ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has once again approached the Supreme Court, filing a petition regarding the allocation of reserved seats. PTI’s lawyer, Uzair Bhandari, submitted the petition, arguing that the amendment to the Election Act does not apply to the Supreme Court’s decision on 12 July and that the Election Commission is bound to implement that decision. PTI’s petition seeks …
ISLAMABAD: Party positions in Pakistan’s National Assembly have shifted following a letter from Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq to the Election Commission of Pakistan. The reshuffle, announced by the National Assembly Secretariat, sees 80 members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) – previously under the category of ‘Independent’ candidates – are now listed under the Sunni Ittehad Council. The new party positions, …
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered the city’s deputy commissioner to decide by 5pm upon PTI’s petitions for permission to hold a rally in the provincial capital tomorrow. A three-member bench, constituted by LHC Chief Justice Aalia Neelum, took up the petitions a day ago and sought the personal appearance of top civil brass, including the Punjab …
ISLAMABAD: Former president and senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Arif Alvi met with JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at his residence in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss the government’s proposed constitutional amendments, a move seen as part of the broader efforts to break the deadlock over crucial political reforms. The meeting was attended by key figures, including PTI Secretary General …
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, commenting on the constitutional amendment bill, has said “far from bringing about an amendment, how could they even think of presenting a bill [over it] while we are here.” Speaking to the media after addressing the Rahmatul-lil-Alameen Conference, Ali Amin Gandapur called the bill as ‘an attack on democracy’ that his government …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan will take up the PTI’s intra-party election case tomorrow (Wednesday), a move that comes four days after the Supreme Court reprimanded the ECP for failing to implement the top court’s July 12 ruling, which declared Imran Khan’s party eligible for reserved seats in the National and provincial assemblies. The ECP’s decision also comes amid …
ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday granted bail to 10 PTI lawmakers arrested by the Islamabad police last week under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the newly imposed Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024. At least 11 PTI MNAs were arrested last week from different areas of Islamabad following the party’s long-waited power show rally in Sangjani. The …
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), on Sunday had one of its most hectic days after the Feb 8 elections, as it made “all possible efforts” to stop the government from introducing a controversial constitutional amendment. The party’s efforts, which began early in the day, culminated in Barrister Gohar Ali Khan’s participation in the meeting of a special …
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 …