Weeks after a trial court handed over a seven-year prison sentence and fine to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the “un-Islamic” nikah case, the couple have separately approached the district and sessions court challenging the verdict on Wednesday. The appeals, filed against the verdict by Khan and his […]
As per the schedule published by the party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will conduct new intra-party elections on March 3. The timetable states that nomination papers for the intra-party elections may be filed on February 23 and 24, and that paperwork will be reviewed on February 25. PTI intra-party election decisions pertaining to candidacy papers […]
Leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Ali Zafar, announced on Thursday that Imran Khan, who is now incarcerated, will write a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) requesting that it halt its funding for Pakistan because of “rigged elections.” “Today, Imran Khan will send a letter to the IMF.” Zafar told reporters after seeing […]
Following several days of negotiations, the two main political parties eventually reached a consensus on a power-sharing arrangement that would see Asif Ali Zardari run for president and Shehbaz Sharif nominate for the PM position. In the midst of rumors of blackmail among the former coalition partners, the agreement was finalized on Tuesday between the […]
The petitioner was fined Rs. 500,000 by the Supreme Court (SC) for failing to appear in court, and the case for re-election and the annulment of the votes on February 8 was dismissed. A three-member Supreme Court bench, comprising Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi […]
The indictment of former prime minister Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi in the £190 million corruption reference was postponed by an accountability court on Tuesday because Nasir Javed Rana, the newly appointed judge, has not yet taken over. Today at Adiala jail, Judge Rana was supposed to hold his initial hearing in this case. Due […]
Leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Barrister Gohar Khan, declared on Monday that independent candidates supported by the party will formally join the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab as well as the National Assembly (NA). The event occurred one day after SIC chief Sahibzada Hamid Raza and […]
Leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Sher Afzal Khan Marwat, informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday that masked individuals had raided his residence at two in the morning this past night. This assertion was made by Supreme Court Advocate Marwat at the petition hearing pertaining to the IHC’s recovery of Baloch students. The […]
In a startling admission on Saturday, Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta said he was “involved in rigging election results in the city” and resigned from his position, claiming he should be “hanged for doing injustice” to the Rawalpindi Division. In a statement made during a news conference at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Chattha stated that […]
Salman Akram Raja, a prominent lawyer and PTI politician, was taken into custody on Saturday in Lahore after the party denounced suspected election manipulation on February 8. Raja, surrounded by police, security officers, and media representatives, declared he stood “with the people of Pakistan” while being led by the police to their car. “I am […]
