Habib Siddiqui

  Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and senior leader of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been jailed for   10 years  in a case where they were charged with leaking state secrets. The sentencing in what is called as the cypher case comes less than two weeks before the general elections. Khan, who is already serving a three-year jail term in a corruption case, has been barred from standing in the elections on February 8. KEEP READING list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail in state secrets case list 2 of 4 Pakistan election body rejects Imran Khan’s nomination for 2024 elections list 3 of 4 Pakistan court restores ex-PM Imran Khan’s cricket bat election symbol list 4 of 4 Don’t cover Imran Khan’s PTI: Pakistan’s media told to censor popular ex-PM end of list A spokesperson for Khan’s PTI party said the two leaders were charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act in a closed-door tria...

  Dressed in medical scrubs, Islamic thobes and hijabs, wearing face masks and pushing wheelchairs, a group of   Israeli   undercover agents   descended upon Jenin 's Ibn Sina Hospital on Tuesday. The agents are known in Arabic as mustaribeen, which means to "dress and act like an Arab", and  in Hebrew as mistaarivim, a derivative of the Arabic word. The operatives - disguised as  Palestinian  medics, patients and civilians - raided the facility in the occupied West Bank, killing three people. One of the Israeli officers reportedly  spoke in Arabic  during the operation.  The raid took place at 5:30am, and took around 10 minutes, according to Israeli media. The special forces involved were the latest in a long history of undercover Israeli agents pretending to be Palestinian. Stay informed with MEE's newsletters Sign up to get the latest alerts, insights and analysis,  starting with Turkey Unpacked   Their existence goes a...

  This is the first instalment of a two-part series delving into the origins of President Joe Biden's stance on Israel. For part two, click  here . Washington, DC –  In retrospect, it may have been one of Joe Biden’s most career-defining moments. Stern-faced and with outstretched arms, the then-Democratic senator  paced  from left to right as he delivered an impassioned plea to his colleagues in the United States Congress. His message? Stop apologising for your support of Israel. “There’s no apology to be made. None,” he said, pausing for dramatic effect. “Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region. The United States would have to go out and invent an Israel.” It was June 1986: Biden, only 43, was decades away from becoming president. But in the years since, his words have taken on near-mythic significance – repeatedly touted by Biden himself as a symbol of his pro-Israel bona fides...