Imran Khan was due to join a Zoom call with Conservative MPs when, without warning, Pakistan's telecoms authorities cut off internet connections to his compound.
As a friend of Pakistani democracy I’m pushing for the release of political prisoners and orderly and free elections.
Iain Duncan Smith MP Chingford & Woodford Green
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Conservative MP for Chingford & Woodford Green Promoted by M. Goldie of 105c Station Road, Chingford, E4 7BU.
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