PTI crackdown

  • PTI forms 7-member teams for talks; Dar says negotiations possible if Imran admits mistakes

  • Interior minister says 33 suspects handed over to military for trial; Imran appeals for immediate talks with institutions

  • Process to try May 9 rioters under army, anti-terrorism laws begins; PTI leaders begin to quit party

  • Govt vows action against ‘PTI arsonists’; NSC okays trying rioters under army laws

  • Imran released after SC declares arrest illegal, IHC gives blanket relief

  • Imran arrested; riots break out; internet, social media access curtailed; ISPR terms May 9 ‘black chapter’

PTI crackdown
12:02 AM

PTI’s Ali Awan says politics sans Imran is ‘meaningless’

10:40 PM

‘Current scheme will ensure no party is in position to secure simple majority,’ says lawyer Jibran Nasir

10:28 PM

Reports say ban placed on telecast of Imran’s name, photo: Babar Awan

9:37 PM

LHC seeks replies from Punjab IG, others on plea seeking Khadija Shah’s release

9:20 PM

PTI’s Farrukh Habib asserts ‘no politics without Imran Khan’

9:15 PM

Ex-PTI members among 25 new inductees in PPP

8:59 PM

No room for or future of any ‘king’s party’: Babar Awan

8:13 PM

Imran Khan to make ‘final decision’ regarding ‘any solution or advice by a friend’, says Hammad Azhar

7:58 PM

29 out of 46 women arrested for May 9 violence released: Punjab govt

7:32 PM

Imran reaches Zaman Park residence after attending court hearings in Islamabad

Jun 01, 2023 12:02am

PTI’s Ali Awan says politics sans Imran is ‘meaningless’

May 31, 2023 10:40pm

‘Current scheme will ensure no party is in position to secure simple majority,’ says lawyer Jibran Nasir

Lawyer and social activist Jibran Nasir has said that the current scheme of a new “king’s party” will ensure that no single political party is in a position to secure a simple majority in future polls.

“A hung parliament ensures over reliance on the military’s power for political manoeuvering,” he tweeted.

May 31, 2023 11:09pm

Reports say ban placed on telecast of Imran’s name, photo: Babar Awan

PTI leader Babar Awan has claimed there are reports of a ban on the telecast of party chief Imran Khan’s name and picture.

There has not been any official confirmation by the government and relevant authorities yet about the imposition of any such restriction.

May 31, 2023 09:37pm

LHC seeks replies from Punjab IG, others on plea seeking Khadija Shah’s release

The Lahore High Court has issued notices to Punjab Inspector General Dr Usman Anwar and others, seeking their replies on a plea seeking the release of fashion designer Khadija Shah, who has been arrested in a case of attack on Jinnah House on May 9.

The plea, filed by Shah husband and father, states that she was sent to jail for identification parade and has not been presented in court since.

It further says that since Shah was not presented in court on the fixed date, her detention has become “unlawful”.

May 31, 2023 09:20pm

PTI’s Farrukh Habib asserts ‘no politics without Imran Khan’

May 31, 2023 09:15pm

Ex-PTI members among 25 new inductees in PPP

Former PTI members were among 25 new inductees in the PPP, according to a list released by the party’s south Punjab chapter.

The new members joined the party in Lahore today in the presence of party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari.

Confirming the released list while talking to the media in Lahore, PPP Senator Yousuf Raza Gilani said the members were from the PTI and other parties.

May 31, 2023 08:59pm

No room for or future of any ‘king’s party’: Babar Awan

PTI leader Babar Awan has said there is no room or future for any “king’s party” in the country’s politics.

“Minus Imran [Khan] means minus the people,” Awan said, adding that the nation would not allow the PTI chief to be subtracted from politics and vice versa.

May 31, 2023 08:13pm

Imran Khan to make ‘final decision’ regarding ‘any solution or advice by a friend’, says Hammad Azhar

PTI leader Hammad Azhar has said only party chief Imran Khan will make the final decision regarding any “solution or advice by a friend”.

“I am a worker of Chairman Imran Khan and an office-bearer of the PTI. If any friend wants to suggest any solution or give advice, only Imran Khan will make the final decision,” he said in a tweet.

The statement comes after former PTI leaders Fawad Chaudhry, Imran Ismail and Mahmood Baqi Moulvi said they had contacted and held talks with the former and present leadership of the party, including Azhar.

The former leaders also said they aimed to find a solution to current crises in the country.

May 31, 2023 07:58pm

29 out of 46 women arrested for May 9 violence released: Punjab govt

The Punjab government has said that 29 out of 46 women, arrested for violence on May 9, have been released on bail and 17 female prisoners are still behind bars for identity parades.

In a tweet, it said: “According to the law, before the identity parade, these women cannot be allowed to meet their families.”

It asserted that the law was equal for all, promising that while no injustice will taken place, the perpetrators won’t get an concessions too. “A so-called political party is exaggerating the number of women for point scoring,” it added.

May 31, 2023 07:32pm

Imran reaches Zaman Park residence after attending court hearings in Islamabad