LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub said on Saturday every institution, including the military, should operate within their constitutional limits. Talking to the media outside an Anti-Terrorism Court here, he said the military, Frontier Corps, and intelligence agencies were institutions of the state while politicians are responsible for politics according to the Constitution. Mr Ayub …
LAHORE: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai, who also heads Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Aain, believes that what happened on May 9 last year is being blown out of proportion. Mr Achakzai suggested that the current government should resign and a national government, to be led by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, formed to take the country forward and conduct fresh elections. “Pakistan’s history …
LAHORE: PML-N leaders, rejecting former prime minister Imran Khan’s offer to tender a conditional apology, leading to any reconciliation with the military establishment, over May 9 events, insisted the PTI founder should be punished for “orchestrating” the violent episode. They say the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder leader Imran Khan should not be pardoned even if he seeks an apology for the …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the coalition government and the national institutions were in “unprecedented harmony and cooperation” to serve the national interests and steer the country out of prevailing challenges. The prime minister, while addressing the Ulema and Mashaikh Conference in Islamabad, said that the country never needed unity and national harmony more, and he …
RAWALPINDI: Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has offered a conditional apology for the widespread protests and violence that occurred on May 9, 2023. He called for the release of CCTV footage to verify the involvement of PTI members in the incidents. “If any PTI members are found guilty of participating in the events of May 9, I …
RAWALPINDI: Imran Khan, founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has called for an end to the ongoing crackdown on his party during a conversation with lawyers at Adiala Jail, citing oppression as a key factor behind the events in Bangladesh. Khan met with six lawyers in the conference room at Adiala Jail for an hour on Tuesday. The delegation included Intizar …
SWABI: As its founder Imran Khan completed one year in jail, the PTI and its allies on Monday organised a large power show in Swabi to demand the former prime minister’s release. The jalsa was held at Shahmansoor Town and PTI leaders and workers from across the country participated in the event, despite the hot weather. The PTI workers were waving …
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Monday issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and other respondents on a petition by PTI founding chairman Imran Khan, seeking details of cases and inquiries against him. The bench also expressed concerns at the arrest of the former prime minister in new cases after bail in …
RAWALPINDI: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Monday said that not enough was being done against “digital terrorism” under the law, allowing fake news and propaganda to spread in the country. Addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi, the military’s spokesperson said that the first line of defence against “digital terrorism” was the country’s …
LAHORE: Expressing concerns over alleged threats to the life of PTI founding chairman Imran Khan, the party’s general secretary in Punjab, Hammad Azhar, said that he would make an “important announcement” at the Swabi public meeting on Monday (today). Mr Azhar, currently in hiding, said in a post on X that Mr Khan had already survived an assassination attempt during the party’s …