The Week in Short World

Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan Arrested, Sparking Violence

PAKISTAN’S ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY has arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Islamabad High Court, threatening fresh turmoil in the nucleararmed country as clashes erupted between Khan supporters and police, killing at least one protester.

Khan’s arrest came a day after the powerful military rebuked him for repeatedly accusing a senior military officer of trying to engineer his assassination and the former armed forces chief of being behind his removal from power last year.

Sanctioned Lawmakers Condemn UK’s 1st Ministerial Visit to Hong Kong Since 2018

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT has come under renewed criticism from lawmakers as a government minister visits Hong Kong for the first time since 2018.

A number of parliamentarians who have been sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) condemned the government for sending the minister for trade talks, with former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith saying the government was set to “prostrate” itself before the Chinese regime.

The visit comes after lawmakers lambasted the government for inviting Chinese deputy leader Han Zheng—who was in charge of Hong Kong affairs during the CCP’s suppression of the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong—to the coronation of King Charles III.

A 30-Minute Call Per Week Can Raise High Blood Pressure Risk: Study

A STUDY has found that spending just 30 minutes talking on a cellphone per week is linked to a greater risk of blood pressure, a major cause of heart attacks and strokes.

The study was published in the European Heart Journal–Digital Health.

Researchers found that those who spent half an hour once a week, even hands-free, were 12 percent more prone to higher blood pressure, also called hypertension.

Furthermore, six hours of weekly phone chats raised the risk to 25 percent.

Khan is Pakistan’s most popular leader, according to opinion polls.

The clashes left one of the protesters dead and injured 12 people, including six police officers in the southern city of Quetta, provincial home minister Ziaullah Langove said.

Biden Admin Sends Another $1.2 Billion to Ukraine

THE PENTAGON says that the Biden administration is sending Ukraine a military aid package worth up to $1.2 billion “to bolster [Ukraine’s] air defenses and sustain its artillery ammunition needs.”

The total value of aid to Ukraine from the United States amid the conflict now exceeds $37.6 billion, according to an updated fact sheet. Of that, more than $36.9 billion has been sent to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.