New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Pakistan has declared an all out war against the Afghan Taliban, thus putting a fragile Qatar mediated ceasefire under immense strain. Just hours after Afghanistan said that it had launched retaliatory strikes across the shared border, Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes on Kabul and Kandahar. Afghanistan had earlier launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan in retaliation to the Sunday strikes.Pakistan had claimed that it had killed 70 militants in the Sunday strik…
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Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders have written a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan, expressing serious concerns about alleged hindrances in providing legal and medical access to PTI founder and former Prime Minister of the country, Imran Khan. The leaders, in their letter to Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, urged him to intervene in the matter to ensure justice in this issue. They also requested Afridi to take notice of the matter and ensure Imran Khan is …
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Wednesday filed a petition in the country’s Supreme Court requesting the medical treatment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan at a hospital of his choice and permission for consulting his personal physicians, local media reported. PTI lawyer Sardar Latif Khosa filed the application in Supreme Court after PTI founder Imran Khan was taken to hospital for a follow-up treatment for his eye ailment on Tuesday, Pakistan’s leading da…
Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Pakistan’s history showcases that political imprisonment is a recurring instrument of power used by civilians and dictators and justified in the name of accountability or national security. The names of Pakistan’s leaders who have been imprisoned have changed, however, the pattern has remained same, a report has highlighted. “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves (Abraham Lincoln); this warning resonates uncomfortably in Pakistan’s political hi…
Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) raised objections to the government’s secrecy after its chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan was taken to Islamabad hospital for a follow-up eye treatment on Tuesday, local media reported. A doctor at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) revealed that PTI founder Imran Khan was brought to the hospital for a second dose of anti-VEGF intravitreal injection on February 24. The Pims doctor said, “Prior to the procedure, he wa…
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 23 (IANS) Islamabad’s handling of dissent in Pakistan occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) has showcased the structural contradictions in the governance model of the region. Despite forcibly having administrative control since 1948, Pakistan has not given full constitutional status to PoGB, resulting in federal government and military-related institutions to have decisive authority over resources and political institutions of PoGB while restricting meaningful local representation, a l…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Pakistan has long been accused of employing transnational repression to silence dissidents living abroad, with the frequency of such incidents rising since General Asim Munir assumed command of the army in November 2022, as per a media report.Several analysts and global watchers argue that Munir has personally steered this “dangerous” approach and openly warned individuals associated with former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to a report in Greek City Tim…
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IANS) Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s position “was at risk”, describing his recently announced ‘Release Imran Khan Force’ as “unconstitutional and illegal”, local media reported.”The KP chief minister announced the release force to save his job. Except for the federal government, no one has the right to create any force,” leading Pakistani media outlet Geo News quoted Asif as saying.The Defence Mi…
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…