Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) A complete pen-down strike was observed by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government in Pakistan on Wednesday with Chief Minister Sohail Afridi leading the protest against the federal policies. This marked the first time in the country’s history that a provincial chief executive had shut down administrative operations to protest federal policies, local media reported.The day-long strike, which resulted in halting of all non-emergency official work across the province…
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Islamabad, May 4 (IANS) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday rejected the petitions of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi requesting the suspension of their sentences in the £190 million corruption case. The court stated that their main appeals were already fixed for hearing, local media reported on Monday. Asserting that a two-member bench headed by Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar will hear the central appeals on May 7, the court termed the suspe…
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has condemned the detention of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, which has completed 1,000 days, terming it a blatant act of political victimisation, total denial of constitutional and legal justification and calling for his immediate release, according to a report. In a statement, PTI Central Information Secretary Waqas Akram said PTI founder Imran Khan is being subjected to political victimisation as the current government, af…
Geneva, May 2 (IANS) The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) expressed grave concerns over Pakistan’s mass deportation of Afghan refugees, including children, following the adoption of the 2023 Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan, citing the absence of individual assessment of protection needs and risks of refoulement. In its recent findings on Pakistan’s implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Committee rai…
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, is seeking suspension of the sentence in the Al-Qadir Trust case on medical grounds, according to local media reports. An application has been submitted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) regarding the same, reported the leading Pakistani newspaper, The Express Tribune, on Sunday.Bushra Bibi had eye surgery at a private hospital in Rawalpindi this week. As per the jail authorities, she was transferred…
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has once again raised concerns over the health condition of its founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi and senior party leader Ejaz Chaudhry, blaming neglect and restricted access to healthcare for their deteriorating medical condition. The PTI stated that prolonged detention and restrictions to access medical facilities have worsened the issues faced by its leaders, causing serious complications in each ca…
Islamabad, March 27 (IANS) Terming his father and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s detention “arbitrary”, Kasim Khan has raised serious concerns at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva over the Pakistani authorities’ treatment which he said breaches international human rights conventions. During the UNHRC session, Kasim Khan said that Imran Khan’s case was not an “isolated incident” but it was the “most visible example” of a much wider patt…
Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has voiced concern over the “inhumane treatment” his wife, Bushra Bibi, has been subjected to in prison. Kasim Khan, the jailed former Prime Minister’s son, took to his social media platform X, stating that he had spoken to his father on March 21, who asked him to convey a message. In the message, Imran accused Pakistan’s judiciary of compromising its integrity and targeting his wife. “The judg…
Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Members of the opposition held protest outside Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday, demanding that all cases against former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan should immediately be scheduled for hearing and that his family should be allowed to meet him in prison, local media reported. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has been kept in prison since August 2023. He is serving a 14-year sentence at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi in a £190 million corruption case …
Islamabad, Feb 18 (IANS) A district and sessions court in Pakistan has directed the prosecution to ensure the appearance of former Prime Minister Imran Khan at the next hearing, either in person or through a video link, while extending his pre-arrest bail in five cases, including one related to the alleged attempted murder of former minister Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha, local media reported on Wednesday.District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka barred the police from arresting the Pakistan T…