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 […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan has written a letter to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir, ‘criticising the establishment’s policies’ and calling for a review of its approach towards national security and governance. The letter, sent from Adiala Jail, highlights Imran’s concerns over what he describes as a growing […]
LAHORE — Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday urged the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to abandon its plan to stage a protest in Lahore on February 8, warning that any public gathering would be dealt with in the same manner as on November 26. His remarks come as the opposition party launches a massive drive […]
ISLAMABAD — Ahead of his party’s planned protest on February 8, jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has urged the Supreme Court to exercise its constitutional authority to safeguard the fundamental rights of the people of Pakistan. In a letter addressed to Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Aminuddin, Khan highlighted the alleged human rights […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani government has officially ended its negotiation process with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party after PTI withdrew from the talks and rejected a renewed offer by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Express News reported. Senator Irfan Siddiqui, the spokesperson for the government’s negotiation committee and a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), […]
ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Thursday the government was ready to form a parliamentary committee to advance talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a couple of days after the latter quit negotiations with the government. The PTI abruptly quit the talks after three meetings, arguing that the government was not genuinely interested in addressing […]
ISLAMABAD — A provincial leader of jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party said on Thursday that it would hold a public rally in the Swabi area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on February 8 – the day marks the first anniversary of the controversial general elections of last year. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa unit chief, Junaid Akbar, said […]