LAHORE: A hospital owner, who was one of PTI’s founding members, was shot dead in Valencia Town, as he came out of a mosque after offering Friday prayers. Dr Shahid Siddique went to offer prayers in Khizra Mosque at H-block of Valencia Town. Mr Siddque offered the prayer and came out of the mosque and was heading to his car …
ISLAMABAD: Confusion surrounds the expulsion of Sher Afzal Marwat from PTI after a notification went viral on social media mentioning that his membership has been cancelled for gross violation/breach of discipline. While party’s senior leader Advocate Shoaib Shaheen confirmed to Dawn that Mr Marwat was expelled from the PTI, some other party sources claimed the notification was ‘fake’. Mr Marwat was on notice and …
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court dismissed a plea filed by Bushra Bibi, wife of PTI founder Imran Khan, after she withdrew her petition challenging her arrest in the third Toshakhana case. The petition also sought action against the superintendent of Adiala Jail and female staff for allegedly mistreating her following her re-arrest after acquittal in the Iddat case. The court’s …
ISLAMABAD: A court in Islamabad on Thursday granted post-arrest bail to PTI Secretary Information Raoof Hassan and eight others in a case registered against them under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca). Duty Magistrate Mohammad Abbas Shah accepted the bail petitions of the PTI activists against Rs50,000 surety bonds each. During the course of the hearing, Mohammad Ali Bukhari, counsel for …
RAWALPINDI: As the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) prepares for a major rally next week, senior party leader Asad Qaiser announced on Thursday that imprisoned party founder Imran Khan has approved the formation of a “grand opposition alliance” by expanding the Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Ayin-e-Pakistan (TTAP) platform. “PTI decides to expand the opposition alliance in meeting with Imran Khan,” said Qaiser, a former National …
ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that the PML-N does not have reason to worry in the case of any talks between the military and PTI. In an interview with Voice of America Urdu on Thursday, he was questioned if his party would have issue with any talks between the military and the opposition PTI to which he said: “I don’t …
RAWALPINDI: Ten activists of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) including its Secretary Information Raoof Hasan arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency under the “Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (Peca)” were shifted to Adiala jail on Wednesday. The FIR was registered with the FIA police station Islamabad against the activists, allegedly involved in “anti-state propaganda”. Besides Raoof Hasan, the PTI media cell …
ISLAMABAD: A British-American author and journalist, who had been trying to secure a meeting with incarcerated former PM Imran Khan, was told by law enforcement agencies on Wednesday that his visa had been cancelled and he had five hours to leave the country. Charles Glass, 73, is an author, journalist, broadcaster, and publisher who specialises in the Middle East and …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI registered its protest as a National Assembly committee on Wednesday approved a bill proposing amendments to the election law, suggesting that a political party should not be allocated seats reserved for women and non-Muslim candidates if it failed to submit its list for the reserved seats within the prescribed time. The PML-N had tabled the Election Act (Amendment) Bill, …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Tuesday accused the PML-N of being responsible for inflated power bills. Addressing a press conference alongside Senator Shibli Faraz, opposition leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan alleged the ministers were preoccupied with accusing each other rather than addressing the power woes. “The PML-N made agreements involving capacity charges, causing the nation to pay twice …