produce that people had from their fields also drowned in the floods so people have absolutely nothing to eat.\u201d \n\nWhat can be done to help people in Pakistan? \n\nAround 33 million people - 16 million of them children - are still in need of help. The UN\u2019s Pakistan Floods Response Plan is just 36 per cent funded more than halfway through its nine-month duration. \n\nSave the Children is calling on the international community to step up and deliver the money needed to prevent a full-scale hunger crisis. \n\n\u201cWhen will the world listen to these children?\u201d Gondal says. \n\n\u201cWe welcome the fact that some steps have been taken - but children in Pakistan need more, not only to rebuild from this catastrophe but also to know that in future, when they will inevitably bear the brunt of yet more climate disasters, the world will not look away.\u201d \n\nThe charity is also calling for progress on an agreement made at last year\u2019s COP27 climate summit to establish a Loss and Damage fund . Save the Children says that funds need to be clearly earmarked for climate disasters like the flooding in Pakistan as well as slow onset events like rising sea levels.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Six months after widespread flooding submerged a third of Pakistan, people are still struggling to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation has sent the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//food-crisis/">price of food skyrocketing<\/strong><\/a> and families, especially, are being forced to cut back on their meals. Doctors are reporting increased cases of malnutrition, according to Save the Children.<\/p>\n<p>Many are still living in tents around stagnant water and surviving on just one meal a day, the charity says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the biggest disasters this country has ever seen, and after six months, we are still suffering,\u201d says Khuram Gondal, charity Save the Children\u2019s country director for Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese devastating floods are an acute example of how those living in a country responsible for less than 1 per cent of global carbon emissions are seeing their lives completely turned upside down by the climate crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gondal adds that, as with many disasters, children are bearing the brunt of the impact.<\/p>\n<p>Just this week, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//pakistan/">Pakistan&#039;s<\/strong><\/a> foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//09//07//pakistan-floods-parts-of-the-country-now-like-a-sea-says-prime-minister/">the flooding<\/strong><\/a> was \u201cthe biggest, most devastating climate catastrophe that we\u2019ve ever experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, at the time of the flooding, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned that \u201cwhat happened in Pakistan will now stay in Pakistan.\u201d He called the country the \u201cground zero of climate change\u201d.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7454640,7404718\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//27//dead-fish-chemical-smells-and-headaches-the-fallout-from-ohios-toxic-train-disaster/">Dead fish, chemical smells and headaches: The fallout from Ohio\u2019s toxic train disaster<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//10//its-very-hard-for-me-to-breathe-lately-thick-smog-covers-bangkok-and-hospitalises-thousand/">/u2018It's very hard for me to breathe lately\u2019: Thick smog covers Bangkok and hospitalises thousands<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Pakistan: Cases of malnutrition are rising<\/h2><p>Communities in Sindh province affected by the floods have told Save the Children staff they are barely surviving due to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//agriculture/">agricultural land being ruined. It is the main income source for most families in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Hajra lives in a tent with her husband and three children as their house is still damaged by stagnant flood water. Her husband barely earns enough money to buy food for one meal a day for the family as a daily wage labourer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had nothing to eat during the rains, and no milk for the children. It was difficult for us to eat the food as our children start crying when they see us eat, so we fed them what we had,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was nothing left to eat for my husband and me. What should we do? Eat and see our children crying and hungry?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//45//64//48//808x454_cmsv2_dd1a63eb-706e-5d67-9585-90436045d6a8-7456448.jpg/" alt=\"Khaula Jamil\/Save the Children\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/45\/64\/48\/384x216_cmsv2_dd1a63eb-706e-5d67-9585-90436045d6a8-7456448.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/45\/64\/48\/640x360_cmsv2_dd1a63eb-706e-5d67-9585-90436045d6a8-7456448.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/45\/64\/48\/750x422_cmsv2_dd1a63eb-706e-5d67-9585-90436045d6a8-7456448.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/45\/64\/48\/828x466_cmsv2_dd1a63eb-706e-5d67-9585-90436045d6a8-7456448.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/45\/64\/48\/1080x608_cmsv2_dd1a63eb-706e-5d67-9585-90436045d6a8-7456448.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/45\/64\/48\/1200x675_cmsv2_dd1a63eb-706e-5d67-9585-90436045d6a8-7456448.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/45\/64\/48\/1920x1080_cmsv2_dd1a63eb-706e-5d67-9585-90436045d6a8-7456448.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Waheed, nutrition assistant, feeds Hajra&apos;s 10 month old baby at the clinic.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Khaula Jamil\/Save the Children<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Her 10-month-old baby has developed severe acute malnutrition due to a lack of food as Hajra was weak, sick and couldn\u2019t breastfeed.<\/p>\n<p>She brought him to a healthcare unit run by Save the Children where he was treated and has since improved. The doctor who treated her son, Dr Muhammad Hanif, says that the percentage of children arriving at his clinic with malnutrition has increased from 20 per cent to 60 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the produce that people had from their fields also drowned in the floods so people have absolutely nothing to eat.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7445498,7416084\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//21//silent-victim-this-map-shows-the-environmental-destruction-done-by-a-year-of-war-in-ukrain/">/u2018Silent victim\u2019: This map shows the environmental destruction done by a year of war in Ukraine<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//06//they-are-completely-flooded-rising-sea-levels-endanger-life-in-marseilles-coastal-huts/">/u2018They are completely flooded\u2019: Rising sea levels endanger life in Marseille\u2019s coastal huts<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What can be done to help people in Pakistan?<\/h2><p>Around 33 million people - 16 million of them children - are still in need of help. The UN\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//09//pakistan-floods-donors-pledge-nearly-8bn-for-recovery-in-first-test-for-loss-and-damage-fu/">Pakistan Floods Response Plan<\/strong><\/a> is just 36 per cent funded more than halfway through its nine-month duration.<\/p>\n<p>Save the Children is calling on the international community to step up and deliver the money needed to prevent a full-scale hunger crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen will the world listen to these children?\u201d Gondal says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome the fact that some steps have been taken - but children in Pakistan need more, not only to rebuild from this catastrophe but also to know that in future, when they will inevitably bear the brunt of yet more climate disasters, the world will not look away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The charity is also calling for progress on an agreement made at last year\u2019s COP27 climate summit to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//18//time-is-not-on-our-side-whats-been-decided-at-cop27-so-far-as-talks-extend/">establish a Loss and Damage fund<\/strong><\/a>. Save the Children says that funds need to be clearly earmarked for climate disasters like the flooding in Pakistan as well as slow onset events like rising sea levels.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1678452096,"updatedAt":1678454125,"publishedAt":1678454008,"firstPublishedAt":1678454010,"lastPublishedAt":1678454125,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":" Khaula Jamil\/Save the Children","altText":"Bashir Ahmad is a vegetable seller from Khairpur, Sindh. His house was destroyed in the floods.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"Bashir Ahmad is a vegetable seller from Khairpur, Sindh. His house was destroyed in the floods.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/45\/64\/48\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5d76d509-ad54-5a6c-9f60-1380c92a7e6f-7456448.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1080},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Khaula Jamil\/Save the Children","altText":"Waheed, nutrition assistant, feeds Hajra's 10 month old baby at the clinic.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"Waheed, nutrition assistant, feeds Hajra's 10 month old baby at the clinic.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/45\/64\/48\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_dd1a63eb-706e-5d67-9585-90436045d6a8-7456448.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"frost","twitter":"@RosiecoFrost","title":"Rosie Frost"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"sel-bask-n-","titleRaw":"Floods","id":14972,"title":"Floods","slug":"sel-bask-n-"},{"urlSafeValue":"food-crisis","titleRaw":"Food crisis","id":9411,"title":"Food crisis","slug":"food-crisis"},{"urlSafeValue":"health","titleRaw":"Health","id":139,"title":"Health","slug":"health"},{"urlSafeValue":"children","titleRaw":"Children","id":12073,"title":"Children","slug":"children"},{"urlSafeValue":"malnutrition","titleRaw":"Malnutrition","id":12235,"title":"Malnutrition","slug":"malnutrition"},{"urlSafeValue":"climate-crisis","titleRaw":"Climate crisis","id":20218,"title":"Climate crisis","slug":"climate-crisis"}],"widgets":[{"count":1,"slug":"image"},{"count":2,"slug":"related"}],"related":[{"id":2252284},{"id":2267814},{"id":2270110}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-news\/green-news"},"vertical":"green","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"green","id":8,"title":"Green","slug":"green"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"green-news","id":"green-news","title":"Green News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":35,"urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":220,"urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","url":"\/news\/asia\/pakistan"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_ukraine-russia','gs_science','progressivemedia','gt_negative','gs_science_environ','gs_science_environment','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_facebook_2021','gs_science_weather','neg_bucherer','neg_facebook','gt_negative_sadness','gt_negative_fear','neg_pmi','gs_society','gs_health','gs_health_misc','gs_busfin_economy'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"Green Millions living in tents 6 months on from Pakistan\u2019s worst-ever floods","path":"\/green\/2023\/03\/10\/we-are-still-suffering-families-struggle-to-find-food-6-months-from-devastating-pakistan-f","lastModified":1678454125},{"id":2189862,"cid":7359536,"versionId":4,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230131_NWSU_50207511","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Death toll from Pakistan mosque suicide bombing rises to at least 100","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Over 100 killed in Pakistan mosque suicide bombing","titleListing2":"Death toll from Pakistan mosque suicide bombing rises to at least 80","leadin":"More bodies have been discovered under the rubble overnight.","summary":"More bodies have been discovered under the rubble overnight.","keySentence":"","url":"death-toll-from-pakistan-mosque-suicide-bombing-rises-to-at-least-80","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/01\/31\/death-toll-from-pakistan-mosque-suicide-bombing-rises-to-at-least-80","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The death toll from the Monday's suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan rose to 100 on Tuesday, officials said.\u00a0 \n\nThe assault on a Sunni mosque inside a major police facility was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years. Current and former officials say the attack reflects\u00a0reflects \u201csecurity lapses\". \n\nMore than 300 worshippers were praying in the mosque in the city of Peshawar, with more approaching, when the bomber set off his explosives vest on Monday morning.\u00a0 \n\nThe blast ripped through the mosque, killing and injuring scores of people, and also blew off part of the roof. \n\nWhat was left of the roof then caved in, injuring many more, according to Zafar Khan, a police officer. Rescuers had to remove mounds of debris to reach worshippers still trapped under the rubble. \n\nMore bodies were retrieved from the rubble of the mosque overnight and throughout the day on Tuesday, according to Mohammad Asim, a government hospital spokesman in Peshawar, and several of those critically injured died in hospital. \n\n\u201cMost of them were policemen,\u201d Asim said of the victims. \n\nBilal Faizi, the chief rescue official, said rescue teams were still working Tuesday at the site of the mosque \u2014 located inside a police compound in a high security zone of the city \u2014 as more people are believed trapped inside after the roof caved in. \n\nHe said the bombing also wounded more than 150 people.\u00a0 \n\nCounter-terrorism police are investigating how the bomber was able to reach the mosque, which is in a walled compound, inside a high security zone with other government buildings. \n\n\u201cYes, it was a security lapse,\u201d said Ghulam Ali, the provincial governor in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, of which Peshawar is the capital. \n\nAbbasi, the official who gave the latest casualty tolls, concurred. \u201cThere was a security lapse and the inspector-general of the police has set up an inquiry committee, which will look into all aspects of the bombing,\u201d he said. \n\n\u201cAction will be taken against those whose negligence\u201d enabled the attack. \n\nAuthorities have not yet determined exactly who was behind the bombing. Shortly after the explosion on Monday, Sarbakaf Mohmand, a commander for the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, claimed responsibility for the attack in a post on Twitter. \n\nBut hours later, TTP spokesperson Mohammad Khurasani distanced the group from the bombing, saying it was not its policy to target mosques, seminaries and religious places, adding that those taking part in such acts could face punitive action under TTP\u2019s policy.\u00a0 \n\nHis statement did not address why a TTP commander had claimed responsibility for the bombing. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The death toll from the Monday&#039;s suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan rose to 100 on Tuesday, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The assault on a Sunni mosque inside a major police facility was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years. Current and former officials say the attack reflects\u00a0reflects \u201csecurity lapses\".<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 worshippers were praying in the mosque in the city of Peshawar, with more approaching, when the bomber set off his explosives vest on Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The blast ripped through the mosque, killing and injuring scores of people, and also blew off part of the roof.<\/p>\n<p>What was left of the roof then caved in, injuring many more, according to Zafar Khan, a police officer. Rescuers had to remove mounds of debris to reach worshippers still trapped under the rubble.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1620355545260785665\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>More bodies were retrieved from the rubble of the mosque overnight and throughout the day on Tuesday, according to Mohammad Asim, a government hospital spokesman in Peshawar, and several of those critically injured died in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of them were policemen,\u201d Asim said of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Bilal Faizi, the chief rescue official, said rescue teams were still working Tuesday at the site of the mosque \u2014 located inside a police compound in a high security zone of the city \u2014 as more people are believed trapped inside after the roof caved in.<\/p>\n<p>He said the bombing also wounded more than 150 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Counter-terrorism police are investigating how the bomber was able to reach the mosque, which is in a walled compound, inside a high security zone with other government buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, it was a security lapse,\u201d said Ghulam Ali, the provincial governor in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, of which Peshawar is the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Abbasi, the official who gave the latest casualty tolls, concurred. \u201cThere was a security lapse and the inspector-general of the police has set up an inquiry committee, which will look into all aspects of the bombing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAction will be taken against those whose negligence\u201d enabled the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not yet determined exactly who was behind the bombing. Shortly after the explosion on Monday, Sarbakaf Mohmand, a commander for the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, claimed responsibility for the attack in a post on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>But hours later, TTP spokesperson Mohammad Khurasani distanced the group from the bombing, saying it was not its policy to target mosques, seminaries and religious places, adding that those taking part in such acts could face punitive action under TTP\u2019s policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His statement did not address why a TTP commander had claimed responsibility for the bombing.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1675144079,"updatedAt":1675170663,"publishedAt":1675144798,"firstPublishedAt":1675144801,"lastPublishedAt":1675170663,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","altText":"Photo released by Pakistan's Police Department - security officials gather for funeral prayers of police officers who were killed in the suicide bombing","callToActionText":null,"width":1800,"caption":"Photo released by Pakistan's Police Department - security officials gather for funeral prayers of police officers who were killed in the suicide bombing","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/35\/95\/36\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fb37818c-5547-564c-97dc-b6d1dc2184c4-7359536.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1200}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"suicide-bomb","titleRaw":"Suicide bomb","id":28078,"title":"Suicide bomb","slug":"suicide-bomb"},{"urlSafeValue":"mosque","titleRaw":"Mosque","id":10911,"title":"Mosque","slug":"mosque"},{"urlSafeValue":"peshawar-pakistan","titleRaw":"Peshawar, Pakistan","id":414,"title":"Peshawar, Pakistan","slug":"peshawar-pakistan"}],"widgets":[{"count":1,"slug":"twitter"}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":220,"urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","url":"\/news\/asia\/pakistan"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gv_death_injury','neg_facebook_2021','neg_nespresso','neg_facebook_q4','gb_death_injury_news-ent','neg_facebook','neg_saudiaramco','neg_bucherer','neg_mobkoi_fb-weareonit_fs_28feb2019','neg_intel_en','gb_terrorism_serious','gb_death_injury_edu','gt_negative','gb_terrorism_news-ent','gv_terrorism','gt_negative_anger','gv_arms','gb_arms_serious','gt_negative_sadness','gs_society_religion','gv_crime','gs_society'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"Pakistan death toll over 80","path":"\/2023\/01\/31\/death-toll-from-pakistan-mosque-suicide-bombing-rises-to-at-least-80","lastModified":1675170663}]" data-api-url="/api/country/pakistan">

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No one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing, which also wounded nearly 200 people. Police said their initial investigation suggested that the Islamic State group's regional affiliate could be responsible.

31/07/2023

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dozens dead, almost 200 wounded, in blast at Pakistan political rally

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State group operates across the border in Afghanistan.

30/07/2023

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Scenes

Meet the Pakistani headmaster whose classroom is a park

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17/07/2023

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Climate

Pakistan's 'heaven on earth' threatened by melting glaciers

Climate change-induced glacier melting in the Shounter Valley, Pakistan, is causing flash floods and endangering thousands of people.

28/06/2023

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Living

Meet the 82-year-old architect building flood-proof homes in Pakistan

Yasmeen Lari was awarded the 2023 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects for her dedication to using architecture to change people's lives.

24/05/2023

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Additional police depolyed as Imran Khan appears in court

Pakistan's former prime minister has appeared before a court in Islamabad on Tuesday to seek protection from arrest in terrorism cases.

23/05/2023

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Pakistani ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan granted bail after arrest

Islamabad high court gives ex-PM Imran Khan 2-week reprieve from arrest in graft case, grants bail.

12/05/2023

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Former PM Imran Khan's to be held for 8 days, rules Pakistan court

There have been riots and street demonstrations across Pakistan after a court ruled former Prime Minister Imran Khan is to be held for eight days while police investigate corruption allegations.

10/05/2023

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Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan arrested, sparking violence

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested and dragged from court Tuesday as he appeared to face charges in multiple graft cases, a dramatic escalation of political tensions that sparked violent demonstrations by his angry supporters across the country.

09/05/2023

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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested

Party officials say ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested when he appeared at a court in Islamabad on a number of corruption charges

09/05/2023

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WATCH: Belly dancer Yousha Hussain breaks taboos in Pakistan

Yousha Hussain decided that he wanted to become a belly dancer in Pakistan after watching Hindi movies growing up.

30/04/2023

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The Kitchen

Dahi Baray: Recipe for the Popular South Asian Lentil Fritters

As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-u-Fitr at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the Euronews Culture team brings you another recipe for a popular dish that has a special place at the Ramadan table and is a must on the Eid menu.

22/04/2023

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WATCH: Landslide at Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing kills two

At least two people were killed and eight injured in a massive pre-dawn landslide that buried dozens of trucks waiting to cross from Pakistan to Afghanistan, officials say. "One truck was crushed under the debris and the other was burnt," the owner of a damaged vehicle said.

19/04/2023

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WATCH: Four firefighters die in Karachi garment factory fire

Four firefighters died in a deadly garment factory fire in Pakistan after the building collapsed.

13/04/2023

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Millions living in tents 6 months on from Pakistan’s worst-ever floods

'These devastating floods are an acute example of how those living in a country responsible for less than 1 per cent of global carbon emissions are seeing their lives completely turned upside down by the climate crisis.’

10/03/2023

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Over 100 killed in Pakistan mosque suicide bombing

More bodies have been discovered under the rubble overnight.

31/01/2023