KARACHI: Former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has slammed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur for proposing that the province should hold direct talks with Afghanistan on the issue of terrorism. In an interview on Geo News’ programme Jirga aired on Saturday, Ms Khar said the idea of every province pursuing their foreign policy is “idiotic”. “Let state be …
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, has refuted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) claims that its members were secretly arrested by masked individuals. He criticised the party for spreading baseless propaganda against state institutions, accusing them of deliberately dragging the military and intelligence agencies into the issue. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad on Friday, Tarar firmly denied …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday struck down the anti-terrorism court (ATC) verdict of the eight-day physical remand of PTI MNAs, who were arrested from Parliament House earlier this week. On late Monday night, at least three key PTI members were arrested from different areas of Islamabad. Just after 3am on Tuesday, plainclothesmen had stormed the Parliament House …
RAWALPINDI: Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has urged his party to prepare for a nationwide street movement, declaring that the fight is necessary to safeguard the country’s freedom. Speaking to journalists at Adiala Jail on Thursday, Khan said, “Our movement is a jihad for democracy. I call on the entire nation to take to the streets to …
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has strongly condemned the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s announcement to hold direct talks with Afghanistan, labelling it as an attack on the federation. Addressing the National Assembly, Asif stated that no province has the authority to conduct foreign negotiations independently, calling the move a “direct assault on the federation.” “This is …
ISLAMABAD: Ten PTI MNAs arrested from the Parliament House’s premises in a late-night raid earlier this week were presented in the National Assembly on Thursday after their production orders were issued. Just after 3am on Tuesday, plainclothesmen had stormed the Parliament House — disconnecting the power supply and barging into the building’s Services Branch — to whisk away at least …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police have constituted a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe a terrorism case registered against the PTI leaders and supporters at the Sangjani police station in light of the Sept 8 public gathering, which was used to ratchet up the crackdown on the former ruling party. Following the public gathering, the police rounded up several PTI …
ISLAMABAD: In a surprising turn of events, PTI founding chairman Imran Khan threw his weight behind Ali Amin Gandapur and derided all those who distanced themselves from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister’s hard-hitting speech at Sunday’s public rally. Speaking to reporters at Adiala jail after proceedings of the £190 million corruption case, Mr Khan also announced that he was closing …
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation, led by chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, successfully secured production orders for its arrested members of the National Assembly, following a meeting with Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday. The PTI delegation, which included Dawar Kundi and Ali Muhammad Khan, met the speaker in his chamber to request the release orders. Barrister Gohar said, “You …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has scheduled a hearing on a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, seeking to prevent his transfer to military custody. The court’s Registrar’s Office set the petition for hearing despite objections, with Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb presiding over the case on Thursday (tomorrow). Imran Khan had filed the petition expressing concerns …