Overview

• Imran Khan asked to be released on parole to pursue a political solution to tensions with Afghanistan.
• His request was delivered to reporters by his sister, Noreen Khan, outside Adiala Jail after meeting him.
• PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan repeated that Khan offered to resolve recent hostilities if granted parole.
• Pakistan’s Foreign Office said a 48-hour ceasefire took effect at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Taliban’s request.
• Officials reported deadly cross-border clashes and claimed retaliatory strikes killed over 200 militants, while Khan warned forced refugee expulsions would breed resentment and he remains jailed since August 2023 with no indication of parole approval.