ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo Imran Khan on Monday expressed concerns that he and his wife, Bushra Bibi, might be sent to a military jail in connection with the 9 May cases. Speaking to the media during a hearing of the £190 million reference, Khan stated, “They plan to send me to a military jail for the 9 May incidents.” …
ISLAMABAD: The military on Monday clarified that operation Azm-e-Istehkam is not a military operation but a counter-terrorism campaign, saying a strong lobby does not want the National Action Plan (NAP) to succeed. “Comparing Azm-e-Istehkam to past operations like Zarb-e-Azb and Rah-e-Nijat is not appropriate,” DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry told a news conference in Rawalpindi. “Our problem is …
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Monday extended PTI founder Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi’s physical remand for seven days in a new Toshakhana case. Imran, 71, has been imprisoned at the Adiala Jail for almost a year upon his conviction in four cases — two Toshakhana references, the cipher case, and the Iddat case, in which his wife, …
ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi did not appear before a team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Sunday, which went to Adiala Jail to investigate them in the fresh Toshakhana case against them. According to media reports, the NAB team, headed by Investigation Officer Mustansar Shah, waited for more than two hours in the prison, but the …
ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday hit back at the claim that former prime minister Imran Khan is being “caged like a terrorist”, saying the PTI founder was enjoying “royal treatment” in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. In an ‘interview’ published in The Sunday Times, British journalist Christina Lamb wrote that Mr Khan claimed he was in “solitary confinement with barely any space to move”, and …
ISLAMABAD: Incarcerated former premier Imran Khan has claimed he is being “caged like a terrorist”, and is being “denied basic prisoner and human rights”, British publication The Sunday Times reported. His remarks came during a rare interview from behind bars with the outlet, conducted via his lawyers, as — according to the article — he is not allowed pencil and paper. Imran, …
ISLAMABAD: Khawar Fareed Maneka moved the Islamabad High Court on Friday against the acquittal of former prime minister Imran Khan and Mr Maneka’s ex-wife Bushra Bibi in the Iddat case. In his appeal, Mr Maneka said the additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) had acquitted Mr Khan and Bushra Bibi while ignoring key aspects of the case. On July 13, ADSJ Mohammad …
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan firmly ruled out any possibility of discussions with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) regarding a no-confidence motion. During an informal conversation with journalists at Adiala Jail on Saturday, Khan expressed his unwavering stance, asserting that PPP and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) were indistinguishable and both were products of ‘manipulated’ electoral processes. …
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly passed resolutions against a possible ban on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and in support of Imran Khan’s release from jail. The assembly session, chaired by Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, saw Law Minister Aftab Alam presenting a resolution regarding the release of PTI founder Imran Khan. The resolution cited a report from the United Nations General …
ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan on Thursday petitioned the Lahore High Court (LHC) against an anti-terrorist court’s (ATC) order to grant his 10-day physical remand for investigation over his alleged involvement in violence on May 9. Countrywide protests erupted on May 9 last year after the paramilitary Rangers whisked away Imran from the Islamabad High Court in a corruption case. While the …