ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former PM and Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaaf (PTI) Party founder Imran Khan wrote a letter to the UN against the incumbent government’s decision to execute constitutional amendments that aim to threaten judicial independence and human rights in the country, Geo Tv reported. As the ruling coalition government led by Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif strives […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) protest in the federal capital caused damages worth Rs240 million to private and public property, a report has revealed. The Islamabad Inspector General’s office has submitted the report to the Islamabad chief commissioner, following the violent protests that took place in the capital over the weekend. The main opposition party’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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, […]