ISLAMABAD — Incarcerated former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan will run for the position of chancellor of Oxford University from Adiala Jail, British newspaper The Telegraph has quoted his advisor on international media, Syed Zulfi Bukhari, as saying. Imran, himself an Oxford graduate, is currently in Adiala Jail in a fresh Toshakhana case […]
ISLAMABAD — A number of British parliamentarians on Tuesday called for the release of former Pakistan premier Imran Khan, who has been in jail since August last year, Khan’s party said. The UK parliament held a hearing on Tuesday that saw over a dozen parliamentarians listen to members of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party speaking […]
LAHORE — Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday refused to undergo polygraph and voice matching test as a part of investigation launched by Lahore police in connection with last year’s unprecedented violence in the country. A 12-member forensic team reached Adiala Jail on Tuesday to conduct the polygraph test on 71-year-old Khan. The […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan police raided the headquarters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Monday, a week after the military-backed government vowed to ban the political movement. An AFP journalist at the scene saw the headquarters of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sealed off by police, who led a number of party workers into […]
ISLAMABAD — Islamabad Police apprehended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan and Information Secretary Raoof Hasan at the PTI Secretariat on Monday, according to party leader Shibli Faraz, Geo News reported. Following the arrests, the opposition party criticised law enforcement, accusing them of flouting legal procedures. “It’s absolutely shameful how Islamabad Police continues to […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan has claimed that he is being caged like a “terrorist”, and was denied basic prisoner and human rights in a “death cell” at a high-security jail. The 71-year-old Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf party founder made these claims in a rare interview from behind bars with British publication ‘The Sunday Times’, […]
ISLAMABAD — Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Monday reacted sharply to the government’s decision to ban the party, saying the move came “out of desperation” and is a “sign of panic” within the federal administration. The Pakistan government announced that it would ban the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party for its alleged […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Information Minister Atta Tarar announced on Monday that the government plans to file a case seeking to ban Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Dawn reported. During a press briefing, Tarar, emphasised the necessity of moving the country forward without PTI’s presence: “The federal government has decided to ban PTI.” He cited […]
LAHORE — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan was ‘arrested’ by Lahore Police in connection with cases against him over May 9 riots after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) secured his eight-day remand in the Toshakhana case, Pakistan-based daily Dawn reported. Citing security reasons, Imran Khan could not be shifted to Lahore for a hearing […]
ISLAMABAD — An Islamabad court has acquitted former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the iddat nikah case and also issued their release orders. Additional Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka admitted the appeals and pronounced his reserved verdict. With the appeals admitted, the decision of the trial court was set aside. Civil […]