ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cases in connection with the May 9 riots might go to military courts, the Pakistan government’s spokesperson for legal affairs, Barrister Aqeel Malik, said. Notably, countrywide protests erupted on May 9 last year after the paramilitary Rangers whisked away Imran from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s capital was tense on Thursday after jailed former prime Imran Khan’s party threatened to go ahead with its plan to hold a rally here in the capital despite the government’s refusal to permit it. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party had sought to hold a power show after months of political wrangling over […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan on Wednesday said he will apologise for last year’s May 9 riots if any member of his party is found guilty of participating in the violence. Speaking to journalists in Adiala Jail, 71-year-old founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party demanded the CCTV footage of last year’s May 9 […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has now been behind bars for a year – although there are times you would barely know it. Mr Khan is still the dominant force of Pakistan’s opposition politics; his name still in the papers and the courts. His social media supporters have been unrelenting. With no […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, who blames the military for his ouster and 12-month-old imprisonment on what he calls trumped-up charges, said on Sunday it would be “foolish” not to have “excellent” relations with the army. Ahead of Monday’s anniversary of his jailing on dozens of charges ranging from corruption to […]
ISLAMABAD — Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has approved the formation of a “grand opposition alliance” by expanding the existing platform, Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Ayin-e-Pakistan, to act as a powerful anti-government movement, a senior party leader has said. Former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, who addressed reporters alongside the party’s secretary-general Omar Ayub Khan outside […]
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, said that his party is ready to hold talks with the military, a remark that drew a lot of flak from the Shehbaz Sharif-led government, Geo News reported. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder, who appeared in a court established in Adiala jail for a hearing, said: “We are […]
NEW DELHI — Pakistan’s ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Saturday showed a wobbly stance regarding the main opposition party, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, as the leaders offered peace talks and simultaneously lashed out at it, Pakistan-based daily, The Express Tribune reported. Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said that the […]
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 […]