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  • PTI’s Hasan Raoof sent on 14-day judicial remand

    PTI’s Hasan Raoof sent on 14-day judicial remand

    A District & Sessions Court in Islamabad has sent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secretary information Raoof Hasan on a 14-day judicial remand in the anti-state propaganda case.

    The court also rejected the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) request for an extended five-day physical remand.

    Last week, Raoof and 11 other PTI members were arrested for handling the party’s media cell, allegedly responsible for spreading malicious propaganda against the state.

    In today’s court hearing, the FIA prosecutor stated, “We need a further five-day remand to investigate a technical report,” which showed that all PTI’s digital media cell members were in contact with one another.

    Meanwhile, Hasan’s legal counsel argued that his health was deteriorating because he’d been in physical remand for seven days.

  • Unlike Fawad Chaudhry, I will not beg to be taken back into PTI: Sher Afzal Marwat

    Unlike Fawad Chaudhry, I will not beg to be taken back into PTI: Sher Afzal Marwat

    Disgruntled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat, whose party membership has been suspended, recently talking with Azad Urdu channel about his status in the party. He stated, “If PTI kicks me out, then I won’t beg them like Fawad Chaudhry to take me back.”

    “I am with Khan and for his cause. After May 9, whatever jalsas and conventions I did, it was for the right cause, I have never benefitted personally from PTI,” stated Marwat.

    Marwat recalled that he came to the forefront only with his own consent for the people’s “haqeeqi azadi” and Khan’s mission.

    He stated, “When misunderstandings increased to such an extent that my party membership was suspended, and they decide to kick me out of the party, I will leave.”

    Marwat said he still wants to work with party founder Imran Khan; however, he won’t beg to be taken back.

  • Government hunting down TLP leaders as more than 1500 members booked across province

    Government hunting down TLP leaders as more than 1500 members booked across province

    The government is determined to apprehend members of the right-wing religious party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), with police arresting at least two people while booking 1500 for inciting violence against the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa.

    Yesterday, TLP Vice Emir Pir Zaheerul Hasan Shah was arrested after a case was filed against him for an inflammatory speech targeting the CJP outside the Lahore Press Club during a protest against the SC verdict in the Mubarak Sani case.

    In February 2024, in the Mubarak Sani case, the Supreme Court ruled that Ahmadis, while declared non-Muslims, retain the right to profess their religion.

    Meanwhile, another TLP leader, Saqib Ibrahim, had targeted CJP in what the Okara police called an “illegal public meeting.” Another accused, Tauqeer Nasir, was also present in Okara when Ibrahim made the offending remarks – both were arrested on Monday.

    1500 TLP members have been booked in Lahore’s Qila Gujjar police station under various sections of Pakistan Penal Code, including the anti-terror law.

    Multiple cases have been filed against 90 TLP members in Okara for indulging in hate speech against the top judge.

    Likewise, hundreds of TLP members in Faisalabad and Sheikhupura have also been booked. Dawn News also reported that the Punjab police is on high alert to foil any violence as it continues to hunt down TLP leadership across the province.

  • TLP’s Pir Zaheerul Hasan Shah arrested for inciting violence against CJP Isa

    TLP’s Pir Zaheerul Hasan Shah arrested for inciting violence against CJP Isa

    Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Vice Emir Pir Zaheerul Hasan Shah was arrested on Monday for inciting violence against the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, Geo News reported.

    His arrest came after a case was filed against him for an inflammatory speech targeting the CJP outside the Lahore Press Club during a protest against the SC verdict in the Mubarak Sani case.

    In February 2024, in the Mubarak Sani case the Supreme Court ruled that Ahmadis, while declared non-Muslims, retain the right to profess and proliferate their religion.

    TLP, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S), Mili Yakjehti Council Pakistan (MYC) and Wafaqul Madaris-ul-Arabiya (WMA) voiced severe opposition to the court’s verdict in this case.

    Pir Zaheerul Hasan Shah had gone in hiding in Okara but he was arrested, while his FIR includes provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act amongst others.

    Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stated, “The state will not allow anyone to issue a fatwa calling for someone’s murder.”

    “There has been malicious propaganda about the chief justice and he has been targeted for a long time,” said the federal minister.

  • Lies? Shafqat Mahmood says the ‘US conspiracy’ against Khan was ‘politics, not true’

    Lies? Shafqat Mahmood says the ‘US conspiracy’ against Khan was ‘politics, not true’

    Former Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood recently appeared on senior journalist Mansoor Ali Khan’s podcast where Mahmood stated that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) narrative about US conspiracy in Khan’s ouster from power in 2022 was “not true at all.”

    Khan asked the PTI leader whether the US was behind PTI’s removal from government, to which Mahmood replied, “They didn’t do anything at all. In politics, you have to make a lot of narratives; not all of them are hundred per cent true.”

    Shocked at his reply, the journalist said, “Sir, this is a lie you told.” Shafqat Mahmood replied, “You can call it a lie or it’s just politics.”

    In 2022, the founder of PTI, Imran Khan, alleged that the US conspired against his government in the infamous “cipher”, which, according to Khan, was the evidence of the conspiracy.

  • More than a dozen people injured in firing in Balochistan

    More than a dozen people injured in firing in Balochistan

    More than a dozen protestors were injured on Sunday in violence in Mastung when a group headed to a planned protest in Gawadar came under fire.

    Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) had scheduled a protest in Gawadar against alleged human rights abuses in the province.

    The BYC has accused the security forces of opening fire at their supporters, while the administration emphasised that the participants attacked a Levies checkpoint near Mastung.

    “At least 14 people were injured in the firing,” said a BYC leader, Bebarg Baloch, alleging that law enforcement agencies opened fire at their supporters.

    Meanwhile, the area’s internet, mobile phones, and broadband services have been shut down.

    Amnesty International, a global human rights watchdog, said, “Amnesty is alarmed at the use of unlawful and unnecessary force against the participants of the Baloch National Gathering by security forces yesterday.”

  • The curious case of the abduction and return of Cola Next owner Zulfiqar Ahmed

    The curious case of the abduction and return of Cola Next owner Zulfiqar Ahmed

    Zulfiqar Ahmed, the owner of Paracha textiles, Meezan Oil and Cola Next, who was kidnapped from Karachi a few days ago, has returned home in Lahore under equally mysterious circumstances.

    Geo News reported that the business magnate has contacted his family and will be with them soon.

    Interestingly, there is no information about his abductors or the whereabouts of where he was during the past few days.

    On July 23, Ahmed was abducted from the Mauripur Road in Karachi as armed men took him and his friend, Qaiser, away in a double-cabin vehicle. His friend was let go shortly after.

    However, two of his company’s senior employees were also allegedly abducted in Lahore recently. They have not yet returned.

  • Assault incident against PML-N worker by a PTI worker turns out to be fake

    Assault incident against PML-N worker by a PTI worker turns out to be fake

    In a new twist to the story, the assault against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) worker by a Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker, Aneela Riaz, turned out to be fake as it allegedly pre-planned, Geo News reported.

    According to police sources, Tahir Anjum and Anila Riaz, aka Neeli Pari, had a telephone conversation before the incident, and she also went to Anjum’s house.

    Both have, to the police, confessed that the entire incident was pre-planned. Interestingly, she was present at Tahir Anjum’s house at the time of her arrest.

    Earlier, videos emerged on social media in which Neeli Pari was seen assaulting Anjum by stopping his car and even tearing his clothes outside the Punjab Assembly.

  • Ameer JI Naeem ur Rehman says its ‘suspicious’ that PTI candidates want re-elections

    Ameer JI Naeem ur Rehman says its ‘suspicious’ that PTI candidates want re-elections

    Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has hit out at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for demanding re-elections in the country, saying, “Form 45s are available, and if you avoid that and want a re-election then that means something is suspicious.”

    Naeem ur Rehman addressed a large gathering of JI supporters at the party’s sit-in in Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh.

    According to the Chief JI, most PTI candidates have a legitimate case on Form 45s, so asking for re-election would mean “they want a deal as well.”

    He also said, “There are those parties that complain about rigged elections, but in reality, they don’t have a problem with that; they’re complaining because they didn’t get the piece of the pie.”

    Naeem Ur Rehman said that those wanting re-election in the country are “in collusion with them” because it is very straightforward that a legal document (Form 45) is available; it should be utilised.

  • PTI submits list for reserved seats of women, minorities to ECP

    PTI submits list for reserved seats of women, minorities to ECP

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has submitted a list of candidates for reserved seats to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), including party loyalist Sanam Javaid, Aliya Hamza Malik, Yasmin Rashid and others, Geo News reported.

    PTI submitted its list to the ECP after the recent Supreme Court verdict regarding the reserved seats case, formally allowing the PTI to have reserved seats in assemblies.

    In its ruling, the top court ordered PTI to submit a list of their candidates for reserved seats of minorities and women within 15 days.

    PTI’s list includes 67 candidates for reserved seats for women and 11 for minorities.