Imran Khan
PTI activists set fire to trees, vehicles in Islamabad
Islamabad IGP has called a police force deployed at the entry points of the city to the red zone area, Samaa TV reported. The Rangers have been deployed in the red zone while backup has also been called in. A considerable number of PTI activists have reached Islamabad's D-Chowk in front of the Parliament. Police used tear gas to disperse them but in vain.
Imran Khan vows not to vacate Islamabad's D-Chowk until final date for new elections
Imran Khan made those remarks during a brief stopover in Hasan Abdal � which is approximately 50kms away from the capital � as his supporters reached D-Chowk ahead of him despite obstacles on their way, Dawn reported. He said the police would also come to understand his mission � which he called "jihad" � when his caravan would reach its final destination, it reported.
People can't be left at mercy of miscreants: Nawaz on Imran's long march
"The people cannot be left at the mercy of a group of miscreants who have already brought unimaginable poverty, inflation, and unemployment on them," Sharif said in a tweet after attending a PML-N meet virtually. The meet, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, was held in Lahore with Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah also in attendance, Geo News reported.
Raids at residences of key PTI figures ahead of Islamabad march
The government action, which came after a high-powered party meeting at Model Town, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and attended by his elder brother Nawaz via video link, also resolved that the government would not be dictated by ousted premier Imran Khan's demand for early elections, Dawn news reported.
Imran wants to start a civil war, says Shehbaz
"Imran Niazi wants to initiate a civil war in the country. But he is mistaken. The nation will never forgive him (for the sin) and will hold him by the collar," Dawn news quoted Prime Minister Sharif as saying in reply to a question about the long march on Islamabad the opposition PTI is planning to take out on Wednesday.
Imran Khan says long march to Islamabad from May 25
"Today we held our core committee meeting and made (important) decisions," Imran Khan, flanked by the who's who of PTI leadership, said at a press conference in Peshawar. "The biggest (question) was when to begin the long march, and we have decided. "I want to give a little background of how we reached here. There was a foreign conspiracy against Pakistan from the US. In this regime change, they used locals � the most corrupt people, who were ready to become part of any conspiracy to save their corruption.
Imran again praises India for buying discounted oil from Russia
In a second tweet, Khan claimed that for his government, "Pakistan's interest was supreme but unfortunately the local Mir Jafars & Mir Sadiqs bowed to external pressure, forcing a regime change and are now running around like a headless chicken with the economy in a tailspin".
Imran under fire for 'sexist comments' against Maryam Nawaz
During his jalsa, Khan, referring to Maryam's Sargodha rally on May 19 in which she continually berated him, said: "Someone had sent me the speech delivered by Maryam Nawaz in Sargodha yesterday," Geo News reported. "In that speech, she uttered my name with such passion that I would like to tell her: Maryam, please be careful, your husband may get upset because you were constantly repeating my name."
Bilawal Bhutto defends Imran Khan's Russia visit
During a press conference in New York, the foreign minister was asked about the incumbent government's policy on the "wave of disappointment in the US and Europe for not condemning Russian invasion in Ukraine". "I absolutely would defend the former prime minister of Pakistan," he replied, adding that Pakistan's Prime Minister had conducted the trip as part of his foreign policy "without knowing the conflict would start".
Bilawal accuses previous Imran Khan govt of not fighting terrorism
"Unfortunately, despite having this plan being on consensus, it hasn't been owned and implemented in the way it should have been by the previous government," he said at a news conference here on Thursday. The government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, he asserted, will fight terrorism.
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