Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

December 31, 2024 11:23 AM

Pakistan: ASWJ announces protests across 60 locations in Karachi amid MWM demonstrations

The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) has announced plans to stage protests at 60 different locations across Karachi, escalating tensions in the city following demonstrations by the Majlis-e-Wahdatul-Muslimeen (MWM). The announcement came as ASWJ issued an ultimatum to the government to address the MWM protests by Tuesday at 3 PM or face citywide sit-ins. ASWJ leaders, during a press conference, outlined their protest strategy, identifying prominent locations such as Liaquatabad, Nazimabad, Hydari ...

December 23, 2024 2:38 PM

Pakistan: Islamabad court postpones verdict against Imran Khan, his wife in Al-Qadir Trust case

An Islamabad accountability court has postponed its verdict in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust corruption case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi. The decision, which had been reserved on December 18 and scheduled for announcement today, was deferred due to the upcoming winter court vacations and ongoing judicial obligations, Dawn reported. Presiding over Monday’s hearing, Judge Nasir Javed Rana informed the court that the verdict would not be...

November 26, 2024 10:58 PM

Pakistan: Violent clashes erupt as PTI protestors seize Islamabad’s zero point

After violent clashes with security forces that left at least six people dead earlier in the day, thousands of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protestors have forced their way into Islamabad and seized Zero Point 'D-Chowk,' where they plan to stage an indefinite sit-in until their leader, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, is released from jail. Violence continues to erupt across the capital as security forces struggle to contain the unrest. Bushra Bibi, the wife of Imran Khan and the rally's dri...

July 22, 2024 3:56 PM

Pakistan police detains jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s aides, says his party

Pakistani police detained two close aides of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday in a raid on his party secretariat but later released one of them, the party and local media said. A police contingent cordoned off the secretariat in Islamabad and detained the party's acting chairman Gohar Khan and its secretary information Rauf Hasan, a party spokesman Zulfikar Bukhari told Reuters in a Whatsapp message. His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said later that the acting chairman ...