LAHORE — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that a two-year extension to the three services chiefs, including Army Chief Gen Asim Munir, is a “massacre of democracy, the rule of law, and the rights of the people.” Khan made the comments during a conversation with the media and his lawyers […]
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistan high court on Monday issued a notice to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking a response from the probe body to a bail application filed by jailed former premier Imran Khan in the Toshakhana II case. Islamabad High Court judge Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb presided over the case. Khan has requested […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s more than 150 lawmakers joined hands to condemn a letter from 62 US Congress members urging President Joe Biden to pressurize Islamabad into releasing jailed former premier Imran Khan, a media report said on Thursday. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s founding chairman Khan has been in jail since August last year and his overseas […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are likely to be indicted in the new Toshakhana case on Tuesday (today), days after the latter was released on bail in the reference. Special Judge (central) Shahrukh Arjumand will conduct hearing of the said case at the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi. […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s Punjab government on Saturday lifted a ban on the meetings of former prime minister Imran Khan who has been incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail for more than a year. “The Punjab government lifted the ban on the meetings of prisoners in Adiala Jail,” a senior officer said. The ban on meetings of […]
ISLAMABAD — More than 60 members of the United States House of Representatives have written a letter to President Joe Biden, calling on him to use Washington’s leverage with Islamabad for the release of the incarcerated founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan. The PTI founder has been behind bars since August last year after […]
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 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 […]