ISLAMABAD — Former prime minister and founder of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Monday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court, seeking permission for regular medical examination by his personal physicians. In his petition, Mr Khan expressed concern over his health, particularly given his age, and alleged that jail authorities are denying him […]
LONDON — The Oxford University has announced that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is not included in the list of candidates to run for the position of the varsity’s chancellor, Geo News reported. “More than 40 people applied and only 38 were approved. The candidates were only excluded according to the exclusion criteria of […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s main opposition called off its protest on Tuesday as the 23rd meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation begins here under tight security. The two-day meeting will discuss ongoing cooperation in fields of economy, trade, environment and socio-cultural linkages and […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 200 workers of Imran Khan’s party in the Punjab province to thwart its planned protest in Islamabad during the SCO summit, police said on Monday. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had announced to hold a demonstration at the D-Chowk in the capital during the two-day Shanghai […]
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 — 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 […]
