JI turns down PTI’s offer to form coalition govt in KP – Pakistan
The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Wednesday turned down the PTI’s offer to form a coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), linking its decision to the PTI limiting its alliance to just provincial level. The statement from JI’s Central Naib Emir Liaqat Baloch comes a day after the PTI announced to form a coalition in Centre and […]
PTI’s independents surge
ISLAMABAD: In an unexpected twist, independent candidates supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seemed to be gaining the upper hand in the preliminary results late on Thursday, causing ripples across the political landscape. This surprising turn of events occurred even as the party’s founder, Imran Khan, remained incarcerated, and despite the perceived absence of a […]
Deepfakes, real resistance: How PTI’s digital warriors are keeping the party alive – Pakistan
From Imran Khan’s AI persona to PTI’s tech tactics, the party is proving to the state that blocking or banning political opponents just doesn’t work anymore. I’ll be voting in Pakistan’s 10th general election scheduled for February 8 with a heavy heart and addled brain. Like most people I’ve recently spoken to, I’m confused about […]
PTI’s Gohar Khan unveils party’s election manifesto promising social, constitutional reforms – Pakistan
With less than two weeks to go until the February 8 general elections, PTI’s Barrister Gohar Khan on Sunday unveiled the party’s election manifesto which promised social and constitutional reforms. The manifesto was announced as the party carried out election campaigns across the country, alleging that authorities were preventing party-backed candidates from doing so. Addressing […]
PTI’s Hammad Azhar says father arrested in Lahore ahead of election rally – Pakistan
PTI leader and former federal minister Hammad Azhar on Sunday said that his octogenarian father, Mian Azhar, was arrested by the Punjab police ahead of an election rally in Lahore. The arrest comes as the PTI is set to hold its first major countrywide power show after the May 9 protests. In a post on […]
PTI’s Hammad Azhar says father arrested in Lahore
LAHORE: Former federal minister and PTI leader Hammad Azhar said on Sunday that his elderly father, former Punjab governor Mian Azhar was “arrested” by the police prior to an election rally. In a post on social media platform X, Hammad said that his 82-year-old father, an independent candidate supported by PTI running for the NA-129 […]
PHC dismisses PTI’s plea for polls under judicial supervision
The Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) petition seeking to conduct election 2024 under the supervision of the judiciary. A two-member bench of the PHC comprising Chief Justice Ibrahim Khan and Justice Shakeel Ahmad announced the verdict that was reserved on December 18, 2023. The petition, filed by a lawyer associated […]
‘Not the Qazi Faez Isa I was expecting,’ says PTI’s Gohar after SC upholds decision stripping party of ‘bat’ – Pakistan
PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Friday expressed disappointment at the Supreme Court’s decision on the party’s iconic electoral symbol ‘bat’ and called it a “big punishment”. After marathon hearings last week, a three-member apex court bench — headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa — upheld the Election Commission of […]