ISLAMABAD: A purportedly leaked audio of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram has gone viral, in which he is heard criticising the handling of a sit-in by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, The News reported on Saturday. Read More: Leaked audio involving Aleema, Raoof lays bare differences within PTI CM Afridi staged an […]
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Waqas Akram’s National assembly seat under threat
PTI Member of National Assembly (MNA) Sheikh Waqas Akram may lose his seat due to prolonged absence from the National Assembly. During Monday’s session, PML-N lawmaker Nosheen Iftikhar moved a motion against him. She claimed Waqas had been absent for 40 consecutive days. The motion cited Article 64 of the Constitution, which allows disqualification in […]
Khan held in ‘death cell’, judiciary must intervene, says PTI
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has strongly condemned the alleged treatment of its founder, Imran Khan, in jail. The party claims he is being kept in a “death cell” under harsh solitary confinement. According to PTI’s Central Secretary for Information, Sheikh Waqas Akram, Khan spends 22 hours a day alone. He is denied access to newspapers, books, […]
“Dissolve it now”: PTI demands end to FATA committee
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has strongly rejected the federal government’s recently formed committee for FATA under the convenership of PML-N leader Amir Muqam. PTI leaders demanded the committee be immediately dissolved, calling it an unconstitutional intrusion into provincial affairs. Speaking at a press conference, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, along with leaders Shah Farman, Sheikh […]
PTI alleges rigging and police-backed violence in PP-52 by-election
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has accused Punjab police of supporting violence and voter suppression during the by-election in PP-52 Sialkot. PTI’s Central Information Secretary, Sheikh Waqas Akram, strongly condemned the conduct of the election, claiming it was marred by blatant interference and intimidation. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, Sheikh Waqas said that despite heavy […]