Less than six weeks remain till general elections, and the political landscape is growing increasingly unstable as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seems to be making a comeback in the polls despite government efforts to repress it. Amidst tidings of being barred from holding political rallies and public gatherings, the PTI is receiving significant legal reprieve. […]
Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the vice chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was placed on judicial detention for 14 days by a local court in Rawalpindi on Thursday in connection with a case involving the riots on May 9. The former foreign minister was placed under physical remand by the police, and the court, presided over […]
The trial of former prime minister Imran Khan in the Cypher case was postponed till January 11 by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday, with the reason given being “legal errors”. The brief ruling was made by Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb in response to a plea filed by Imran contesting the trial. Today’s sessions […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been asked to provide comprehensive justifications by tomorrow to the returning officer (RO) in response to the PML-N’s concerns regarding Imran Khan’s nomination papers for the NA-122 Lahore seat. Mian Naseer, a current contestant for the PML-N, and the party’s former MPA filed objections before the RO, arguing that Imran […]
The postponement of the trial court’s decision against PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case, Justice Athar Minallah of the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, cannot reverse his disqualification. The court made these comments at the hearing of the PTI chief’s petition to have his conviction in the Toshakhana case suspended so that he […]
Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), attempted to overturn the trial court’s decision and his conviction in the Toshakhana case on Tuesday by knocking on the Supreme Court’s (SC) door once more. After correcting the earlier objections presented by the Supreme Court Registrar’s Office, the PTI leader’s attorneys filed an appeal against […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was given temporary reprieve by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday. This allowed the party to once again use the “bat” as its electoral symbol until the electoral Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) order barring intra-party polls was finally decided upon. The court postponed the hearing until the conclusion of the […]
Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan declared on Friday that the party would file a high court appeal against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to remove the party’s iconic election symbol, the “bat,” calling it a “conspiracy” against the former ruling party. A five-member ECP bench led by Chief electoral […]
On Friday evening, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lost its famous “bat” symbol, which represents Imran Khan, the party’s founder, playing cricket. This was done by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). A five-member ECP bench led by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja pronounced the PTI’s intra-party elections illegal, announcing its reserved ruling. The 11-page […]
According to a July 2018 Gallup poll, 63 percent of PTI voters claimed they would not vote if Imran Khan were not the party’s chairman. “Would you vote for such a party if Imran Khan is not elected chairman of Tehreek-e-Insaf but the party still stands in the election?” was the survey’s question. 37% of […]
