Tag: Prime Minister Imran Khan

  • VIDEO: Indian defence minister mocks PM Imran over modest US trip

    VIDEO: Indian defence minister mocks PM Imran over modest US trip

    Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has mocked Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan for his austere trip to the United States (US) where he had initially planned to fly on a commercial flight instead of using a chartered plane, The Express Tribune reported.

    Days after the premier “successfully” raised the Kashmir issue and Narendra Modi-led government’s atrocities in the occupied valley at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Singh has claimed that “lack of financial wisdom led the Pakistani government to a situation where their prime minister has to struggle to arrange for a plane to attend global events”.

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    He ridiculed the austerity policies at a time when perhaps his own country needed it most amid the rising unemployment and economic slowdown with many global rating agencies painting a gloomy picture of India’s economy.

    According to a Reuters report, India’s economy grew at its weakest pace since 2013 between April and June as consumer demand and government spending slowed amid global trade frictions.

    Meanwhile, Prabhash K Dutta, an Indian journalist, urged the Indian leaders to learn from Premier Imran’s low-cost US visit instead of mocking him.

    He wrote in the India Today, that it is far from the truth that PM Imran or the Pakistani government cannot afford a special aircraft for him, as falsely claimed by the defence minister in his statement.

    This was the practice in Pakistan till the previous government. Premier Imran, after coming to power last year, has been calling for austerity in the government, he added.

  • ‘You’re my hero’: South African golfer puts PM Imran next to Nelson Mandela

    ‘You’re my hero’: South African golfer puts PM Imran next to Nelson Mandela

    Hailing him as his hero, South African professional golfer Gary Player has appreciated Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan for everything the latter is doing in his region.

    “I have been following your true leadership and I am so proud of you what you are doing in your region,” Gary said in a video message addressing PM Imran.

    He further said that his support will always be there for the premier. “God bless my friend, you are one of my heroes as Nelson Mandela.”

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    Acknowledging massive challenges faced by PM Imran, Gary added that at least it would take another two years to get his message across. “May strength be with you,” the renowned golfer said while offering his best wishes.

  • PM Imran’s UN speech beats Modi, Trump’s address in popularity

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech has been ranked first in terms of popularity with a total of 712,906k views on UN’s official Youtube channel.

    According to the details, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is at the second place with 520,264k views and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is at the third spot with 397,347k views.

    Meanwhile, the Indian PM Narendra Modi and United States President have received the lowest views, which are 107,077k and 60,851k views, respectively.

    Imran Khan’s UNGA speech received massive praise both in Pakistan and around the world, in which he raised voice for the people of occupied Kashmir, held hostage by India since August 05, when it robbed the region of its autonomous state.

  • VIDEO: ‘PM Imran addressed UN in Urdu,’ boasts Zartaj Gul

    VIDEO: ‘PM Imran addressed UN in Urdu,’ boasts Zartaj Gul

    Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul has said that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan “is the only PM who addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in his beautiful mother tongue, Urdu”.

    In a video doing rounds over the internet, Gul, while addressing a gathering, can be heard as saying, “It is our Prime Minister Imran Khan who managed to garner respect for white shalwar kameez and spoke to the UN in his beautiful mother tongue, Urdu.”

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    Twitterati are trolling the minister for her remarks that suggest she didn’t even watch PM Imran’s address.

    Here’s his complete speech… in English.

  • ‘If selected, he’s the best selection ever,’ Imran’s fans quote fake US senator

    ‘If selected, he’s the best selection ever,’ Imran’s fans quote fake US senator

    In a rather embarrassing development, supporters of the Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government have quoted a fake United States (US) senator as praising the Pakistani premier.

    “If he is selected then it might be the best selection ever, and if he is elected then Pakistanis are the most wise nation in the world [sic],” a group of Twitterati quoted “US Senator Tony Booker” as saying after PM Imran on Sunday arrived in Pakistan after his successful trip to the country.

    The problem? Tony Booker doesn’t even exist.

    Pointing out what was wrong with the quote, journalist Omar Qureshi took to Twitter and wrote:

    Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician serving as the junior US senator from New Jersey since 2013 and a member of the Democratic Party.

    Earlier, dozens of supporters of the ruling PTI flooded the micro-blogging website with praise for PM Imran.

    Meanwhile, others took some time out to troll those who fell for the fake statement.

    https://twitter.com/patvaryzindabad/status/1178359836146188289

    A number of tweets quoting the senator, who doesn’t even exist, have been deleted.

  • ‘Stop trying to reach me through friends,’ ex-wife Reham tells PM Imran

    ‘Stop trying to reach me through friends,’ ex-wife Reham tells PM Imran

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s former wife, Reham Khan, has told the premier to “stop trying to reach her through friends”.

    Vowing to maintain pressure on the Imran-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, Reham rejected the notion that she was speaking against Pakistan in her interviews to Indian media.

    “I say this clearly for all busy with propaganda against me that I am talking against Pakistan. Reham is not a puppet nor a PM hopeful nor does she stand to make estates in the US [United States] with war money, like your fathers have. Stop trying to reach me through friends,” she wrote.

    Reham further said that she “would not listen to corrupt strangers”.

    “Have I ever listened? If I could not compromise on my idealism in a marriage do they really believe I will listen to corrupt strangers?,” she said in a subsequent tweet.

  • I didn’t ask PM Imran for Iran mediation, he offered: Trump

    The United States (US) President Donald Trump has said that he did not speak to Prime Minister Imran Khan for mediation with Iran, it was Imran who thought it would be a good idea, Voice of America reported.

    According to the details and from the tweet of Voice of America Deewa (VoA Deewa), contrary to what PM Imran claims that Trump had asked him to mediate between the US and Iran, Trump has said it was Imran Khan who approached him for mediation.

    “Well, he’d like to do that, and we have a very good relationship. And there’s a chance that that could happen. But, no, I haven’t spoken. He actually asked me. He thought it would be a good idea to meet, VoA quoted President Trump as saying.

    Imran Khan had earlier said that US President Trump had asked him to help defuse tensions with Iran. He also said that prior to arriving in New York he had visited Saudi Arabia and spoken to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who also asked him to talk to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

    PM added, “I immediately spoke to Rouhani after the meeting with Trump, but I can’t say anything right now more than this except that we’re trying and mediating”.

    Tensions run high between Tehran and Washington since May last year when Trump abandoned a 2015 nuclear deal and began reimposing sanctions on Iran in a stated campaign of “maximum pressure”.

  • Buzdar govt ‘softly declines’ to implement PM Imran-approved police reforms

    Buzdar govt ‘softly declines’ to implement PM Imran-approved police reforms

    Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar-led Punjab government has softly declined to implement the police reforms package that was approved by Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan ahead of his departure for Saudi Arabia and the United States (US), The News reported.

    According to reports, the Punjab government through the Interior Ministry was recently asked to implement the reforms package, however, the provincial administration has expressed reservations over certain measures approved by the premier “without proper consultation with the stakeholders”.

    The premier has reportedly given a go-ahead to the home departments to “take over control of the police” in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Islamabad. Under the new system, the major functions of the police would be performed by the deputy commissioners (DCs) who have been given judicial powers of 22A and 22B besides the authority to inspect police stations.

    While the federal government wanted the implementation of these reforms in Punjab through an ordinance by September 30, the provincial government has assigned a high-level committee to review the reforms package for police and return to centre with its recommended changes.

    The report further said that the committee will be headed by the Punjab law minister and include three provincial ministers, chief secretary, inspector general of police (IGP), an ex-chief secretary and a retired IGP.

    It has been tasked with completing its deliberations within a week.

    “Following a presentation from the interior secretary, the reforms package was given a go-ahead by the PM. While the Punjab law minister was present during the presentation, neither the CM nor the IGP was there,” the report quoted sources as saying.

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    Meanwhile, officers of the Police Service of Pakistan as well as Punjab Police are “very upset with the way the reforms package was approved by the premier”.

    Reacting to the reforms, senior officers of Punjab Police held a meeting at the Central Police Office on Wednesday night and threatened that they would resign, Dawn reported.

    The police officers stated categorically that they “would prefer to leave their services rather than allowing the bureaucracy to take over the police department”. They unanimously rejected the new scheme which, they said, was an attempt of the Pakistan Administrative Services (PAS) to bring police under its control.

    Reports quoted an official as saying that the participants of the meeting decided to take up the matter with CM Buzdar and parliamentarians to highlight their reservations.

    Senior policemen authorised the IGP to meet the CM and bring to his knowledge their concerns. They also decided to present “factual situation” regarding the “failure” of the DCs on many fronts.

    Meanwhile, Law Minister Raja Basharat held a meeting with the IGP and other senior police officers who apprised him of their concerns. The law minister assured the IGP and other senior police officers that he would play his role in addressing their legitimate demands by taking these up with the chief minister.

  • PM Imran’s Kashmir campaign reaches Times Square

    PM Imran’s Kashmir campaign reaches Times Square

    With the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) worsening as the valley remains under lockdown for 53 days, the ordeal of Kashmiris has been highlighted at Times Square in New York City.

    All eyes are on New York where dozens of global leaders have gathered for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

    With Pakistan, especially Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, continuing to voice concerns over Indian occupying forces’ brutalities against innocent Kashmiris and Narendra Modi-led government’s move to rob the held valley of its autonomy, a movement to express solidarity with Kashmiris has taken the world by storm.

    “With the extraordinary efforts of PM Imran Khan, Kashmir issue has now become a Global concern. The voice of people of IOJ&K is once again being heard in the highest diplomatic forums. ‘Stand With Kashmir’ has been highlighted in Times Square New York, today [sic],” government of Pakistan tweeted Thursday.

    Earlier, protests marred Modi and United States (US) President Donald Trump’s rally in Houston, Texas, where members of Pakistani and Indian minority communities gathered to raise their voice for the Kashmir cause.

    The “anti-Modi demonstration” outside the “Howdy, Modi” event venue, called attention to the “racist Modi regime” and its ongoing human rights violations in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

  • Imran draws flak for saying ‘Pakistan army, ISI trained Al Qaeda’

    Imran draws flak for saying ‘Pakistan army, ISI trained Al Qaeda’

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has landed himself in hot water as netizens train guns at him for saying that “Pakistan army and intelligence agency trained global terror outfit Al Qaeda”.

    Speaking at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York on Monday, when asked if any investigation was conducted by Pakistan over Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden’s capture in Abbottabad by United States (US) forces, the premier said that there had been a probe.

    “I know that the Abbottabad commission sat down. I don’t know what the conclusion was. But I can tell you one thing. You see I go back again. The Pakistan army and ISI [Inter-Services Intelligence] trained Al Qaeda and all these groups to fight in Afghanistan. There were always links between them. There has to be links because they trained them.”

    “Now as I said after the 9/11, when we did a 180-degree turn and went after those groups. You know not everyone agreed with it. Within the army, people did not agree with this. And so as I said there were insider attacks. There were two suicide attacks on General Musharraf.”

    “As far as I think, there was a statement by President Obama that Pakistan army, military and ISI had no idea about this because I know they were listening to the conversations the night the raid took place. And if there was any link, it was at a lower level,” he added.

    PM Imran’s statements were not very well received by Twitterati, mainly journalists, who took to the micro-blogging website to criticise him.