Aitzaz urges prompt military courts review
ISLAMABAD: Senior lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan has filed an application in the Supreme Court, urging it to resume proceedings on an intra-court appeal lodged by the federal government against the decision of the apex court barring the trial of alleged May 9 rioters in military courts. The application, submitted through PTI leader and renowned lawyer Sardar […]
Dialogue with Imran mandatory, says Elahi
ISLAMABAD: Citing the formation of “fake cases” and underlining the necessity of “return of PTI’s real mandate”, party’s Central President Parvez Elahi has emphasised that the government’s “proposal for reconciliation” holds no significance. Talking to media after appearing before the anti-corruption court, the PTI president claimed that his party’s candidates lost the Feb 8 polls […]
20 PTI activists in Lahore granted post-arrest bail in May 9 case – Pakistan
LAHORE: An antiterrorism court on Monday granted post-arrest bail to 20 PTI activists in the Jinnah House attack case of May 9 riots. Judge Naveed Iqbal allowed the bail petitions of Ramzan Haider and other suspects subject to furnishing surety bonds. Sarwar Road police had registered the case against the leaders and workers of PTI […]
PTI to knock SC door after losing reserved seats – Pakistan
• ECP turns down SIC plea as party didn’t submit list for reserved seats on time• Commission to distribute vacant seats proportionally among other parties; one member dissents• Nomination papers of Zardari, Achakzai accepted• PTI rejects decision as ‘unconstitutional, against democracy’; wants Senate, presidential polls postponed ISLAMABAD: After the Election Commission of Pakistan decided against […]
PTI unveils results of party polls ‘held on SC guidelines’ – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The PTI has officially announced the results of its intra-party polls, declaring that Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Omar Ayub Khan have been elected unopposed as the chairman and secretary general of the party, respectively, in elections held as per Supreme Court guidelines. In Balochistan, however, where elections were held for the provincial chapter […]
Barrister Gohar elected PTI chairman ‘unopposed’ for second time after fresh intra-party polls – Pakistan
Barrister Gohar Khan was declared the PTI chairman again following fresh intra-party polls, according to results shared by the party’s spokesperson and Chief Election Commissioner Raoof Hasan on Sunday. Gohar won the chairman’s election unopposed, Hasan revealed during a press conference. This is the third time PTI has conducted intraparty elections in the past two […]
Action sought against PTI workers for ‘throwing’ shoe in KP Assembly – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has submitted an application to the police for the registration of an FIR against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers for throwing a shoe and a lota at its woman lawmaker, Sobia Shahid, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Feb 20. PML-N provincial president Amir Muqam told reporters at the Peshawar Press […]
PTI fields Mahmood Khan Achakzai to face Zardari in presidential election – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Backed by PTI, firebrand Pashtun nationalist leader from Balochistan Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Saturday submitted nomination papers to contest the upcoming presidential election on March 9 against PPP’s Asif Ali Zardari. Three other citizens have also filed nomination papers with the presiding officer, Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, through their respective […]
PTI protests against ‘rigging’ met with arrests across country – Pakistan
• Workers face off with policemen in Punjab; footage shows people being dragged out of cars• Party terms protest ‘successful’, claims several leaders, workers rounded up LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: PTI leaders and workers came face to face with the police once again on Saturday as the party staged protests across the country, despite inclement weather, […]
Senators spar over PTI letter linking loan with poll audit – Pakistan
• PTI leader claims IMF approached Imran first to seek ‘guarantee’• Issue of unassigned reserved seats reverberates in upper house ISLAMABAD: Senators from two sides of the aisle on Friday sparred over PTI founding chairman Imran Khan’s letter to the IMF linking release of next tranche of bailout package for Pakistan with audit of recently […]