Nothing ‘illegal or wrong’ on August 30, 2022PTI Secretary General Asad Umar Monday said former finance minister Shaukat Tarin fully understood economy and gave a sensible advice to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s finance ministers. “He told both the finance ministers to tell the federal government that they should go back to the IMF and inform them that we [our provinces] have […]
Gill neither tortured nor molested: Sana on August 22, 2022Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah Sunday rejected allegations that PTI leader Shahbaz Gill was tortured or sexually abused in police custody and made it clear that the coalition government did not believe in it. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he said PTI Chairman Imran Khan had started propaganda that police tortured Gill during the […]
YouTube outage amid Imran Khan’s speech on August 22, 2022Different parts of the country experienced YouTube shutdown Sunday evening. The online video-sharing website became inaccessible in different parts of Pakistan right when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was addressing a public rally in Islamabad. Notably, the electronic media watchdog in the wee hours of Sunday banned live telecast of Imran Khan’s speeches on […]
Arrest warrants for 12 PML-N leaders on August 20, 2022A judicial magistrate Friday issued arrest warrants for a dozen PML-N leaders, including prime minister’s special assistant Ata Tarar, in relation to a ruckus created in the Punjab Assembly. A case was registered against the PML-N leaders over the ruckus which took place in April during the chief minister’s election. During the hearing, Qila Gujjar […]
Polls to be on time, Nawaz to lead campaign: Sana on August 18, 2022Former prime minister and PML-N Quaid Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will lead the election campaign of the party in the next general elections, said Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan. “The difficult time has passed. Pakistan is now moving towards economic and political stability,” the minister said while addressing a reception ceremony of overseas Pakistanis in Jeddah. […]
Court sends Shahbaz Gill on judicial remand on August 13, 2022A court in Islamabad Friday rejected the police request to extend the physical remand of senior PTI leader Shahbaz Gill in the sedition case. Gill was earlier presented in court after the completion of his two-day remand. The court, however, granted his judicial remand while announcing the verdict it had reserved earlier during the early […]
Guilty on non-existent laws on August 5, 2022PTI Chairman Imran Khan Thursday explained the meaning of foreign funding, stating that according to the verdict of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), donations collected from overseas Pakistanis were considered foreign funding. Addressing his party workers present at the F9 Park through a live video link, Imran said that no law prohibits political parties […]
No worries as petrol, diesel stocks at record level: govt on July 22, 2022Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir Thursday said the coalition government’s commitment to stabilize economy and prevent the effects of an international energy crisis from manifesting in the country was clear as petroleum product reserves were at a ‘record level’. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik, he drew a comparison […]
PTI’s Zain trounces PML-N candidate in PP-217 on July 18, 2022PTI’s Zain Qureshi, the son of PTI leader and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Sunday won Multan’s PP-217 constituency bagging 46,963 votes as per unofficial results. According to unofficial results from all 124 polling stations, Zain’s opponent Muhammad Salman Naeem of PML-N stood second with 40,104 votes. Talking to a news channel, Zain Qureshi […]
Tense calm in Karachi as ethnic tensions flare up on July 16, 2022A tense calm reigned parts of Karachi on Friday after some ethnic groups gave a call for strikes to protest the killing of a 35-year-old man in Hyderabad and a violent demonstration in Sohrab Goth following the incident. On Tuesday, Bilal Kaka was killed and five of his companions were injured in a scuffle at […]