On Tuesday, PTI leader Omer Ayub announced that Imran Khan, the party’s founder, had selected Junaid Khan to be the deputy speaker and Amir Dogar as the speaker of the National Assembly. Following several discussions with Ayub and other party leaders following the PTI chief’s imprisonment at Adiala Jail, the statement was made. During the […]
Imran is the primary accused in the case and co-accused are his wife Bushra, former accountability czar Shahzad Akbar, former aide to premier Zulfiqar Bukhari, Zia Mustafa, and Farah Shazadi aka Farah Gogi. During the hearing today, both accused denied the charges. The court also issued summons for five witnesses, out of the 58 witnesses […]
Amidst calls for a probe into alleged rigging and manipulation of results of the February 8 polls, United States Senator Chris Van Hollen urged Pakistan to “respect people’s decision expressed via votes”. “Respecting the decision of the Pakistani people, expressed through their votes, is the only way a new government will be empowered to tackle […]
While rejecting Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that it is willing to cooperate with the new government in Pakistan and has demanded that an audit of the election results be conducted before granting Islamabad any further loans. The Standby Arrangement (SBA) lender brought total disbursements […]
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 […]
