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06/09/2022

پاکستان آرمی کی سینئر قیادت کے خلاف عمران خان کے 'ہتک آمیز' بیان پر 'غصہ'
پاک فوج نے عمران خان کے حالیہ بیان پر برہمی کا اظہار کیا ہے۔
سی او اے ایس کی تقرری کو متنازعہ بنانے پر فوج کا کہنا ہے کہ "بدقسمتی، مایوس کن"۔
آئی ایس پی آر کا کہنا ہے کہ فوج کی اعلیٰ قیادت کی ’’حب الوطنی کی اسناد کسی شک سے بالاتر‘‘۔
راولپنڈی: پاکستانی فوج نے پیر کو پی ٹی آئی کے چیئرمین عمران خان کے فوج کے خلاف حالیہ بیان پر برہمی کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ وہ اس پر "غضبناک" ہے۔

فیصل آباد میں ایک عوامی جلسے میں پی ٹی آئی کے چیئرمین نے حکومت کو پکارتے ہوئے کہا کہ وہ اپنا آرمی چیف مقرر کرنے کے لیے انتخابات میں تاخیر کر رہی ہے اور اگر کوئی "محب وطن چیف آف آرمی اسٹاف آتا ہے تو وہ موجودہ حکمرانوں کو نہیں بخشے گا۔ "

انٹر سروسز پبلک ریلیشنز (آئی ایس پی آر) نے ایک بیان میں کہا کہ فوج فیصل آباد کے جلسے کے دوران پی ٹی آئی کے چیئرمین کی جانب سے فوج کی سینئر قیادت کے بارے میں ہتک آمیز اور غیر ضروری بیانات پر "غصے میں" ہے۔
فوج کے میڈیا ونگ نے کہا کہ افسوس کے ساتھ فوج کی اعلیٰ قیادت کو ایک ایسے وقت میں بدنام اور کمزور کرنے کی کوشش کی گئی جب یہ ادارہ ’’ہر روز لوگوں کی سلامتی اور تحفظ‘‘ کے لیے جانیں دے رہا تھا۔

فوج نے کہا کہ سینئر سیاستدان سی او اے ایس کی تقرری پر تنازعہ کھڑا کرنے کی کوشش کر رہے ہیں، جس کا طریقہ کار آئین میں اچھی طرح سے بیان کیا گیا ہے، "انتہائی بدقسمتی اور مایوس کن" ہے۔

آئی ایس پی آر نے کہا کہ فوج کی سینئر قیادت کے پاس کئی دہائیوں پر محیط اور شاندار خدمات ہیں جو اپنی "محب الوطنی اور پیشہ ورانہ اسناد کو کسی شک سے بالاتر" ثابت کرتی ہیں۔

پاک فوج کی سینئر قیادت پر سیاست کرنا اور سی او اے ایس کے انتخاب کے عمل کو سکینڈلائز کرنا نہ تو ریاست پاکستان کے مفاد میں ہے اور نہ ہی ادارے کے، اس نے نوٹ کیا۔

فوج کے میڈیا ونگ نے مزید کہا، "پاکستانی فوج اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان کے آئین کی پاسداری کے لیے اپنے عزم کا اعادہ کرتی ہے۔"
نواز، زرداری 'خوف' محب وطن آرمی چیف
اس اتوار کو فیصل آباد میں ایک جلسے میں اپنے خطاب میں، پی ٹی آئی کے چیئرمین نے کہا کہ مخلوط حکومت انتخابات کو روک رہی ہے کیونکہ وہ "اپنی مرضی کے آرمی چیف کا تقرر" کرنا چاہتی ہے۔

پی ٹی آئی کے چیئرمین نے کہا کہ پی پی پی کے شریک چیئرمین آصف علی زرداری اور سابق وزیراعظم نواز شریف ایک مضبوط اور محب وطن آرمی چیف سے "خوفزدہ" ہیں، جو انہیں لوٹی ہوئی رقم کا احتساب کر سکتے ہیں جو انہوں نے بیرون ملک رکھی تھی۔

سابق وزیر اعظم نے کہا کہ اس سال نومبر میں نئے آرمی چیف کا تقرر ہونے جا رہا ہے، اور وہ [زرداری اور نواز] مشترکہ طور پر کسی پسندیدہ [جنرل] کو اگلا آرمی چیف مقرر کرنا چاہتے ہیں۔

عمران خان نے الزام لگایا کہ دونوں نے اربوں کی کرپشن کی ہے، اور وہ ایک ایسا آرمی چیف مقرر کرنا چاہتے تھے جو انہیں اور ان کی کرپشن کو تحفظ دے سکے۔

پی ٹی آئی کے چیئرمین نے الزام لگایا کہ وزیراعظم شہباز، ان کے بھائی نواز اور زرداری عوام کے پیسے کی لانڈرنگ میں ملوث ہیں اور دونوں خاندان گزشتہ 30 سال سے قومی خزانے کو لوٹ رہے ہیں۔
حکمران اتحاد عمران کو تنقید کا نشانہ بناتا ہے۔
فوج کے جواب سے چند گھنٹے قبل حکمران اتحاد نے پی ٹی آئی چیئرمین کو فیصل آباد جلسے میں ان کے ریمارکس پر تنقید کا نشانہ بنایا تھا۔

ایک مشترکہ بیان میں، حکمران اتحاد نے پاک فوج اور اس کی قیادت کے خلاف نفرت پھیلانے اور "حساس پیشہ ورانہ معاملات" کو متنازعہ بنانے پر خان کے عوامی اجلاس کی مذمت کی۔

پوری قوم سیلاب سے نبردآزما ہے، جبکہ پی ٹی آئی چیئرمین انتقام کی پیاس اور اپنے غرور میں مبتلا ہیں، بیان میں کہا گیا ہے کہ تباہ کن سیلاب کے باوجود خان مسلح افواج کو نشانہ بنا رہے ہیں۔

حکمران شراکت داروں کا کہنا تھا کہ فوج پر جو سنگین الزامات لگائے جا رہے ہیں ان کی تین وجوہات ہیں: ملکی معیشت کو بگاڑنا، پاکستان کی معیشت کو اس راستے پر گامزن کرنا کہ سری لنکا جیسا ہو جائے، اور قوم اور مسلح افواج کے درمیان دشمنی کو پروان چڑھانا۔ .

بیان میں کہا گیا کہ ہم آئین اور قانون کی طاقت سے اس ناپاک سازش کو ناکام بنائیں گے اور سازش کرنے والوں سے آئین اور قانون کے مطابق نمٹیں گے۔

IHC نے خان کے ارادوں پر سوال اٹھائے۔
قبل ازیں ایک اور متعلقہ پیش رفت میں، اسلام آباد ہائی کورٹ (IHC) کے چیف جسٹس اطہر من اللہ نے پیمرا کے خلاف سماعت کے دوران پوچھا کہ کیا خان فوج مخالف تقاریر کرکے مسلح افواج کے حوصلے کو مجروح کرنا چاہتے ہیں۔

"کیا آپ نے کل سے عمران خان کی تقریر سنی؟ کیا سیاسی رہنما ایسی تقریریں کرتے ہیں؟ کیا صرف 'گیم آف تھرونز' کی خاطر سب کچھ داؤ پر لگا دیا جائے گا؟" IHC کے چیف جسٹس نے خان کے وکیل سے پوچھا، جس میں ٹیلی ویژن کے مشہور ڈرامے کا حوالہ دیا گیا جس میں نو اعلیٰ خاندان ایک افسانوی زمین پر کنٹرول حاصل کرنے کے لیے ایک دوسرے کے خلاف جنگ کرتے ہیں۔

اسلام آباد ہائی کورٹ کے چیف جسٹس من اللہ نے کہا کہ مسلح افواج قوم کے لیے اپنی جانیں دیتی ہیں اور ایسی صورت میں جہاں کوئی غیر قانونی سرگرمی میں ملوث ہو، اس پر ہر کسی کو تنقید کا نشانہ نہیں بنایا جانا چاہیے۔

"اپنے اعمال کے لیے خود کو جوابدہ بنائیں۔ آپ [خان] اپنی مرضی کے مطابق بیانات جاری کرنا چاہتے ہیں اور نہیں چاہتے کہ ریگولیٹر اپنا کام کرے؟

26/08/2022

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23/08/2022

Elon Musk subpoenas Jack Dorsey ahead of Twitter court battle

Mr Musk is seeking to end his $44bn deal for Twitter after alleging the firm failed to provide enough information on fake account numbers.

But the social media site is suing the world's richest man to try to force him to buy it.

The case will be heard in Delaware, US, in October unless both parties decide to settle outside of court beforehand.

Twitter hopes that a judge will order Mr Musk, to complete the takeover at the agreed price of $54.20 per share.

But as part of the trial preparations, lawyers for Mr Musk have called on his friend, the former boss of Twitter Mr Dorsey, in the hope that he will help support the Tesla boss's argument that the social media company hasn't been honest about the volume of fake accounts on its platform.

A subpoena legal writ or document summons a person to attend court or orders the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court.

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In July, the billionaire said he planned to walk away from his deal to buy Twitter, which prompted the company to sue him.

Mr Musk accused the company of withholding information about fake accounts, but Twitter argued that these were excuses to cover buyer's remorse.

The site has issued its own subpoenas to people who had planned to invest in the deal with Mr Musk.

Mr Dorsey stepped down as chief executive of Twitter in November last year and tweeted in support of Mr Musk when he announced his bid to buy the company in April, saying: "Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness."

Last month, a US judge ruled that Twitter's lawsuit against Mr Musk should go to trial in October.

Earlier in August, Mr Musk sold another 7.92 million shares in Tesla, worth around $6.88bn (£5.7bn), stating that he needed the money in case he is forced to buy Twitter.

Mr Musk has countersued Twitter, claiming a third of visible Twitter accounts, assessed by his team, were fake. Using that figure the team estimated that a minimum of 10% of daily active users are bots.

But filings made by his legal team in his battle with Twitter have been questioned by leading bot researchers.

Twitter says it estimates that fewer than 5% of its daily active users are bot accounts.

23/08/2022

Trump sues justice department over Mar-a-Lago search

In a lawsuit, his legal team asked that an independent lawyer be appointed to oversee documents that agents removed from Mar-a-Lago in Florida this month.

Eleven sets of classified files were taken from Mr Trump's estate on 8 August, according to the FBI.

Mr Trump is being investigated for potentially mishandling documents.

On Monday, his lawyers asked that a third-party attorney - known as a special master - be appointed to determine whether the seized files are covered by executive privilege, which allows presidents to withhold certain communications from public release.

Special masters are normally appointed in criminal cases where there are concerns that some evidence may be protected under attorney-client privilege, or other protections that could make it inadmissible in court.

"It is unreasonable to allow the prosecutorial team to review them without meaningful safeguards," the 27-page lawsuit argues.

"Short of returning the seized items… only a neutral review by a special master can protect the 'great public interest' in preserving 'the confidentiality of conversations that take place in the president's performance of his official duties.'"

EXPLAINED: What we do and don't know about Trump searchCONTEXT: Could the investigation stop him running in 2024?

The Department of Justice said in a brief statement that prosecutors were aware of Mr Trump's lawsuit, and would respond in court. The "search warrant at Mar-a-Lago was authorised by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause", said spokesman Anthony Coley.

The legal action was filed in West Palm Beach, Florida, before a judge that Mr Trump nominated to the bench in 2020.

It repeats Mr Trump's argument that the FBI search was a politically motivated effort to block his potential presidential ambitions in 2024, and the election prospects of other Republican candidates for November's mid-term congressional races.

"President Donald J Trump is the clear frontrunner in the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary and in the 2024 General Election, should he decide to run," the filing says.

Law enforcement is a shield that protects Americans," it continues. "It cannot be used as a weapon for political purposes."

The "shockingly aggressive move" on Mar-a-Lago by about two dozen FBI agents took place "with no understanding of the distress that it would cause most Americans", said Mr Trump's lawyers.

The New York Times reported on Monday that agents have so far recovered over 300 documents with classified markings from Mr Trump since he left office in January 2021.

Monday's legal action also says that Mr Trump and his team want the justice department to provide a more detailed list of what was taken during the FBI search.

The lawsuit says the justice department "simply wanted the camel's nose under the tent so they could rummage for either politically helpful documents or support efforts to thwart president Trump from running again".

The court filing further argues that Mr Trump had been co-operating with agents before the FBI turned up unannounced at his home.

His lawyers say the warrant was overly broad and the search violated the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution, which protects Americans against unreasonable search and seizure.

Mr Trump's legal team says that three days after the search they contacted an FBI agent that had visited Mar-a-Lago in June to ask for his help in passing along a personal message from Mr Trump to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The brief message recorded in Monday's lawsuit said that Mr Trump had heard "from people around the country about the raid".

"If there was one word to describe their mood, it is 'angry'," the message from Mr Trump continued.

"The heat is building up. The pressure if building up.

"Whatever I can do to take the heat down, to bring the pressure down, just let us know."

The judge that approved the search warrant - an unprecedented criminal investigation of a former US president's home - is still determining whether to release the affidavit, the sworn evidence that was presented as a justification for the inquiry.

On Monday, Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said proposed government redactions to the affidavit were so extensive as to make it "meaningless" if disclosed, though he said he still believed it should not remain completely sealed given the public interest in the case.

22/08/2022

Covid in China: Fish tested amid Xiamen outbreak

More than five million people have been ordered to undergo Covid-19 testing in the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen this week, after some 40 cases of the virus were detected.

But they're not the only ones who have been ordered to get tested: an official notice states that some forms of sealife are also expected to join the latest mass-testing drive.

In recent weeks, Xiamen's Jimei Maritime Pandemic Control district committee issued a notice saying that when fishermen return to their ports "both fishermen and their seafood must be tested".

The result has been that amid this latest outbreak, video footage has appeared on multiple social media platforms including Douyin - China's local version of TikTok - showing medical workers giving live fish and crabs Covid-19 PCR tests.

'Not the only place doing this'
While this might look unusual, this is not the first time that live fish have been tested for Covid-19.
An employee at the Xiamen Municipal Oceanic Development Bureau told the South China Morning Post newspaper: "We've taken lessons from Hainan, which is witnessing a severe outbreak.
The southern Chinese province of Hainan, a coastal region like Xiamen, has recorded more than 10,000 cases of Covid-19 since the beginning of August, and the authorities have said they believe this outbreak is likely to be linked to the fishing community.

Chinese media have long expressed concerns that sealife might have links to the coronavirus. The first ever Covid-19 outbreak was linked to a live animal and seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

Although it is unlikely that seafood is a host for the virus, many of China's outbreaks have been linked to port workers, those handling cold chain goods, or workers at seafood markets.

In June 2020, one such outbreak in Beijing sparked a salmon panic.

State media said that Covid-19 had been detected on chopping boards used for imported salmon. This not only lead to restaurants and supermarkets pulling salmon from their shelves, but also saw imports halted. The panic spread nationwide, with widespread nervousness about the eating the aquatic product.

Fish aren't the only non-humans to have undergone Covid-19 testing during China's drive towards wiping out the virus over the last two years.

In May, official media circulated footage of a hippo being tested at wildlife park in Huzhou, eastern Zhejiang, saying it was "necessary" for the creature to be tested twice a week.

Videos have also appeared showing dogs, cats, chickens, and even pandas receiving PCR tests.

The reason broadly cited by leading media outlets for this is to "ensure the safety of the animals", as well as tourists and visitors to places that they inhabit.

22/08/2022

Wargaming a North Korean attack

Capt Abbey Walters is a fighter pilot at South Korea's Osan Airbase

South Korea and the US are holding their largest joint military exercises on the Korean Peninsula in years to practise fighting a war against an increasingly hostile North Korea. The BBC was given rare access to the countries' joint control centre. But what is the purpose of these war games and could they backfire?

Deep in a military bunker outside Seoul, two air force colonels sit shoulder-to-shoulder. One is American, the other South Korean.

Together, their eyes scour satellite pictures of North Korea, played out on giant screens at the front of the dark room. The images are one of many sources of intelligence fed into the classified vault.

"We have the ability to detect the instant a North Korean missile gets off the ground," explains Col Anthony Kuczynski, who runs the operation centre for the US side.

After that, an algorithm predicts where that missile might be heading. "Then, with my terrible Korean, and his excellent English, we can reach a decision quickly," he adds, pointing to his South Korean counterpart, Col Soe.

This operations centre on the US Osan airbase is unique as the only place in the world where two militaries work in harmony to defend one country. This is the commitment the United States gave South Korea after the Korean War ended almost 70 years ago without a peace treaty.The countries' air forces, armies, navies, space and cyber operations are coordinated in this one room - its current importance highlighted when Joe Biden became the first US president to visit in May.

This week, for the first time in four years, the two militaries will run field exercises, to practise how they would respond to a North Korean attack. Such exercises, though once routine, were cancelled in 2018 as the US and South Korea tried to convince the North to get rid of its nuclear weapons.

But after years of diplomatic stalemate, and faced with an increasingly hostile North Korea, both countries have decided it's time to resume training.

North Korea has fired more missiles this year than in any other single year, and its weapons are becoming increasingly sophisticated. They appear more able to evade defences and hit their targets.

Meanwhile, intelligence suggests it's on the cusp of conducting its seventh nuclear test, which it may use to perfect a smaller, battlefield nuclear weapon that could be used in a conflict against South Korea. Add to this a slew of recent warnings from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he is prepared to use his nukes against the South.

All considered, Seoul seems ever more at risk, and defending the South Korean capital is one of the scenarios the forces are practising. The nine-day exercises, named Ulchi Freedom Shield, will draw in aircraft, warships and tanks. They will wargame not only how to repel a North Korean attack, but also how to strike back at the enemy.

"I can't teach this in a classroom, it is an art," says Colonel Kuczynski. "I have to run people through it, creating the most intense environment I can. The Korean Peninsula is not very big, so the time we have to act is very limited."

But there is concern that these exercises will provoke North Korea, which views them as a rehearsal for an invasion. The mere news that they were restarting led Mr Kim to accuse the US and South Korea of bringing the Peninsula to the "brink of war".

It is feared Pyongyang could retaliate by testing more missiles, conducting its much-anticipated nuclear test or even initiating a small-scale skirmish.

South Korea's defence vice-minister Shin Beomchul told the BBC it's unfair to accuse them of antagonising North Korea and the drills should not be blamed for any future military action by the North.

"They know these drills are defensive, they just use them as an excuse," he said. "They will carry out provocations for their own military and political aims, so we cannot listen to their criticism."

At the airbase, above ground, a US fighter pilot, Capt Abby Walters, was preparing for training. She explained how flying with South Koreans makes her more efficient: "The communication is much smoother in the air if we've practised together, so we can go quicker and be more deadly in our job."

But some question whether South Korea, even with US help, would be able defend itself if the North fired a nuclear weapon. A report earlier this year concluded that a missile attack by Pyongyang would have a high probability of success, despite the current defences in place.

The head of Airforce at Osan airbase, Lt Gen Scott Pleus, strongly refuted this. When asked about the progress North Koreans are making, he responded confidently: "And so are we."

These drills are as much about showcasing strength - to try to stop North Korea from ever using its weapons.

Seoul has warned that if Pyongyang were to test a nuke, it would unleash a "high-intensity" response. US bombers and other weapons would be sent to South Korea, Vice-Minister Shin confirmed, and Seoul, along with Washington, would impose further sanctions.

"There is never a 100% guarantee with missile defences, but we can thwart their ambition to attack us," he said.

South Korea doesn't have nuclear weapons of its own. It is protected by what is known as a nuclear umbrella: an agreement that the United States would use its nuclear weapons to defend Seoul if necessary.

It's hoped this is enough to prevent North Korea from ever launching an attack, but it's a concept South Koreans are increasingly uncomfortable with. A poll this year showed 71% of people supported the country developing its own nuclear weapons, even though the president here says there are no plans to do so.

As the thinking goes, if North Korea has nuclear weapons capable of reaching the US mainland, could it not threaten the United States and convince it to stay out of a conflict with South Korea - just as Vladimir Putin hinted he would use nuclear weapons in Ukraine? Would the US really forfeit San Francisco for Seoul?

Lt Gen Pleus sought to assuage those fears. "That you have 28,500 US service men and women stationed on this peninsula every single day, should give people the unbelievably comfortable feeling that we are here to stay and we are here to protect them."

These drills, meant to deter North Korea, could well end up provoking it, or at least provide the smokescreen for it to test and improve its weaponry. But faced with an increasingly formidable foe, the United States and South Korea believe they have little choice but to prepare.

22/08/2022

Ukraine war: Allies seek more security at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

One of the key objectives of the enemy is to humiliate us," he added, but "we have to be strong enough to resist all provocation".

Ukraine's Independence Day on Wednesday, 24 August, will also mark six months since Russia invaded Ukraine.

The conflict was the subject of a conference call on Sunday bringing together the UK's Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Following its conclusion, they urged military restraint around the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in southern Ukraine, where renewed fighting has led to fears of disaster worse than that in Chernobyl in 1986.

The leaders welcomed a deal - approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday - to allow UN inspectors to visit the plant at a future date.

The four leaders also said they had "agreed that support for Ukraine in its defence against Russian aggression would be sustained".

Ukraine reported more missile strikes on Sunday, notably in the town of Nikopol, near the Zaporizhzhia power station.

On Saturday, a fresh drone attack targeted Russia's Black Sea fleet in the city of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea. The Russian authorities there said a Ukrainian drone had been shot down.

Several drone strikes have been reported in Crimea in recent days, including one on an airbase near Sevastopol on Thursday and another on the harbour on Friday.

Earlier in the month, nine Russian jets were destroyed at a Russian military base on Crimea's western coast.

The peninsula was invaded and annexed by Russia in 2014 and Ukraine has vowed to retake it. However, Kyiv has not confirmed or denied involvement in the recent attacks.

In Russia itself, the daughter of a close ally of President Putin, the ultra-nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin, was killed in a suspected car bombing late on Saturday.

Darya Dugina, 29, died after an explosion on a road outside Moscow.

It is thought her father, who is known as "Putin's brain", may have been the intended target of the attack.

Both had been guests at a patriotic festival. Aleksandr Dugin's writing about the need to restore the Russian empire is believed to have inspired President Putin.

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Imran Khan: Pakistan police open investigation into former PM

Pakistan's police have said the country's former prime minister, Imran Khan, is under investigation.

He is accused of making threats against the police and judiciary following a political speech he gave on Saturday.

Tensions are high in the country, with the former leader's supporters gathering outside his house vowing to "take over" if he is arrested.

Since being ousted from power in April, Mr Khan has been a vocal critic of the government and the country's army.

Police opened their investigation into him after the cricketer-turned-politician accused authorities of torturing his close aide, who is himself being detained under sedition charges.

In a public speech on Saturday, Mr Khan condemned Islamabad's police chief and a female judge for the detention and alleged mistreatment of his party colleague.

"You should also get ready as we will take action against you," he said in the speech, referring to the pair directly.

Police investigators say Mr Khan may have breached the country's anti-terrorism act for allegedly making threats against the state officials.

Hundreds of the former prime minister's supporters gathered outside his home in Islamabad after news of the investigation broke, vowing to "take over" the capital if police tried to detain him.

Police who were present at the scene said they were not there to arrest the former leader, but to maintain law and order.

The investigation comes at a time of heightened tension between Pakistan's government and Mr Khan, who was ousted from power in April in a no-confidence vote.

Since then, the former leader has toured the country to deliver a series of fiery speeches calling for fresh elections and fiercely criticising both the government and the army.

On Saturday, Pakistan's media regulator announced that television channels would be banned from broadcasting his speeches live, accusing Mr Khan of hate speech against state institutions.

The former leader claims the government is trying to censor him. On Sunday, he criticised the ban at another political rally in the city of Rawalpindi.

"What crime has Imran Khan committed? I will never accept this gang of thieves," he told his supporters.

Mr Khan later accused the government of blocking access to YouTube halfway through the speech in an effort to prevent people from listening to him live.

Despite being ousted from power in a no-confidence vote earlier this year, Imran Khan continues to count on the support of many Pakistani voters.

Last month, his PTI party stunned rivals by taking control of a crucial provincial assembly in Punjab, defeating the PML-N party in what was expected to be an easy win for them.

Many saw July's by-election victory as a signal of Mr Khan's continued popularity at the ballot box - and a foretaste of what could happen if the early elections that he is seeking were to be held.

The charismatic politician was elected prime minister in 2018, but fell out with Pakistan's powerful army towards the end of his tenure. After a series of defections, he lost his majority in parliament.

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