Pakistan's top court to rule today in key case against PM Khan

Pakistan's Supreme Court will announce its verdict later on Thursday in a case brought by the opposition after the deputy speaker of parliament, a member of Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, blocked a vote in parliament to oust Khan.

The ruling is due at 7.30 p.m. local time (1430 GMT), the court said.

The stand-off has thrown Pakistan, a country of 220 million people, ruled by the military for extended periods since independence in 1947, into a full-blown constitutional crisis.