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  • UN working group says Imran Khan ‘illegally’ detained; must be released immediately

    UN working group says Imran Khan ‘illegally’ detained; must be released immediately

    United Nations Rights Working Group published an opinion on Monday in favour of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan remarking that his detention is arbitrary and in violation of international law.

    The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated, “Appropriate remedy would be to release Mr Khan immediately and accord him an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, in accordance with international law.”

    It also said that the legal proceedings against Khan were part of a much larger “campaign of repression” against him and PTI.

    It also stated that in the lead-up to the 2024 general elections, Khan’s party members were arrested and tortured, and their rallies were disrupted.

    The UN group further alleged that “Widespread fraud on election day, stealing dozens of parliamentary seats,” took place.

  • Imran Khan will be released in six months, predicts Nabil Gabol

    Imran Khan will be released in six months, predicts Nabil Gabol

    Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Nabil Gabol has predicted that incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan will be released from jail, but it will take six months or more.

    Nabil Gabol said during an interview with ARY News that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder will come out of jail after entering into a deal.

    “He will soon understand,” he added.

    “His problem is, no one believes him or his guarantee,” the MNA from Lyari said. “Only one person is responsible for the uncertain situation, who is in Adiala jail,” Gabol stated.

    Responding to a question about the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, the PPP leader said, “We are pushing the PML-N government to keep it running. Whenever we stop pushing, the government will stop running”.

  • Did a leading religious scholar try to repair relations between Khan and the military?

    Did a leading religious scholar try to repair relations between Khan and the military?

    Journalist Ansar Abbasi has revealed that one of the country’s leading religious scholars tried to repair fraught relations between the military establishment and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) head Imran Khan but failed in his task.

    The unsuccessful attempt to initiate the dialogue was made before the February 8 general elections in the country. Abbasi did not reveal who the scholar is.

    According to Abbasi, Khan has hit out hard at the military, its current and former army chief, since he was ousted from government in April 2022. This has hurt the credibility of Chairman PTI, who is now facing immense challenges.

    Ansar Abbasi stated that Khan has adopted an interesting two-pronged policy of criticizing the military leadership while pressuring them to pave his way to the Prime Minister’s office.

    He also revealed that Khan and other party leaders desperately tried to negotiate with the military with the help of former President Dr Arif Alvi during his tenure but received no response.

  • PTI hits out at Khawaja Asif for Afghanistan remarks

    PTI hits out at Khawaja Asif for Afghanistan remarks

    The leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has strongly criticised recent remarks by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif about launching anti-terror cross-border attacks inside Afghanistan, saying, “We don’t allow any interference in our country, so we shouldn’t interfere in any other country.”

    In a recent interview, Khawaja Asif ruled out the possibility of “negotiations” with the banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a policy undertaken by the PTI government previously.

    PTI leaders opined that such inflammatory statements can not only endanger “brotherly relations with Afghanistan” but regional peace as well.

    “Our ties with India are based on rivalry, and now we are trying to treat Afghanistan similarly. We cannot afford further escalation of the conflict and disorder,” remarked the former NA speaker Asad Qaiser outside the Assembly

    Leader of the Opposition in the NA, Omar Ayub, questioned the defence minister, “India is leading many terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. Why didn’t the defence minister remark about launching attacks inside India?”

    The PTI leaders emphasised that Pakistan shouldn’t be dragged into “someone else’s war.”

  • Muhammad Zubair wants to join PTI, says Rauf Hassan

    Muhammad Zubair wants to join PTI, says Rauf Hassan

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Rauf Hassan has said that former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and ex-Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair is interested in joining PTI, ARY News reported on Thursday.

    Rauf claimed that former president Arif Alvi had sent a message that Muhammad Zubair wanted to join the party.

    “If Muhammad Zubair is interested in joining PTI, Imran Khan will take the final decision,” saidRauf Hassan. However, he also stated that PTI will not accept those who left the party in difficult times.

    Rauf Hassan also confirmed that there is no possibility of a forward bloc in the party.

    “The PTI is a big party, and there might be groups of people,” Rauf Hassan added.

  • Imran Khan alleges intelligence agency officials interfere in prison affairs

    Imran Khan alleges intelligence agency officials interfere in prison affairs

    Founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Thursday filed a petition in Islamabad High Court (IHC), emphasizing the crucial need for the court’s intervention in the matter of intelligence officials interfering in prison affairs.

    In the petition filed through his counsel Shoaib Shaheen, Khan made the startling revelation that the prison is effectively under the control of two intelligence officials.

    He also stated that despite IHC’s orders, the superintendent of Adiala Jail didn’t allow him to meet with party members.

    “This whole process has been dealt with by the colonel and major of ISI who create interference and indulgence in the civil administration due to having a mala fide intention against the petitioner and due to their interference the petitioner is unable to consult with party leadership and his fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution are not protected,” said Khan in his petition.

    He also said that Nawaz Sharif, when he was imprisoned, was allowed to meet with more than 15 people a day without any interruptions.

  • Marwat wants Shibli to retire, leave the party

    Marwat wants Shibli to retire, leave the party

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat has demanded Senator Shibli Faraz’s resignation, claiming it is the only way to liberate PTI from the “Qabza Mafia.”    

    Sher Afzal Marwat wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter): “If Shibli will resign, I promise, the party will rise as per the need of the hour”.

    Marwat’s demand came after PTI leader Omar Ayub resigned as the party’s Secretary General on Thursday.

    Marwat had refused to work with Shibli Faraz and Omar Ayub, alleging that they don’t allow him to meet incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

    The maverick PTI lawmaker is angry for multiple reasons, as the party revoked his nomination last month for the position of National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman.

    PTI also removed Marwat from the party’s core and political committees for violating the party’s code of conduct.

  • Zartaj Gul shuts down Ayaz Sadiq’s misogynistic remarks

    Zartaj Gul shuts down Ayaz Sadiq’s misogynistic remarks

    In an unusual development in the National Assembly today, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Zartaj Gul requested the Speaker of House Ayaz Sadiq to “look into my eyes” when she addressed the floor with the speaker replying, “I don’t look into women’s eyes.”

    The PTI leader stated, “This is a request, sir, that if you don’t make eye contact with me, I cannot conduct my speech. I am a leader who won this seat through 150,000 votes from the people.”

    The speaker of the National Assembly replied, “I will listen to you but will not make eye contact with women.”

    The female PTI leader clapped back, “If you ignore the 52 percent female population and don’t make eye contact with them, then only selected leaders will get to this House.”

  • Chaudhry restore family relations, agree to keep political paths separate

    Chaudhry restore family relations, agree to keep political paths separate

    Former Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi met his cousin and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain in a bid to improve family relations, putting aside the decision to choose a different political path.

    During the meeting between the two, both confirmed that family relations between the cousins have been reestablished.

    “Reconciliation was achieved between the Chaudhry brothers and family relations have been restored,” sources confirmed.

    The politicians who were also present at the meeting between the Chaudhry brothers disclosed that both cousins agreed to keep their political paths separate, adding that Chaudhry Shujaat invited Parvez Elahi to rejoin PML-Q.

  • ‘We must show our sovereignty’: Ishaq Dar on US legislators’ resolution into election rigging

    ‘We must show our sovereignty’: Ishaq Dar on US legislators’ resolution into election rigging

    On Thursday, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar stated that Pakistan should respond tit-for-tat to the recent US House of Representative resolution demanding a probe into the February 8 elections.

    “In response to them, we will also bring about a resolution. We must show our sovereignty, we must show our unity, we must show that we mean business. This [resolution] makes no sense,” exclaimed the senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader addressing the floor of the National Assembly today.

    Earlier this week, the US House of Representatives, in an overwhelming majority, voted to demand an investigation into the rigging allegations of Pakistan’s general elections this year.

    The move triggered a strong response from Islamabad, with the Foreign Office saying it “stems from an incomplete understanding of the political situation and electoral process in Pakistan”.