ISLAMABAD: The PTI has postponed its power show, which was set to be held in Islamabad’s Tarnol at 6pm today, after the district administration cancelled the no-objection certificate issued to the party. Earlier this week, the PTI moved the Islamabad High Court to obtain the NOC from the administration. On Thursday, the IHC disposed of the petition when the state …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Friday reiterated its demand for Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa to recuse himself from benches hearing cases related to the political party, while its founder revealed he was contemplating a hunger strike if he continued to be denied justice. Talking to the reporters after attending proceedings in the £190m corruption case on Friday, Imran Khan said …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory police on Friday night said the district administration had cancelled the permit for the rally of a “political party” on July 6 and warned of legal action if anyone attempted to take the law into their hands. The PTI is scheduled to hold a power show on Saturday in the Tarnol area of the federal capital. Lashing …
RAWALPINDI: PTI founder Imran Khan on Friday said that his party would participate in the government’s All Parties Conference (APC) to discuss Operation Azm-i-Istehkam. The reinvigorated and re-energised national counter-terrorism campaign was announced by the Central Apex Committee on the National Action Plan last month. The government vowed to unleash the full force of the country’s military, diplomatic, legislative, and socio-economic …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday sought replies from the superintendent of Adiala Jail, Punjab home secretary and secretary of defence on a petition filed by former prime minister Imran Khan against meddling of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in the jail administration. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the petition and, after a preliminary hearing, issued notices to the three government …
ISLAMABAD: A local court in Islamabad acquitted former prime minister Imran Khan and several other PTI leaders on Wednesday in a case linked to a protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Mr Khan, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Sheikh Rashid, Murad Saeed, Faisal Javed, Ali Nawaz Awan, Raja Khurram Nawaz, Faisal Vawda, Shehzad Waseem, Sadaqat Abbasi, Shibli Faraz, Saif …
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants to see PTI founder Imran Khan’s current situation “evolve in a much more positive way”, according to his spokesperson. Imran is serving out his sentence in the Iddat case at Adiala Jail. His sentences in two Toshakhana cases against him were suspended while the Islamabad High Court acquitted him in the cipher case. …
ISLAMABAD: Lashing out at the federal government for delaying the issuance of a no-objection certificate (NOC) for holding a public meeting on July 6 in Tarnol, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Tuesday announced that they would hold a record-breaking public gathering at the designated place, come what may. They said Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Maryam Nawaz had held …
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday dispelled the impression of any forward bloc in the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and asserted that a decision regarding the PTI deserters was yet to be taken. After the trial proceeding in £190 million corruption reference in which the court granted post-arrest bail to his wife, Bushra Bibi, Mr Khan said there was “no major differences” among …
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Tuesday rebuffed the recommendations of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding PTI founder Imran Khan’s release and said the former premier’s detention was an “internal matter”. In an opinion made public a day ago, the working group held that Imran’s prosecution and detention in the cipher and one of the two …