Tag: Imran Khan

  • Under Army Act, court hands over 16 suspects involved in attacking Corps Commander House

    Under Army Act, court hands over 16 suspects involved in attacking Corps Commander House

    An anti-terrorism court in Lahore has handed over 16 suspects involved in the attack on Corps Commander House in Lahore on May 9 to a commanding officer under the Army Act on Thursday.

    The accused include Amar Zohaib, Ali Iftikhar, Ali Raza, Muhammad Arsalan, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Raheem, Zia-ur-Rehman, Waqas Ali, Raees Ahmad, Faisal Irshad, Muhammad Bilal Hussain, Faheem Haider, Arzam Junaid, Mian Muhammad Akram Usman, Muhammad Hashir Khan, and Hassan Shakir.

    Of these 16, Mian Akram Usman is a former Member of the Provincial Assembly from Punjab.

    Earlier, the officer had sought the custody of the vandals presently confined in Camp Jail, Lahore.

    On May 9, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s loyalists came out on streets after Khan’s arrest and allegedly attacked military installations.

  • Did Imran Khan just admit that Nawaz was removed by establishment?

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has filed a petition in Supreme Court (SC) asking that an ‘undeclared martial law’ be termed unconstitutional.

    Imran Khan has nominated Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Azam Khan and others as parties in his petition.

    A passage in the petition has caught the attention of political commentators.

    “The respondents intend to create a wrong impression about the armed forces which is the main objective and target of Maryam Nawaz who found it is a great opportunity to take revenge for the removal of his father from power by the establishment,” the excerpt from the petition read.

    

    

    

    


    

    

    

    The words are being seen as an admission by Imran Khan that his arch rival, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif was removed from power as Prime Minister on the behest of the establishment.
    

    Nawaz Sharif has long maintained that his dismissal from the post of Prime Minister and his lifetime disqualification order by the Supreme Court was done at the behest of the establishment.
    

    Khan’s petition also read, “It is now matter of general information that the respondent Nawaz Sharif made a deal with establishment (statement of Khawaja Asif on TV) and there being a condition that the petitioner and his political party should be banned and declared a terrorist organization to pave the way for Nawaz Sharif and his daughter coming back to power.”
    

    

    


    

    

    

    

    The petition also requests the Supreme Court to declare the detention of PTI workers under Army Act and the Official Secrets Act illegal, and to order the immediate release of the PTI workers.
    

    Imran also asked the SC to make a judicial commission to investigate the events of May 9 when party supporters are alleged to have attacked military and civilian installations.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Jisko mai PTI ka ticket doonga, woh Insha’Allah jeetega: Imran Khan
    
			
    Jisko mai PTI ka ticket doonga, woh Insha’Allah jeetega: Imran Khan
    
			
    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan addressed party workers on Wednesday through a video link. During his speech, Imran said he was ready to constitute a committee to hold talks “with anyone in power”.
    

    Imran questioned why the powers-that-be wanted to conduct elections in October. “Because they wanted to crush PTI,” he claimed.
    

    “I am forming a committee. It will talk to anyone who is in power on two matterss — if it helps the country according to ‘them’, I will leave politics. Second, how is it beneficial for the country if elections are held in October,” said Khan in his address.
    

    “Convince us on these two things. If they believe and satisfy the committee that my leaving politics will benefit the country, I will step back and leave politics,” he promised.
    

    Without naming anyone, Imran said that “they” have benefitted from arson at the Lahore Corps Commander House (Jinnah House) and used it to crack down on his party.
    

    “[Such] a crackdown has never been seen in the history of the country,” he said.
    

    “They have jailed the entire leadership and even those who are not even a part of the party,” added Imran.
    Khan also requested his party workers to remain steadfast. During the address Imran said that who ever he gives a party ticket to, will win.
    

    “Your captain is standing till there is blood in his body,” he said. “Your captain fights till the last ball, there is no question of accepting defeat. Whatever they are going to do, I am ready for it,” he added.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Khawaja Asif says government is considering banning PTI
    
			
    Khawaja Asif says government is considering banning PTI
    
			
    Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said on Wednesday that the federal government is considering putting a ban on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
    

    While talking to members of the press in Islamabad, the federal minister said, “It is under consideration to ban the PTI,” citing what he called an attack on the very basis of the state by PTI.
    

    “The PTI has attacked the very basis of the state, that never happened before. It can’t be tolerated”.
    

    “The May 9 events were way different than those political movements which took place in the 1970s and 80s. They never targeted our defense institutions, they didn’t challenge the writ of the state, although they had political difference with the sitting government.”
    

    He further accused PTI chairman Imran Khan of coordinating attacks on military installations. “There is a lot of evidence and their people are telling themselves that they were briefed about this beforehand,” he said.
    

    “I feel that his struggle of a year … all his plans failed and this was his last move against the armed forces,” he added.
    

    On May 09, supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) took to the streets after Imran Khan was arrested from Islamabad High Court. In the ensuing riots, many military and government installations sustained damage, most notably, Jinnah House, the residence of Corp Commander Lahore.
    

    

    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Faisal Vawda admits that Imran did remove Asim Munir as DG ISI in 2019 for exposing Bushra Bibi’s corruption
    
			
    Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) prominent leader Faisal Vawda has claimed that Imran Khan as Prime Minister (PM) removed incumbent army chief Asim Munir in 2019 from the post of Director-General (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) when he told Imran about Bushra Bibi’s corruption.
    

    In Geo News’ programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath’, he said that he warned Asim Munir not to do so, but the General took the evidence of corruption to Imran Khan.
    

    When he was asked to stop by Vawda, Gen Munir responded by asking, “Do you want me to be dishonest to my country?”
    

    He then said that when Gen Munir presented evidence against Bushra Bibi and her friend Farah Gogi, Khan flew into a rage, accusing him of trying to “meddle in the affairs of his family”.
    

    “On the same day around 11pm, Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hamid took charge as DG ISI. This shows how much of a hurry Imran Khan was in,” Vawda said.
    

    During the show, Vawda also revealed that during his prime ministership, Khan approached Gen Munir once to ask him to “manage the Senate”.
    

    However, he said, Gen Munir rejected the task saying that the army can not interfere.
    

    Prior to this, Imran categorically termed “completely false” the rumours regarding him removing Gen Munir from the post of DG ISI in 2019 because the then-spymaster wanted to investigate corruption cases involving Bushra Bibi.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Shireen Mazari bids farewell to PTI and politics
    
			
    Shireen Mazari bids farewell to PTI and politics
    
			
    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President Dr Shireen Mazari has announced that she is leaving the party and politics.
    

    During a short interaction with the media, the senior leader of the party unexpectedly called it quits, saying that she and her children went through a lot in the past few days because of her incarceration.
    

    She mentioned that her daughter, lawyer and activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, went through a lot. The former minister also said that she is not in good health anymore.
    

    In the beginning of the presser, she pointedly condemned the violence on May 9 when supporters of PTI clashed with law enforcement agencies.
    

    “Not just May 9 and 10, but I have always condemned the violence on state symbols like GHQ, Parliament and Supreme Court,” she said.
    

    After the May 9 riots when PTI workers allegedly attacked military installations, many of the party’s senior leaders including Shireen were put in jail for inciting violence. Mazari was arrested several times in the past few days despite being given release orders by the court.
    

    Shireen also served as human rights minister during Imran Khan’s government till his ouster in April 2022. She joined the PTI in 2008 and since then has remained a vocal member of the party.
    

    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Musarrat Jamshed Cheema to leave PTI along with husband
    
			
    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Jamshed Cheema and his wife Musarrat Jamshed Cheema have decided to quit PTI, their lawyer confirmed on Tuesday.
    

    “I am confident that they will quit PTI as soon as they come out of jail,” their lawyer said after he met them both in jail.
    

    The husband and wife duo have been in jail since the last 12 days. They were arrested after the May 9 protests in which PTI supporters clashed with law enforcement agencies.
    

    The Cheemas are not the first to leave the party which has been besieged by politicians leaving it in droves. In the past week, many leaders, including Imran Khan’s close friend Amir Kiyani and Malik Amin Aslam, have quit PTI.
    

    Party Chairman Imran Khan, in an informal conversation with media in Islamabad today, said that people are not leaving the party by choice, they are being forced to leave.
    

    A rather confident Imran further said that parties do not end like this, they end in the way Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is ending.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Imran removed Asim Munir from DG ISI post in 2019 when Bushra Bibi’s corruption got exposed, PM Shehbaz
    
			
    Imran removed Asim Munir from DG ISI post in 2019 when Bushra Bibi’s corruption got exposed, PM Shehbaz
    
			
    Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif, while addressing National Assembly (NA) on Monday, said that the then-PM Imran Khan transferred incumbent Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir from the post of Director-General (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in 2019 because he had told Imran that his wife Bushra Bibi was involved in corruption.
    

    “I say this with full responsibility that incumbent army chief Gen Asim Munir when he was DG ISI, told PM Imran, that his wife was involved in corruption”, Sharif said.
    

    “But obviously Imran got furious about it and did not like it. And the rest is history,” the premier added.
    

    “Today I would like to say that Imran Khan has betrayed the nation by sprouting a lie. This is the reason why the former DG ISI was transferred … it was because he confronted the then-PM that his family members were involved in corruption.”
    

    On May 21, Khan categorically termed “completely false” the rumours regarding him removing COAS Munir from the post of DG ISI in 2019 because the then-spymaster wanted to investigate corruption cases involving Bushra Bibi.
    


     
    

    The PTI chief’s denial on Twitter comes after a Telegraph report stated: “It was as ISI chief that he is reported to have first clashed with Mr Khan, who was then prime minister. Gen Munir is reported to have informed Mr Khan he wanted to investigate allegations of corruption around his wife and her circle. Then, in June 2019, he was removed from his post only eight months into what was meant to be a three-year term.”
    

    In a tweet, Imran said: “This is completely false. Neither did Gen Asim show me any proof of my wife’s corruption nor did I make him resign because of that.”
    

    In his speech in NA today, Shehbaz claimed that he was not aware of the arrest warrants issued by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for Khan.
    

    He also clarified that the rioters of the May 9 events will be tried under existing laws, asserting that “no new laws are being introduced”.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Imran challenges judicial commission investigating audio leaks
    
			
    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, has challenged the three-member judicial commission that has been established by the government to look into a spate of audio leaks involving senior judges and the judiciary.
    

    The former Prime Minister (PM) on Monday moved the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the formation of the judicial commission. The petition was submitted by Imran Khan’s attorney, Babar Awan.
    

    In his petition, the PTI leader has said that no judge could be nominated to the judicial commission without the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s approval.
    

    He further said that the proper forum for any probe or taking action against any judge was the Supreme Judicial Council.
    

    On Monday, the judicial commission decided to make its proceedings public.
    

    Justice Qazi Faez Isa, Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court Naeem Akhtar Afghan, and Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court Aamer Farooq, are part of the commission.
    

    Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan appeared in the first meeting of the commission.
    

    Justice Qazi inquired from the attorney general that under which law the government formed the commission.
    

    The Attorney General said that this commission was formed under the Commission of Inquiry Act 2016.
    

    The federal government on Satur­day notified the formation of the commission to probe audio clips leaked on social media over the previous months.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Imran Khan given notice to pay Rs1.4 million luxury tax on Zaman Park home
    
			
    Imran Khan given notice to pay Rs1.4 million luxury tax on Zaman Park home
    
			
    Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has been sent a notice by the Excise and Taxation Department to pay Rs1.4 million as luxury tax on his Zaman Park residence.
    

    The last date for paying the tax is Monday, however, the department will serve another notice in case the amount is not paid.
    

    Imran Khan, who owns the house along with his four sisters, has reportedly received the notice.
    

    In April, the former Prime Minister was served a notice demanding clearing of Rs3.6 million in luxury tax arrears. In case the notice is not paid, the department reserves the right to approach Election Commission of Pakistan.