Four children including an 11-month-old infant have been found alive in the deep Colombian Amazon following a plane crash more than two weeks ago, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said.

Petro tweeted the military had conducted arduous search efforts to find the children. The search for the survivors of the plane crash on May 1 involved more than 100 soldiers and three sniffer dogs, according to authorities. Rescuers think the children, a 13-year-old, a nine-year-old, and a four-year-old apart from the infant, had been lost in the rain forests of the southern Caqueta region following the crash.

The military said in a statement early on Wednesday that search efforts were stepped up after they discovered a improvised shelter built with sticks and branches, which led them to assume there might be survivors. On the jungle floor, among the branches, the search parties found scissors and a hair-tie in images provided by the military.

Previously, a baby’s bottle and a piece of partially-consumed fruit had been discovered. Soldiers found the bodies of the pilot and two adults on Monday and Tuesday. They had been travelling by plane from a jungle area to San Jose del Guaviare, one of the major towns in Colombia’s Amazon rain forest. Ranoque Mucutuy, a deceased traveller, was the Huitoto woman, who was the mother of the four children. Large trees as tall as 40 metres, wild animals, and a lot of rain made the operation search challenging.

Three helicopters have been utilised to assist, and one of them broadcast an audio message in the Huitoto language from the children’s grandmother ordering them to stop travelling through the jungle. The cause of the jet crash has not been disclosed by the authorities.

Just minutes before the plane vanished from radar, the pilot had reported engine issues, according to Colombia’s disaster response agency. Though Colombia is fairly hilly terrain, it also has its share of the evergreen Amazon forests which extend from there deep into neighbour Brazil.

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday declared the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan “illegal” and called for the immediate release of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief who was arrested by the country anti-corruption watchdog on graft charges.

A three-judge bench consisting of Pakistan Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah, had ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) –who had arrested Khan on Tuesday—to bring him before the country’s apex court.

Hearing Imran Khan’s plea for relief, the top court bench blasted the NAB for arresting the former Premier from the premises of the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, where he had arrived to appear for a hearing in a case against him.

The bench asked the anti-corruption watchdog that it should return Imran Khan to the Islamabad HC and let the court decide his fate.

Chief Justice Bandial reprimanded the NAB for arresting Khan from the court premises without the permission of the registrar.

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Justice Bandial asked why Khan was arrested by the NAB when he had already surrendered to the court…”then what does arresting them even mean?”

Imran Khan has alleged custodial torture by the NAB and said that the agency did not even let him use the washroom and also claimed that he was injected with something that would induce a slow heart attack.

Imran Khan, a cricketing legend and one of the most popular Prime Ministers Pakistan has witnessed in recent times, was arrested on Tuesday by the NAB.

Following Khan’s arrest, violent protests erupted across Pakistan as the PTI supremo’s supporters hit the streets and clashed with the police and the Army.

In Lahore, rapid supporters of the former Pakistan cricket team captain–  who remains wildly popular among a portion of the country’s population despite being ousted from power— set ablaze the home of Pakistan Army’s corps commander while in Rawalpindi, the protesters laid siege to the army general’s headquarters.

Khan’s supporters have threatened to intensify protests across the country if the PTI chief is not released immediately.

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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday. Khan has been accused of allegedly adjusting Rs 50 billion – 190 million pounds at the time sent by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to the government.

The cricketer-turned-politician is under scrutiny, however, there was a time when he was among the most flamboyant personalities who were associated with several Bollywood stars including Rekha and Zeenat Aman.

Khan was also tagged as a playboy, similar to what a section of people calls Ranbir Kapoor, maybe.

Imran Khan and Rekha

Reports say he used to chase young models and loved to hang around with popular divas. Moreover, he almost got married to Rekha. Around 1985, it was reported that Khan was head over heels in love with Rekha. The alleged affair was so serious and the rumoured couple used to spend a lot of time by the beaches, at her residences, and at nightclubs. They spent almost a month together in Mumbai.

Reports also said the mother of the 80s diva was very impressed with Khan and once said she sees a perfect groom for her daughter in him.

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Zeenat Aman, the OG of fashion and style, is hogging headlines of late with her social media presence. Reports said Khan was in love with Zeenat Aman. In November 1979, he visited India and celebrated his 27th birthday with the actor and his teammates in the dressing room of the Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru. But, the rumoured couple was always tight-lipped about their closeness.

Imran Khan and Moon Moon Sen

The former Pakistan PM and Bengali actor Moon Moon Sen were rumoured to be dating for a long time. When Khan escaped the assassination in November 2022, the actor reacted to the incident and said as long as she has known him, he always wanted the best for his country.

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The cricketer and politician was also dating Shabana Azmi. The rumoured couple never spoke about their relationship in public.

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