ISLAMABAD — A high court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered the release of over 120 arrested workers of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party after approving their bail. They were among hundreds of supporters of the PTI arrested by police on the occasion of a protest by the party in November last […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan issued directives on Saturday to expedite “establishing contact with other opposition parties for protests after Eid”, his lawyer Faisal Chaudhry said on Saturday. “Imran Khan proposed to organise protests [against the incumbent government] after Eid,” said Chaudhry while speaking on Geo News programme “Naya Pakistan”. The legal […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has penned a third open letter to Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir, reiterating election rigging allegations and “bringing money launderers” into power, his lawyer said on Wednesday. “The PTI founder, in his letter to the army chief, has raised the issue of giving […]
LAHORE — An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Monday indicted 21 accused, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Dr Yasmin Rashid, in a case related to May 9, 2023, riots. The prominent leaders of the former ruling party and others were indicted by Lahore ATC Judge Arshad Javed while hearing […]
RAWALPINDI — Jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called upon Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to stand by law and justice. In an informal interaction with journalists at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, the PTI founder addressed the CJP, saying: “The nation is looking towards you.” Khan said he […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) National Assembly Opposition Leader Omar Ayub Khan has ruled out the possibility of resumption of the dialogue between the former ruling party and the incumbent government, The News reported on Sunday. “The chapter of talks is now closed,” Ayub said on Saturday, adding that political negotiations were not based on […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has written a “second open letter” to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir, stressing that the country’s biggest political party is being “targeted”. “I wrote an open letter to the Army Chief (you) with sincere intentions for the betterment of the country and the nation, […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and workers have been arrested in Multan and Muzaffarabad as the party holds rallies nationwide to mark February 8 as ‘Black Day,’ the anniversary of last year’s controversial elections. In Multan, PTI leaders Meher Bano Qureshi, Zahid Bahar Hashmi, and Dalir Meher were detained by police at Pull Chatta […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan government on Friday extended a fresh invitation for talks to Imran Khan’s party, a day before its planned protest against alleged election rigging last year. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) claims that it had won the general elections held on Feb 8, 2024, but was robbed of its mandate through massive rigging, an […]
ISLAMABAD — As the PTI doubled down on purported ‘remedial measures’ proposed by party founder Imran Khan in a letter to the army chief, the security sources on Tuesday claimed that the chief of army staff had not received any sort of letter from the incarcerated former prime minister. As per the letter, which has […]