A military court has convicted 25 people for involvement in pro-Imran Khan unrest last year, Pakistan's armed forces said.

The political party of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan held talks on Monday with the government over the release of its leader and other political activists, officials said. Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party,

Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on his supporters to hold a rally next week and threatened to start a civil disobedience movement days after his party led a deadly protest march in Islamabad.

Pakistan's military described the sentencing of 25 civilians by a military court as a "milestone in delivering justice to the nation."

The Shehbaz Sharif government has held first round of talks with Imran Khan’s PTI over the release of their leader from Rawalpindi jail. There has been support for Khan’s release on social media, including from several international human rights groups,