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  • PTI’s Sanam Javed moved to KP House on Gandapur’s orders

    PTI’s Sanam Javed moved to KP House on Gandapur’s orders

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) loyalist Sanam Javed who was arrest last year in cases related to May 9 riots, has been shifted to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House in Islamabad on KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s orders, the CM’s spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.

    Javed was recently released from prison but was soon arrested by Islamabad Police in yet another case again. Morever, a new case has been lodged against in Balochistan.

    Yar Muhammad Khan Niazi, the focal person to CM KP, stated, “KP CM was in touch with Javaid’s father and husband,” adding that the PTI activist along with her family would remain at the KP House in the federal capital.

    His remarks came after Sanam got relief in her months-long legal problems after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered her release and stopped the police from arresting her.

  • 8 soldies martyred in Bannu Cantonment attack; 10 terrorists eliminated

    8 soldies martyred in Bannu Cantonment attack; 10 terrorists eliminated

    Pakistan military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) released a statement today about a foiled terroist attack at Bannu Cantonment in which at least eight Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom.

    The ISPR said that the terrorists attacked the Bannu Cantonment in the early hours of July 15, but their attempt to enter the facility was effectively thwarted by the security forces personnel.

    Following their failure to enter the premises, the militants rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the perimeter wall of the cantonment, said the ISPR.

    Ten militants were killed in the attack while the attack was carried out by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operating from Afghanistan, according to military’s media wing.

  • Teenaged girl raped in Lahore hospital

    Teenaged girl raped in Lahore hospital

    An 18-year-old girl was raped in Gulab Devi Hospital in Lahore, leading to the arrest of one suspect.

    The girl, a resident of Nankana Sahib, was undergoing treatment at the hospital.

    The police arrested the accused and registered a case.

    According to the police, the incident occurred on July 13. The suspect is a student of a laboratory technician.

    The police claims that another accomplice of the accused will also be arrested.

  • Shehbaz-led government finds little support from allies

    Shehbaz-led government finds little support from allies

    As the federal government announced yesterday to ban the main opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the ruling government’s key ally, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), distanced itself from the unexpected and controversial decision.

    PPP’s Information Secretary Shazia Atta Marri has clarified the party’s position by saying that PPP wasn’t consulted on the decision to ban PTI. Her remarks came after the Shehbaz Sharif-led government decided to ban the PTI and start high treason references against their leaders, including Imran Khan.

    Elaborating on the PPP’s stance, Marri said the party would discuss the government’s decision to ban the PTI.

    Meanwhile, Sindh Planning & Development and Energy Minister Nasir Hussain Shah said that the PPP “is not in favour of banning any political party”.

    PPP’s Senator Sherry Rehman also confirmed Marri and Shah’s remarks about not being consulted and noted that the party had no idea that such a move by the Centre would be taken and that the party

  • Govt to ban PTI, initiate treason references against Khan & Alvi

    Govt to ban PTI, initiate treason references against Khan & Alvi

    The federal government of Pakistan has decided to go all in against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its leadership as the Federal Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar announced on Monday that the Shehbaz Sharif administration plans to ban the PTI as well as file treason cases against Imran Khan and former President Arif Alvi.

    “PTI and Pakistan cannot co-exist,” Tarar told a press conference in Islamabad, saying that the federal government will move the apex court to file a petition to ban the party.

    Tarar stated that the decision to take these actions was taken in view of PTI’s alleged involvement in the May 9 riots and its leaders’ attempts to sabotage IMF’s bailout package deal with Pakistan.

    Meanwhile, Shah Mahmood Qureshi was indicted in cases related to May 9 events today.

  • PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan says party members being forced to deflect

    PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan says party members being forced to deflect

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Gohar Ali Khan has stated that his party members are being forced to switch their loyalties.

    While talking to media, Gohar strongly condemned the “abduction” of PTI leaders and their family members, including MNA Sahibzada Ameer Sultan, PTI media wing member Rizwan Malik, Mian Fayyaz Ahmad Chajra’s son Mian Tajamal Hussain and brother Mian Imtiaz Hussain and other social media activists.

    He called for the Supreme Court to take notice of this urgent matter and also ensure the implementation of its recent verdict of reserved seats’ case.

    The PTI Chairman slammed the government for re-arresting party activist Sanam Javed on Sunday after her release while demanding Khan’s and Bushra Bibi’s immediate release as well.

    He claimed that Bushra Bibi was arrested again in the Toshakhana case only to “break” former PM Imran Khan, as his wife had nothing to do with the case.

  • ‘Only parliament can alter constitution, not SC’; Sanaullah on reserved seats ruling

    ‘Only parliament can alter constitution, not SC’; Sanaullah on reserved seats ruling

    The Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political & Public Affairs, Rana Sanaullah, commented on the recent Supreme Court verdict on the reserved seats case, saying, “The judiciary cannot alter the constitution, but parliament can.”

    In a significant legal victory for the Imran Khan-founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the “party is eligible for the allocation of reserved seats”.

    Sanaullah criticised the top court’s verdict, saying that it “violated Article 51” and relevant clauses that clearly bound independent candidates to join political parties within three days after elections.

    He also disapproved of the ruling granting an additional two weeks to process the independent candidates’ affiliations to their desired political parties.

    The senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader also stated that the verdict would be “opening the front gate for horse-trading.”

  • Is Khan ever coming out? Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi arrested in NEW Toshakhana case

    Is Khan ever coming out? Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi arrested in NEW Toshakhana case

    There seems to be no respite for the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, as they have been arrested in a new  National Accountability Bureau (NAB) reference related to Toshakhana gifts, on the same day they were acquitted in the Iddat case by an Islamabad court.

    A team of NAB headed by Deputy Director Mohsin Haroon ‘arrested’ them both in Adiala jail, where they are already serving their term. Geo News has reported that this new case is related to the alleged ‘misuse of power for acquiring Toshakhana gifts’.

    Previously, Khan’s sentences in the previous Toshakhana cases were suspended, and the Islamabad High Court (IHC) also acquitted him in the cipher case.

    However, in a separate incident, an Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore dismissed Khan’s pre-arrest bail petitions this week in three cases related to the May 9 events.

  • ‘If Khan,Bushra Bibi are not wanted in other case, they are free’: Judge Afzal Manoka

    ‘If Khan,Bushra Bibi are not wanted in other case, they are free’: Judge Afzal Manoka

    An Islamabad district and sessions court accepted appeals filed by former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, against their conviction in the Iddat case, clearing them of the last known legal cases against them.

    Khan and his spouse were sentenced to seven years in prison and awarded a fine of Rs500,000 each, in February earlier this year after a trial court found their nikah to be fraudulent.

    The couple challenged their conviction and moved the IHC, seeking varying relief from the court.

    The recent verdict, a significant milestone for the founder of PTI, holds immense importance. Imran Khan has been incarcerated since August last year in the Toshakhana case, and this decision could potentially change his circumstances.

    While Khan got relief in significant cases like Toshakhana and cipher cases earlier this month, he remained behind bars in the Iddat case.

  • After major relief by SC, trouble for Khan in May 9 case

    After major relief by SC, trouble for Khan in May 9 case

    A day before the Supreme Court granted major relief to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the reserved seats case, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) affirmed the allegations of Imran Khan’s involvement in the May 9 conspiracy against the state in its verdict.

    Senior journalist Ansar Abbasi has stated that while Friday’s SC verdict was a major political victory for PTI and Khan, the verdict by ATC Lahore is a major setback for them.

    Lahore’s anti-terrorism court has become the first judicial forum to uphold that Imran Khan and senior PTI leaders hatched an anti-state conspiracy on May 9.

    Justice Khalid Arshad of the ATC Lahore upheld the prosecution’s view that Khan, in collusion with PTI’s top leadership, was involved in a conspiracy and war against the state on May 9 of last year.

    The court also rejected Khan’s bail application while pointing out that the court was not convinced by founder PTI’s allegation that he was being targeted with politically motivated case.