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Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan is likely to be arrested on February 20, in connection to a prohibited funding case. A Pakistani news channel confirmed a four-member team has been formed to arrest Khan. Furthermore, Khan will be arrested by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) with the help of Lahore police. However, an official announcement is yet to be made.

Pakistan's external debt reached an all-time high of USD 130.6 Billion by end-December 2021. The PTI government tops the list amongst the last four administrations in the country with the highest external borrowing of around USD 52 Billion in its three year rule. Followed by the PML-N which borrowed USD 49 Billion in five years. PPP falls in third place for borrowing a total of USD 25 Billion.

Amir Khan Swansi, a local Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf leader from Mianwali, slapped a policeman during a rally of PM Imran Khan's party PTI here on December 13. Reportedly, the incident happened when the cop stopped Swansi for a security check. The District Police Officer (DPO) said Swanis was later arrested after a case was registered against him. However, Amir Khan reacted saying, "It was a politically motivated move.''

Citing rationalization of expenditure, Prasar Bharati (PB) has planned to discontinue subscriptions to services of PTI and UNI. Reportedly, current subscriptions were on an ad-hoc and pro-rata basis as contracts with PTI and UNI had ended in 2006. However, fresh bids for digital subscription in multimedia services will be invited. Earlier, PB had warned PTI of cancelling its subscription after Chinese embassy published a truncated clip of PTI… read-more