Imran Khan
Imran Khan sees ill intentions behind bid to hold polls post-budget
The budget is traditionally presented within the first two weeks of June and the federal government has maintained that it would be too early to hold general elections the next month, stressing for holding polls later this year, Geo News reported. The federal government and the opposition party PTI are in negotiations.
Pakistan government, PTI begin table talks to end political unrest
On Thursday, the first round of formal talks between the two sides took place in which, designated delegations from both parties sat across the table at Parliament House in Islamabad. The decision to have table talks is being seen as a major breakthrough and first positive step from both sides to put an end to the persisting political chaos in the country, which is directly impacting the economically challenged position of the country.
Pakistan to go ahead with buying oil from Russia, no objection from US
Speaking at a conference in Washington D.C. by Wilson Center's South Asia Institute on the future of relations between Pakistan and the US, Khan said that Islamabad had placed its first order for Russian oil, which he said was done after positive consultation with the Washington.
Pakistan arch rivals PML-N, PTI agree for indirect talks
The impasse between the two warring parties was broken by Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq, who held meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PTI chief Imran Khan on April 15 and reported a "positive response" from both sides for holding talks on the issue of elections, Dawn news reported.
Imran's security chief arrested on 'money-laundering' charges
The Anti-Money Laundering Cell (AMLC) of the agency busted an internally active racket involved in the illegal business of money-laundering based out of Lahore and arrested two members of the gang, the FIA said, The News reported. According to the FIA officials, Ghumman was running a fake international money-laundering network along with Qaisar Mushtaq and Asim Hussain, the report said.
Imran's lust for power imperiled Pakistan's foreign policy: Shehbaz Sharif
The Pakistan premier took to Twitter to launch a tirade against the former Prime Minister, saying that "his hypocrisy knows no bounds", The Express Tribune reported. "From accusing the United States of toppling his government to now wooing the US to mend fences, Imran Niazi's hypocrisy knows no bounds," Sharif said.
PTI celebrates early Punjab polls decision by Pak SC
After the court's decision on Tuesday, PTI supporters sprung into a celebratory mood terming the decision as historic. The Imran Khan-led party maintained that the move has buried the "Doctrine of Necessity" for good.A three-judge bench of the court accepted the PTI's constitutional petition and rejected justifications issued by the election supervisory authority for its inability to hold the polls at the moment
General Bajwa put pressure on me to restore ties with India: Imran Khan
Bajwa wanted friendship with India and put pressure on him for this, Khan was quoted as saying by The News. Bajwa said something one day and retracted it the next day. His accountability should be initiated within the army, he said. Answering a question about the general elections, the PTI chairman said if the elections were not held in 90 days, there would be no Constitution left in the country and then he would take direct action.
Pakistan government struggles to counter Imran within limits of law
Currently, the incumbent government seems to be having great trouble asserting itself while remaining within the limits of the law and seems to be inching towards going to any length -- legal or illegal, democratic or undemocratic, principled or unprincipled -- to counter Khan and his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Imran Khan claims another assassination plot
"The IGs of Punjab and Islamabad have constituted two separate squads, who will join the PTI workers and open fire on the police... to provoke an armed retaliation and eventually reach (inside the house) and assassinate me, in a day or two," Dawn news quoted the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief as saying in a statement.
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