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 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 — 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 — 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, […]
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 […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s authorities sealed off the capital Islamabad on Friday to foil a planned protest by the Tehreek-i-Insaf of former premier Imran Khan to show solidarity with the judiciary and increase pressure to release the former prime minister from the jail. The call for protest was given by a 71-year-old cricketer-turned-politician who has been […]
ISLAMABAD — Punjab police has registered three new cases against Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan following a protest by his party on his call at Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh area on Saturday. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder was booked on Sunday under the Anti-Terrorism Act along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur […]