Tag: Pakistan Tehreek e insaf

  • Fact check: Was Khan’s Peshawar jalsa visible from space?

    Fact check: Was Khan’s Peshawar jalsa visible from space?

    Claim: Imran Khan’s jalsa in Peshawar was visible from space as shown in a photography taken by NASA

    Fact:

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s Peshawar jalsa was massive. Visuals and videos from the jalsa are doing the rounds on social media. However, PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan went overboard as he shared a photo from the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), claiming that it was from the party’s rally.

    Ali M Khan shared three pictures on Twitter after the rally, and among them was a picture from NASA, which was a snap captured from the International Space Station.

    Screenshot of Ali Muhamamd Khan’s tweet

    The picture shared by the PTI leader actually shows the lights in the Iberian Peninsula, which falls in Spain and Portugal. This picture was taken by NASA and published on their website in 2014.

    “One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the International Space Station recorded this early evening photo of the entire Iberian Peninsula on July 26, 2014,” the NASA post read.

    VERDICT: FALSE

  • Pro-PTI teachers allegedly harassing students over indifferent opinions

    Pro-PTI teachers allegedly harassing students over indifferent opinions

    Some Incidents have been reported regarding students harassment for having indifferent political opinions in educational institutions since the ouster of former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan. Pro-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) teachers are harassing students for not supporting Imran Khan and using insulting words towards their parents as well.

    Some parents have shared such “harassment incidents” on Twitter their children experienced in their classrooms.

    One parent said, “My son’s English teacher screamed at a couple of students in the class who responded when class was asked who doesn’t support Imran Khan. Said you and your family should be ashamed of yourselves.” The parent also questioned the school’s administration regarding the training of teachers to help them remain apolitical in classrooms.

    The Publisher of Hello Magazine, Zahraa Saifullah has also shared about her daughter’s teacher who urged students to participate in the procession of former PM Imran Khan.

    She tweeted, “[He] encouraging them to pray he comes back as PM & has banned the words Bhuttos & Sharifs in class. Why are we allowing political bias into classrooms?”

    Many of the parents also shared similar incidents that happened with their children.

    Another user, Usman Qazi said, “My son was subtly pressured by a teacher for the same reason yesterday. The way we tutored him, he stood his ground and responded respectfully with logical arguments. She had to give up but some fellow kids tried to berate him but he remained cool and ignored them.”

    Another user penned down on Twitter to relate an experience that happened with his daughter in private school.

    A famous journalist Nadeem Farooq Paracha also condemn this action and compared it to German dictator Hitler. He also raised the question that If Madrassa’s teachers can be booked for teaching bigotry then other school teachers can be booked for similar conduct.

    Some users have raised the alarming consequences of such exploitation of students that can leave emotional scars on them. They emphasised that teachers should remain apolitical in classes to create a safe place for education.

  • ‘Amazing outpouring of support’: PTI supporters rock streets countrywide

    ‘Amazing outpouring of support’: PTI supporters rock streets countrywide

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters took to the streets across all major and small cities in massive numbers to show their solidarity with their leader and former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Party supporters came out following a call given by Khan for peaceful protest.

    A day after Khan was voted out of power, he, during an address to the nation, had said that he will not tolerate the installation of a “foreign government” in Pakistan and that he will turn to the public for support if such a thing happens.

    “We are not a nation that can be used like tissue papers,” Khan said during a live telecast, maintaining that Pakistan does not want unilateral relations with any country.

    Earlier in the day on April 10, Khan tweeted that today marked the beginning of a “freedom struggle” against what he called was a “foreign regime-change conspiracy”. In an attempt to galvanize his supporters, he said “it is always the people who protected their own sovereignty and democracy.”

    PTI had shared the venues for the protests hours before their supporters took to the streets. 

    Islamabad

    The protest in the capital started from Zero Point. People waved flags while chanting slogans in favour of the former prime minister.

    Former Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry thanked PTI supporters for turning out to Rawalpindi for the protest.

    Lahore

    PTI leader Hammad Azhar posted a video of a rally from his constituency of NA-126 leaving for Liberty Chowk.

    Peshawar

    A large number of protesters including women and children turned up at Peshawar Press Club and expressed solidarity with the ousted prime minister.

    Karachi

    A protest was held in Karachi on Rashid Minhas Road where a large number of supporters, including women and children, were in attendance.

    Overseas Pakistani too came out in support of Khan.

    Khan thanks protestors for ‘amazing outpouring of support’

    Imran thanked his supporters in a tweet done prior to midnight.

    “Thank you to all Pakistanis for their amazing outpouring of support and emotions to protest against US-backed regime change abetted by local Mir Jafars to bring into power a coterie of pliable crooks all out on bail,” he tweeted.

    “[It] shows Pakistanis at home and abroad have emphatically rejected this.”

  • Bigg Boss contestant, actor Kamaal Rashid Khan wants politicians like Zartaj Gul in India

    Former Bigg Boss Contestant and actor Kamaal Rashid Khan has shared his wish on Twitter that he wants to see politicians like Zartal Gul, the State Minister for Climate Change, in India.

    Khan shared a video of the minister in which she claimed that her ruling party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would sweep the next general elections by a two-thirds majority.

    Kamaal Rashid praised her speaking ability and described her as clever. He expressed his opinion that such politicians should be in India.

    https://twitter.com/kamaalrkhan/status/1511700947252219916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511700947252219916%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.tv%2Flatest%2F410220-kamal-rashid-politicians-zartaj-gul-india

    In another tweet, he tagged Zartaj Gul and said, “You are a very clever and good speaker politician. Kaash Aapki Jaisi 2-4 politician India main Bhi Hoti (I wish there could be 2-4 politicians in India too)”.

    https://twitter.com/kamaalrkhan/status/1511704081479446528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511704081479446528%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.tv%2Flatest%2F410220-kamal-rashid-politicians-zartaj-gul-india
  • ‘Appointing Buzdar was the real conspiracy’: Chaudhry Sarwar

    ‘Appointing Buzdar was the real conspiracy’: Chaudhry Sarwar

    Former Governor Chaudhry Sarwar in a hard-hitting press conference said, “All Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers in Punjab and the federal ministers complained to us whether this was the Pakistan that we wanted where the chief secretary and inspector general are changed every three months.”

    Lashing out at PTI leadership, Sarwar criticised PM Khan’s choice of appointing Usman Buzdar as Chief Minister (CM) Punjab. “The premier believed that only Usman Buzdar could build the Naya Pakistan and other party leaders compromised,” he said.

    “We said that we want to build Naya Pakistan and if Imran Khan thinks Usman Buzdar can do that, we are with him. But the entire country saw that chaos [subsequently] ensued in Punjab. Workers across Pakistan, federal [cabinet] members, [people] from Europe to the United Kingdom questioned if this was the Pakistan we voted for.”

    “Imran Khan was on one side and the PTI on the other,” he said. Referring to the party’s claims that the no-confidence resolution against PM Imran was a “foreign conspiracy”, Sarwar said: “If there is an international conspiracy … the biggest conspiracy was making Usman Buzdar chief minister.”

    Former governor said he had met PM Khan twice who told him to call the session after April 3 (today). “However, I did not inform PML-Q’s PTI-backed Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi because the talk with the premier was an amanat (secret) with me,” he added.

    Sarwar also said that Elahi also visited him later to tell him it was important to hold elections before April 2 or he would not win. He added that he again went to the premier to express his reservations about Buzdar.

    “I signed on the resignation in the dark of the night and they sacked me immediately,” he said, adding, “Pakistan is in a difficult phase right now.”

    The federal government removed Chaudhry Sarwar from his post as Governor Punjab, appointing Omer Sarfraz Cheema as his replacement. Cheema has taken oath as the new Governor Punjab.

  • Plot to assassinate PM Khan, report security agencies: Fawad Chaudhry

    Plot to assassinate PM Khan, report security agencies: Fawad Chaudhry

    Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that a plot to assassinate Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has been reported by security agencies. Therefore, PM Khan’s security has also been increased.

    The minister’s words come a day after PM Khan, during a live address to the nation, said that “an international conspiracy” is being hatched against his government.

    Fawad is not the only Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader who has talked about the assassination being plotted against PM Khan.

    PTI leader Faisal Vawda said that a conspiracy was being hatched to assassinate the premier over his refusal to “sell the country”.

    Vawda made these claims on ARY News show “Off the Record” in response to a question about a letter that PM Khan brandished at the PTI’s March 27 power show in Islamabad and claimed it contained “evidence” of a “foreign conspiracy” to topple his government.

    He also said that the prime minister was told multiple times that bulletproof glass needed to be installed before his dais at the March 27 rally. “But as always and as usual, he said my [death] will come when Allah wills. Don’t worry about it,” Vawda quoted him as saying.

  • ‘Not invited, not going, haven’t met PM Khan for a year’: Chaudhry Nisar

    ‘Not invited, not going, haven’t met PM Khan for a year’: Chaudhry Nisar

    Estranged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party member and former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has denied meeting Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently.

    In a recent interview with BBC Urdu, Khan explained that since the last three or four days, he has been in his village in Chakri. He said he had not met the PM last week or last month or even last year.

    “I don’t meet anyone secretly. Imran Khan is my friend from Aitchison College but our politics is very different.”

    “I have not received an invitation to attend the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) jalsa on March 27 nor am I attending it,” said Nisar.

    Earlier it was reported that PM Khan said he met Chaudhry Nisar. “I have had an association with him [Chaudhry] for the last 40 years,” he revealed, adding that Nisar will be “taking all political decisions himself”.

  • Govt decides to call National Assembly session soon for no-confidence motion

    Govt decides to call National Assembly session soon for no-confidence motion

    The government has decided to convene the National Assembly (NA) session very soon after the Opposition submitted the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, reports Jang.

    According to media reports, only one member of the government will be allowed to sit in NA on the day, when NA members will cast votes on the no-confidence motion.

    The government will issue a notification in which government members will not be permitted to attend the meeting and cast a vote for the no-confidence motion on the basis of Article 63-A of the Constitution.

    As per media reports, if any member of the government attends the meeting or casts a vote, PM Imran Khan — who is also chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — will write a letter regarding a reference against that member. The letter will be addressed to the NA Speaker.

    In a press conference yesterday, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the Speaker of the National Assembly should call the session for the no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan.

    He said that the no-confidence motion should not be delayed as the country cannot afford such situations for a longer period of time.

  • ‘Should we call Imran Khan a target killer’: PPP’s Sherry Rehman lashes at PM

    ‘Should we call Imran Khan a target killer’: PPP’s Sherry Rehman lashes at PM

    Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman responding to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s fiery speech in Karachi said, “He [PM Khan] says Asif Ali Zardari is my next target, so should we call Imran Khan a target killer?”

    Sherry Rehman said that it seems like “one Zardari” has overpowered the entire Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s ‘Awami March’ has overpowered the nerves of the government, added Sherry.

    “Imran Khan’s rude and vulgar language shows that he seems rather nervous,” said the PPP senator.

    The PPP leader said, “PM Khan’s confusion was the first victory of the long march and no-confidence motion,” adding that the premier had lost his balance.

    PM Imran Khan on Wednesday delivered a thundering speech in Karachi against the Opposition.

    The prime minister said, “I was thinking that somehow if only I could get a hold of their neck, and God listened to my prayers and they submitted a no-trust move. Now they have been trapped and their no-confidence move is going to backfire.”

  • Pakistani women don’t get their rights as traditions adopted from India: PM Khan

    Pakistani women don’t get their rights as traditions adopted from India: PM Khan

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, at a ceremony in Rawalpindi’s Fatima Jinnah University to celebrate International Women’s Day, said that when the history of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will be written, the only party that shall be known to have empowered women will be PTI.

    PM Khan said that most Pakistani women don’t get their rights and that is because the country has adopted traditions from India, where women were considered men’s property.

    “Indian women used to be burned alive (Satti) with the body of her husband if he died,” said PM Khan, adding that Islam gives more rights to women.

    Praising his mother, PM Khan said, “I am what I am today because of my mother.”

    “My mother was educated, if she had not made me sit and do my homework, I would have never studied in the first place,” said the prime minister.

    “Education is also important along with the protection of their rights,” said PM Khan.

    The premier further said that rule of law is the biggest issue in Pakistan.

    PM Khan, criticising the former leader of Pakistan, said, “The powerful desires NRO and threaten to topple the government if they don’t get it but I will not give them that as long as I am alive.”

    “No matter what these robbers do, try as much as they can or plan any strategy, I am ready,” he said in reference to the Joint Opposition’s efforts to table a no-trust motion against the incumbent government.