Pakistan‘s former PM Imran Khan on Tuesday slapped a Pakistani Rs 10 billion defamation notice on health minister Abdul Qadir Patel after the latter disclosed “traces of alcohol and cocaine were found in the former PM’s urine analysis”. The notice was served on account of the “dissemination of wrongful, malicious and defamatory information” against Imran,…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s interior minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said that Imran Khan will be tried in a military court as the former PM was the “architect” of the May 9 incidents in which military and state installations were attacked by his party workers following his arrest in a corruption case.Appearing on a Dawn News programme,…
ISLAMABAD: A joint investigation team (JIT), constituted by the caretaker government of Punjab province to investigate arson attacks on the Pakistan Corps Commander’s House and the Askari Corporate Tower in Lahore on May 9, has summoned former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran on Tuesday for questioning, Geo News reported citing well-placed sources.The JIT headed by Deputy…
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan has been summoned by Pakistan authorities to face questioning over the outbreak of violence that followed his brief detention earlier this month in which military buildings were attacked, as pressure mounts against the former premier amid a crackdown on his party and supporters.The probe focuses on an attack on the Lahore Corps…
Pakistan‘s former PM Imran Khan on Monday lashed out at the PML-N-led coalition government for trashing the rule of law and destroying the economy. “Completely abandoning the rule of law, this fascist government is committed to a one-point agenda of crushing PTI,” he said on Twitter. He said cash-strapped Pakistan’s economy is falling headlong into…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan finance minister Ishaq Dar has hinted that negotiations with former PM Imran Khan to end the political crisis were possible if he took “corrective measures” and apologised to the nation for the May 9 violence in which sensitive military installations were attacked.Dar made the assertion during a Geo News programme on Sunday, the…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan finance minister Ishaq Dar has hinted that negotiations with former prime minister Imran Khan to end the political crisis were possible if he took ‘corrective measures’ and apologised to the nation for the May 9 violence in which sensitive military installations were attacked.Dar made this assertion during a Geo News programme on Sunday,…
Twenty-seven-years after its founding, former PM Imran Khan‘s PTI is at the crossroads, facing a likely ban by the coalition government following the unprecedented attack on military installations by his supporters earlier this month. The ruling parties backed by the military are in favour of banning PTI for “promoting extremism and violence”. Amid the crackdown…
ISLAMABAD: The ruling parties in Pakistan have rejected troublesome former Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s offer for talks, stating that talks are held with politicians, not terrorists and that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief is now himself seeking a National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).The development came as the PTI chief Imran Khan constituted a seven-member negotiating team to…
ISLAMABAD: Four more leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have announced parting ways with Imran Khan‘s party over the incidents that took place on May 9.Former special assistant to prime minister Tariq Mehmood Al Hasan, former member of the provincial assembly (MPA) Malik Khurram Ali Khan and former member of the national assembly (MNA) Jamshed…
