ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Monday ruled out talks with India on bilateral issues during the upcoming visit of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to Islamabad to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. India on Friday announced that Jaishankar would lead a delegation to Pakistan to participate in the SCO summit in Islamabad. However, Jaishankar […]
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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s sisters in police custody for terrorism related case
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistan anti-terrorism court on Monday remanded former prime minister Imran Khan’s sisters into police custody for further physical remand, while issuing arrest warrants against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in the same case. The two sisters, Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan were arrested from the D-Chowk on Friday when the Pakistan […]
Life returns to normal in Pakistan’s capital, Imran Khan’s party ends protest
ISLAMABAD — Life was returning to normal in the Pakistani capital on Monday after the violent protest by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters subsided in the wake of high drama involving the mysterious disappearance of the party leader Ali Amin Gandapur. Gandapur, the chief minister of the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in the northwest, is a mercurial […]
Pakistan govt bans Imran Khan from meeting family, party leaders, lawyers
RAWALPINDI — Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek e- Insaaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has been banned from meeting family members, lawyers and party leaders till October 18, Geo News reported. The Pakistan Punjab government imposed strict restrictions that has led to a prohibition on all meetings inside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail where Imran Khan […]
Imran Khan’s party clarifies stance, says Jaishankar not invited to protest
PESHAWAR — Jailed former premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has distanced itself from a party leader’s invitation to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to join its protest, asserting that no foreign country has a role in its political struggle. Party Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Saturday the remarks by Muhammad Ali Saif, an […]
Imran Khan’s party vows to continue its protest against govt
ISLAMABAD — The law and order situation in the Pakistani capital remained tense for the second consecutive day on Sunday as jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party decided to continue its protest against the government despite the mysterious disappearance of protest leader Ali Amin Gandapur. Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party, in an overnight meeting, […]
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan turns 72 in jail as supporters rally for his freedom
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former prime minister and cricketing icon Imran Khan turned 72 on Saturday, his second birthday in jail as his party supporters headed for Islamabad for a planned rally demanding his freedom and “independence of judiciary.” On social media, his fans and political supporters used hashtag #HappyBirthdayImranKhan to wish him on his birthday. […]
Over 80 Pakistan police personnel injured in clashes with supporters of Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD — Over 80 police personnel have been injured in clashes with supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan taking part in a march near Islamabad, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Saturday. The march, which is being led by the head of the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where Khan’s party remains in power, […]
Army deployed in Islamabad amid protests by former Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s party
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Army troops were on Saturday deployed here to ensure security as jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party moved forward with plans for a protest. Mobilised under Article 245 of the Constitution, the army would remain in the city from October 5-17 to maintain law and order for the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation […]
Pakistan: Police arrest Imran Khan’s sisters from Islamabad’s D Chowk
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said on Friday that police arrested former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sisters – Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan, from D Chowk in Islamabad “for exercising her right of peaceful protest.” Calling the government “fake and victim of panic,” Imran Khan-founded party said that the government is crossing all limits […]