ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has given go ahead to senior PTI members Ali Amin Gandapur and Barrister Gohar to hold negotiations with the establishment, Aleema Khan confirmed. Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail after a meeting with Imran, Aleema relayed his message, calling for the nation to rally on November 24 in a show of solidarity, …
RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday told party leaders and ticket holders to “disassociate themselves from the party” if they could not participate in the PTI’s announced power show for November 24. On Nov 13, Imran issued a “final call” for nationwide protests on Nov 24 (Sunday), denouncing what he described as the stolen mandate, the unjust arrests …
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Days before its ‘decisive’ power show in Islamabad, the PTI on Monday announced that it would not call off the sit-in until its “stolen” mandate is returned, the Constitution restored and party founder Imran Khan set free. At a press conference, Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar warned the provincial government to exercise restraint …
ISLAMABAD: Shireen Mazari, former PTI leader and ex-federal minister, has accused the police of harassment after receiving phone calls from multiple police stations regarding arrest warrants issued against her. Shireen Mazari, who has distanced herself from active politics, made these allegations after attending a hearing in the Special Anti-Terrorism Court in connection with the 9 May incident cases, Express News …
NAROWAL / LONDON: With PTI gearing up for yet another protest, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Sunday offered to hold talks with the opposition party. The offer came a day after PML-N President Nawaz Sharif predicted that the opposition party’s Nov 24 rally would fail to disrupt Pakistan’s progress. During a media talk in Sialkot, Mr Asif said that …
PESHAWAR: Bushra Bibi, the spouse of PTI founder Imran Khan, has warned party leaders that tickets for the next general elections will be based on their performance during the planned protest in Islamabad on Nov 24. “The party tickets for the next general elections are linked with the performance of PTI leadership during the upcoming protest in Islamabad,” she said, …
LONDON: In response to concerns raised by British MPs regarding the imprisonment of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a letter to a Labour MP issued a detailed statement, saying there is “no indication” that Mr Khan will be tried in military courts. The letter was made public by PTI’s Syed Zulfi Bukhari on …
RAWALPINDI: In a rare public appearance during his trial before an anti-terrorism court on Saturday, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi appealed to citizens to respond to PTI founding chairman Imran Khan’s call for protest in Islamabad on Nov 24. “We must remain calm, and our protest must be peaceful,” Mr Qureshi remarked as …
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s Information and Public Relations Adviser Barrister Dr Saif has stated that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has not had any contact with the “establishment so far.” He reiterated that a major protest will take place on November 24 and warned that if the PTI’s demands are not met, the planned demonstration could escalate to a sit-in in Islamabad, …
KARACHI: Scuffles broke out between PPP and PTI supporters while Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab was addressing the media after casting his vote during the Sindh local body by-elections on Thursday, videos of the incident showed. Wahab was addressing the media after casting his vote in Karachi’s Gizri area when scuffles broke out amid sloganeering by the respective party supporters. Supporters …