Pakistan's Government Contemplates Banning Imran Khan's Party PTI.

Pakistan's defence minister, Khawaja Asif, has said that the government is considering banning former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), for attacking the "very basis of state". The move is likely to anger Khan's supporters and exacerbate his confrontation with the military establishment. Khan is facing corruption charges and has been rallying supporters for a snap general election, but the current prime minister has rejected the call for an election before the one due by October this year.