ISLAMABAD: The PTI has suspended the membership of Sher Afzal Marwat, a firebrand party leader who was elected to the National Assembly in the Feb 8 polls, after a meeting between incarcerated party founder Imran Khan and the top leadership in Adiala Jail. Sources said the PTI leaders met Imran Khan on Thursday where the decision regarding Mr Marwat was …
ISLAMABAD: The matter of heading standing committees in the National Assembly has been resolved as the government offered chairmanship of 18 standing committees to the opposition. These committees were held by the then opposition during the previous government from 2018 to 2023. However, the opposition alliance will choose to head only 11 standing committees out of 18. Sunni Ittehad Council …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insad (PTI) has announced its intention to challenge the government’s notification which granted Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to intercept and trace calls in the “interest of national security”. Earlier today, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication authorised the intelligence wing to tap phones, stating that this authority was granted under Section 54 of the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organisation) Act, …
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur announced that if Imran Khan initiates a hunger strike, similar protests will erupt across Pakistan and globally. Addressing the concerns of the PTI founder, he said, “His reservations are completely valid. If he goes on a hunger strike, the protest will spread throughout Pakistan and around the world. We adhere to …
ISLAMABAD: A day after the corps commanders’ conference, the PTI on Saturday said that labelling free speech as “digital terrorism” would be detrimental to both the country and institutions. A PTI spokesperson feared that attempts to criminalise freedom of speech would “open the door to use extra-legal measures against critics”. The spokesperson called upon the institutions to be receptive to criticism …
ISLAMABAD: PTI MNA Ali Muhammad Khan put party maverick Sher Afzal Marwat on blast on Saturday after a video surfaced of him seemingly criticising party founder Imran Khan. The PTI MNA, who is known for causing controversies, has previously accused both the US and Saudi Arabia of conspiring to topple the PTI government. The PTI had publicly distanced itself from his remarks …
ISLAMABAD: Former PML-N leaders Miftah Ismail and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday formally launched a new party named Awaam Pakistan, declaring it “open for all” to join. The leaders had long floated the idea of a new political entity to take the country out of perennial crises. Last month, a glimpse of Awaam Pakistan appeared on the country’s political horizon after a …
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 …
QUETTA: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has admitted that his party’s strategy before the budget was “weak” as it failed to engage the government for implementing the terms agreed in the written agreement for power-sharing. While addressing a press conference upon concluding his two-day visit to Quetta on Friday, the PPP leader said that it was decided in the agreement that …