Tag: Imran Khan

  • Amitabh Bachchan asks question about Imran Khan on Kaun Banega Crorepati

    Amitabh Bachchan asks question about Imran Khan on Kaun Banega Crorepati

    In a short video clip going viral on social media platforms, the Indian entertainment show Kaun Banega Crorepati’s host – Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan- asked a contestant a question about the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan.

    The question was: “Which former Prime Minister of Pakistan was shot at in Wazirabad on 3 November 2022?”

    The contestants are asked a question and then given four options, out of which only one can be the correct option.

    In this question, the four options were Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan, Yousaf Raza Gillani, and Shaukat Aziz. The contestant chose the second option, which was Imran Khan, and won Rs 3,20,000/- for the correct answer.

    PTI followers are sharing the short footage on social media, and most of them are celebrating the popularity of Imran Khan internationally.

    On November 3 2022, Imran Khan, months after being ousted from the government through a no-confidence motion, was rallying across the country campaigning for the second ‘Azadi March’ against the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government when he was shot at in an attempted assassination in Wazirabad city.

    Khan was at the front of a container-mounted truck along with other PTI leaders and supporters when a gunman fired shots. He was shot in the shin, and thigh of the right leg and was transferred to Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Lahore, where he underwent treatment.

    Police arrested the gunman, Muhammad Naveed and uploaded a controversial confession video of the suspect stating that he shot Khan as he was “spreading hatred and misleading the people”, as well as making “blasphemous and anti-religion” remarks.

    Seven people, including former prime minister Imran Khan and other party leaders, were injured, and a party worker was killed in the gun attack.

  • ‘Well-planned strategy disconnecting Imran Khan from PTI leadership’

    ‘Well-planned strategy disconnecting Imran Khan from PTI leadership’

    Political analyst Muneeb Farooq has claimed that the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan’s disconnect with his party leadership is part of a well-planned strategy.

    Appearing on the Geo News programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath,’ Muneeb Farooq said, “There is a well-thought strategy behind disconnecting PTI leadership with Imran Khan.”

    “It is done by design and strategy, and it has worked for the government and establishment,” he added.

    Citing the possibility of a permanent disconnection between Imran and party leadership, Muneeb Farooq remarked, “Powerful and well-connected people believe that Imran Khan’s genuine jail [sentence] has just begun.”

    Responding to the incumbent government’s effort and attention in tabling the twenty-sixth constitutional amendment, Farooq declared it to be akin to World War Three: “The first draft of the constitutional amendment was like an atom bomb.”

    He maintained that constitutional amendments would be passed in phases and added that the new Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) and judge appointment method will be considered of paramount importance in phase one.

    Farooq concluded by saying, “Till this time, the Federal Constitution Court seems to be established soon.”

  • ‘PTI to continue protesting till Imran Khan’s release’

    ‘PTI to continue protesting till Imran Khan’s release’

    Information Advisor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has said that his party’s protests will continue until the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, is released and charges against him are dropped.

    Express News reported that the Advisor declared that peaceful protest is their democratic and constitutional right.

    Lambasting the incumbent government, he states that an illegitimate government is trying to extend its rule by turning PTI protests into something like the Model Town incident of 2014.

    He emphasised that the country’s economic progress is impossible under authoritarianism and declared the national economy at a standstill mode.

    Earlier, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, in a press conference in Islamabad said that the terrorism in Karachi and the ‘political terrorism’ of PTI are similar.

    Meanwhile, PTI has set conditions for calling off its protest on October 15, asking that their leaders should be allowed a meeting Imran Khan, and his personal physician should be allowed to check up on him.

  • Will the government allow PTI leaders to meet Imran Khan?

    Will the government allow PTI leaders to meet Imran Khan?

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has set a condition for calling off its protest on October 15, which coincides with the day Pakistan is set to host the SCO summit.

    PTI’s condition is that their leaders should be allowed a meeting with the party founder, Imran Khan, and allow his personal physician to check up on him.

    Geo News reported that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) rejected the proposal, with its Senator Talal Chaudhry emphasising: “The call for protest is merely an effort to blackmail the government.”

    Meanwhile, there are also reports that through some backchannel contacts, the government may allow Barrister Gohal Ali Khan and Hamid Raza to meet Khan today to withdraw the protest call.

    PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan wrote a request to the Interior Ministry to allow him and Hamid to meet with Khan three days before the protest call.

    In the letter, it was written, “It is to invite your attention to the subject matter that the last time Imran Khan was visited by our lawyers in Adiala Jail was October 3, 2024. Since then, no one has been allowed to visit Imran Khan. There is grave concern amongst the political leadership and workers of PTI about the health concern and wellbeing of Imran Khan.”

    There has also been internal opposition within PTI to postpone the protest in the greater interest of the country, with those opposing including CM KP Ali Amin Gandapur and Gohar Ali Khan, while Hammad Azhar, Salman Akram, and others advocated for holding the protest.

  • Iffat Omar calls Imran Khan Pakistan’s biggest cricket superstar

    Iffat Omar calls Imran Khan Pakistan’s biggest cricket superstar

     
     Imran Khan, Pakistan legendary cricketer-turned politician, is best known for leading the national team to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
     
    During a recent episode of Say It All With Iffat Omar, actor and model Emmad Irfani reminisced about growing up during the Imran Khan era. 
     
    Emmad said, “I was quite a lucky child, I had a very good atmosphere at home, my father was posted at GHQ, and I spent my formative years there. Imran Khan, his personality, his charm, he was like the David Beckham of the 80s. His impact went beyond sports, he became a global icon. And during 80s, seeing Pakistan bloom and grow really shaped my passions and thought processes.”

    Host Iffat Omar also praised Khan, aaying, “Imran Khan is the biggest star Pakistan has ever produced, and that’s a fact. Whenever his Pepsi ad aired, we would sit down and watch it every single time it came on.”

    Currently Emmad Irfani is starring in Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum where he plays the character of Adeel and the drama is written by Farhat Ishtiaq and directed by Badar Mehmood.
    The drama airs every Monday and Tuesday at 8:00 PM on ARY Digital.

  • Achakzai fears Khan may be treated like Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

    Achakzai fears Khan may be treated like Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

    Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai, while addressing a public meeting in Qila Saifullah, Balochistan, warned on Monday that a dark chapter of history could repeat itself, fearing Imran Khan could be treated the same way Zulifqar Ali Bhutto was.

    On April 4, 1979, the founder of the Pakistan People’s Party, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, whose government had been illegally removed by the dictator Zia ul Haq, was hanged in the Central Jail Rawalpindi.

    Former Prime Minister Bhutto was sentenced to death by Lahore High Court in 1978 in an alleged politically motivated murder case, while the Supreme Court later upheld the original sentence.

    Mary Anne Weaver, a foreign correspondent for The New Yorker, narrated the last moments of Bhutto in 1993, writing, “At 1:45 A.M. on April 4, 1979, four wardens entered the prison cell of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a waifishly thin man, nearly wasted away by malaria, dysentery, and hunger strikes. Two of them lifted him by the arms and two by the feet, and he was carried out.”

    Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto wrote in his last testimony, which was later compiled into a book ‘If I Am Assassinated’, that he was confined in a “in this narrow, dark, sinking death cell for 22 or 23 hours every day.”

    Founder Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has been imprisoned for over a year in numerous cases ranging from allegations of corruption and violence against state institutions.

    Achakzai alleged that the PTI workers have faced state repression while protesting for their leader’s release, while emphasising that they won’t let history repeat itself.

    The PkMAP chief demanded that Khan and his party workers should be released from jail, warning that failure to do so could push the country towards civil unrest.

  • Imran Khan approaches United Nations expert over 26th constitutional amendments

    Imran Khan approaches United Nations expert over 26th constitutional amendments

    Founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has approached the United Nations (UN) Special Representative on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers against the incumbent government’s proposed constitutional amendments.

    According to the United Kingdom (UK) website, which offers legal assistance, former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has filed an urgent appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur through Edward Fitzgerald KC, Tatyana Eatwell and Jennifer Robinson.

    Imran’s family advised Eatwell and Robinson to conduct UN engagement and international advocacy on his behalf.

    The appeal voiced concerns that the incumbent government’s proposed twenty-sixth constitutional amendments would curb the independence of the judiciary, and the rule of law added that constitutional amendments would pose a serious threat to the fundamental rights of Imran Khan and his followers in Pakistan.

    International counsel for Imran Khan and his family, Edward Fitzgerald KC, Tatyana Eatwell and Jennifer Robinson, stated, “The proposed amendments are clearly aimed at removing the jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme Court, at a time when the judiciary in Pakistan is already under threat. Judges have been threatened and coerced to deliver prescribed verdicts in controversial cases.”

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  • Imran Khan ki attendance na lagwane par Adiala jail authorities ko notice jari

    Imran Khan ki attendance na lagwane par Adiala jail authorities ko notice jari

    Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Islamabad has issued a show cause notice to Adiala Jail authorities over the absence of the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, before the court via video link.

    On the hearing of vandalism in the Long March case, Islamabad ATC judge Tahir Abbas remarked that it has been said in the jail report that the internet is not available and online attendance can’t happen of former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan.

    Lambasting the Adiala Jail Rawalpindi authorities, Abbas said there were similar reports yesterday and added that the court is now issuing the show cause notice to relevant authorities again.

    ATC court further said that they would write in the notice to present incarcerated Imran Khan physically in the court if the internet is not available.

    However, the hearing was adjourned until October 21.

  • Governor Punjab advises Imran Khan to work under Zardari’s leadership

    Governor Punjab advises Imran Khan to work under Zardari’s leadership

    Punjab Governor Sardar Salim Haider Khan has advised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) head Imran Khan to shake hands with President Asif Ali Zardari for the betterment of Pakistan.

    Speaking at the first convocation of Rawalpindi Women’s University, Haider advised former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan that working under Zardari’s leadership would settle political unrest, Tribune has reported.

    The Punjab Governor stated, “Imran Khan needs to step out of his stubbornness. My advice is to sit under Zardari’s leadership, and everything will improve.”

    He also urged PTI leadership to put off protests until after the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, which is to be scheduled on October 15-16 in Islamabad and added, “Revolutions don’t happen with ministers, convoys, and official resources.”

    Citing the past disrupted diplomatic events by PTI protests during the visit of President of China Xi Jinping and Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman to Pakistan, Haider said, “They (PTI) send the wrong message to the world, discouraging foreign leaders from engaging with Pakistan.”

  • Imran Khan calls on PTI to organize nationwide protests

    Imran Khan calls on PTI to organize nationwide protests

    Founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has announced a series of nationwide protests by his party, including the federal capital Islamabad, with the aim of achieving the “independence of judiciary.”

    Addressing his supporters through a statement issued from Adiala Jail Rawalpindi on Monday, Khan announced that protests will be held at D Chowk Islamabad on October 4, at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on October 5, and in Mianwali, Faisalabad and Bahawalpur on October 2 as well, Tribune has reported.

    Meanwhile, section 144 has been imposed at Faisalabad for October 2 and 3.

    Predicting that the protests would be peaceful, Khan said, “We have always protested peacefully, but this system has failed to protect us.”

    Imran Khan also backed Chief Minister (CM) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Ali Amin Gandapur in his conduct on the recent PTI protest in Rawalpindi, stating, “Gandapur awakened the province’s people.”

    PTI called a nationwide protest despite a freshly passed public order law which noted: “Every party wanting to hold a protest has to appoint an event coordinator who would write to the district magistrate for permission to hold the gathering at least seven days before the intended date of the event.

    It also added, “Upon receipt of the application, the district magistrate, before granting permission, shall examine the prevailing law and order situation and obtain security clearance reports from law enforcement agencies.”