Pakistan

Khan's estranged ally Jahangir Khan Tareen is emerging as the rising star as a new political dispensation begins to take shape. Geo News reported on Friday citing its sources that Tareen is set to announce the formation of a new national-level "political party". Geo News reported citing sources on Friday.

The medical board, according to Patel, found Imran Khan to be a "habitual user of illegal substances" as evidence of the presence of alcohol and cocaine in his urine samples was found, the report said. Qadir also said the board has come to the conclusion that the PTI chief was under severe psychological pressure.

Earlier, Bilawal had voiced his disagreement when some PML-N leaders proposed a ban on PTI as a political party, reports Dawn news. He made these remarks while speaking to the media in Islamabad, which echoed the sentiments he expressed during the meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as well.

Addressing a press conference, Faisal Karim Kundi, an office-bearer of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), said: "I am going to give you guys some news that I have received through my sources: Imran Khan will soon apply for political asylum in America," The News reported.

Those included in the no-fly list and barred from travelling abroad include Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi PTI leaders Murad Saeed, Maleeka Bukhari, Fawad Chaudhry and Hammad Azhar, Samaa TV reported. PTI's Qasim Suri, Asad Qaiser, Dr. Yasmin Rashid and Mian Aslam are also included in the no-fly list, Samaa TV reported.

Khan, through his lawyer Hamid Khan, has requested the top court to probe the government's decision to call "in the aid of the armed forces in the federal capital territory, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) in the purported exercise of powers under Article 245 of the Constitution", The Express Tribune reported.

Islamabad is still contemplating ways to meet other repayment deadlines as the country has about $3.7 billion in overseas debt due this month and in June against its current foreign exchange reserves of just $4.3 billion, The News reported.

Pakistan has to progress in multiple fields, especially in AI in order to move alongside the digital world, the Minister said in an official meeting on AI. Haque highlighted that all-out efforts are being made to encourage AI in the country, saying that the incumbent government is going to launch its first-ever national artificial intelligence policy.

The Financial Times said that China's $1 trillion BRI infrastructure finance programme has been hit by spiralling bad loans, with more than $78 billion worth of borrowing turning sour over the past three years. China has also had to restructure a part of the loans. Clearly, the returns on the investments have not been as expected.

"[With] reference to my earlier statement where I unequivocally condemned the May 9 incidents, I have decided to take a break from politics, therefore, I have resigned from my party position and parting ways with Imran Khan," he wrote on his official Twitter handle, The Express Tribune reported.