Pak PM Sharif announces task force to identify perpetrators of chaos during Islamabad protest

Pak PM Sharif announces task force to identify perpetrators of chaos during Islamabad protest

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday (November 29, 2024) announced the formation of a task force, to be led by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, to identify the perpetrators of chaos during a protest by jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party earlier in the week. … Read more

Pakistan Minister vows to ‘protect Islamabad’ as Imran Khan’s supporters march towards capital to stage protest

Pakistan Minister vows to ‘protect Islamabad’ as Imran Khan’s supporters march towards capital to stage protest

Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi Sunday (November 24, 2024) vowed to “protect Islamabad” as thousands of supporters of Imran Khan made their way to the capital to stage a protest amid heavy deployment of security forces and restrictions on mobile and internet services. The 72-year-old jailed former premier issued a “final call” on November 13 … Read more

Jailed former PM Imran Khan refuses to undergo polygraph test linked to May 9 riots

Jailed former PM Imran Khan refuses to undergo polygraph test linked to May 9 riots

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has refused to undergo polygraph and voice matching tests as part of an investigation by Lahore police in connection with a dozen cases related to the unprecedented May 9 riots last year. A 12-member forensic team reached Adiala … Read more

Pakistan government to ban jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s party for alleged anti-state activities

Pakistan government to ban jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s party for alleged anti-state activities

Islamabad: The Pakistan government will ban jailed former prime minister Imran Khan‘s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party for its alleged involvement in anti-state activities, it was announced on Monday. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announced that the federal government has decided to ban the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), alleging that the former ruling party was involved in anti-state activities, … Read more

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf open to talks with all parties, except PPP, PML-N: Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf open to talks with all parties, except PPP, PML-N: Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Wednesday said that his party is willing to talk to all political parties except with the Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P), as reported by Dawn. This comes at a time when the PPP and the PML-N to enter into an … Read more

From Jail to Victory? What next for banned Imran Khan and his party-backed Independents

From Jail to Victory? What next for banned Imran Khan and his party-backed Independents

In a surprising turn of events, independent candidates with ties to the jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan are surprisingly doing well in the recent elections, outshining established political parties led by former PM Nawaz Sharif. Despite earlier projections, the delayed release of official results has sparked concerns regarding possible electoral manipulation, adding to … Read more

Pakistan election results being announced as 'delay' raises eyebrows; PTI-backed candidates win 3 KP seats

Pakistan election results being announced as 'delay' raises eyebrows; PTI-backed candidates win 3 KP seats

Workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), celebrate an early polling result on February 08, 2024 in Lahore, Pakistan. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced first results of the 2024 polls in the early hours of Friday, more than 10 hours after voting ended amid allegations of rigging, sporadic violence and … Read more

Major blow to Imran Khan as Pak’s top poll body rejects his nomination papers from two seats

Major blow to Imran Khan as Pak’s top poll body rejects his nomination papers from two seats

Lahore: In a major blow to former prime minister Imran Khan, Pakistan’s top poll body on Saturday rejected his nomination papers for two national assembly seats in Punjab province ahead of the February 8 general elections. “The returning officers of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) have rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan‘s nomination … Read more

Imran Khan to contest general elections from at least three constituencies, says his party

Imran Khan to contest general elections from at least three constituencies, says his party

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File Photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan will contest the upcoming general elections from at least three constituencies despite conviction and incarceration, his party announced on Wednesday. On August 5, the 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician was convicted by a trial court in Islamabad in … Read more

Probe finds ex-Pak PM Imran Khan and top party leadership involved in orchestrating May 9 violence

Probe finds ex-Pak PM Imran Khan and top party leadership involved in orchestrating May 9 violence

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and several top leaders of his party were directly involved in orchestrating the unprecedented anti-government violence on May 9, a joint investigation team has informed an anti-terrorism court in Lahore. A Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was constituted to … Read more