113 additional PTI employees who were detained were sent over to the Islamabad police from Rawalpindi. The Islamabad Police’s plea for the defendants’ extradition was granted by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi. On a transit remand of one day, the suspects were turned over to the Islamabad Police. Following theRead More →
Thousands of demonstrators marched in Istanbul late Friday in support of the city’s jailed mayor, despite Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s warning that “street terror” will be severely suppressed. Demonstrations in support of Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main political opponent, who was imprisoned on Wednesday, just days before he is anticipatedRead More →
ISLAMABAD (Politico.pk) Aleema Khan, the sister of PTI founder Imran Khan, failed to appear before the JIT on Friday, which is investigating anti-state propaganda on social media. However, Aleema Khan’s legal representatives came before the JIT. JIT has once again summoned Aleema Khan to appear before it on March 26.Read More →
SEOUL (Reuters) – Sergei Shoigu, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top security advisor, discussed Ukraine with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday, according to the TASS news agency, during his latest visit as the nations’ security ties improve. According to TASS, Shoigu said that one of the themes discussedRead More →
LAHORE (Politico.pk) – The Punjab government on Friday denied the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) request to hold a demonstration at Minar-e-Pakistan on March 22. Justice Farooq Haider of the Lahore High Court denied the PTI’s appeal for permission to organize a protest. The deputy commissioner of Lahore issued a notification denyingRead More →
ISLAMABAD (Politico.PK) – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has claimed that a national conversation cannot take place without the release of PTI leader Imran Khan. Speaking after an Iftar gathering, he stated, “Our province today has a surplus of Rs159 billion, whereas Punjab has a deficit of Rs148Read More →
ISLAMABAD (ANews): Opposition alliance parties, including Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM), Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), and Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), have declared their intention to abstain from today’s (Tuesday) Parliamentary National Security Committee meeting. Allama Nasir Abbas (MWM), Sardar Akhtar Mengal (BNP-M), Sahibzada Hamid Raza (SIC), andRead More →
ISLAMABAD (A. News): Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi, the founders of the PTI, made the decision to ask the Islamabad High Court to have their sentencing in the £190 million corruption case suspended. Party insiders claim that the petition for the sentence’s suspension was drafted by PTI’s legal staff. AccordingRead More →
According to the interior minister, at least 107,000 people gathered in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, on Saturday to protest what they call government corruption. The demonstration, which began about lunchtime, has not resulted in any serious incidents, according to the ministry statement, which reiterates the government’s call for calm.Read More →
Anger was mounting in the Democratic Party on Saturday as the party’s top US senator led a group of members in hesitant backing of a Republican bill that avoided a government shutdown. Congressional ratification of the contentious budget package was viewed as a loss for Democratic backbenchers, as well asRead More →