Tag: PTI

  • Sher Afzal Marwat returns to PTI

    Sher Afzal Marwat returns to PTI

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member National Assembly (MNA) Sher Afzal Marwat has returned to the party after meeting with former Prime Minister Imran Khan at Adiala Jail.
    ‘’All misunderstandings have with party members are over, and Imran Khan has clearly pointed out that no grouping in the party and disagreement is acceptable,’’ Marwat said while addressing media outside Adiala Jail.

    He further stated, ’’Imran Khan has made me responsible for holding protests nationwide along with the August 22 jalsa’’.
    He also pointed out that we would develop all the strategies regarding protests so that if May 9 happened again, Khan will not be charged.

  • After Gen Faiz, Gen Bajwa won’t be spared: Hamid Mir

    After Gen Faiz, Gen Bajwa won’t be spared: Hamid Mir

    Journalist Hamid Mir, appearing on the Geo News last night, remarked that former Army Chief Gen Bajwa will “not be spared” because he knew everything that former ISI Chief Faiz Hameed was doing.

    “Imran Khan was being used not only by General Faiz Hameed but also by former Army Chief General Bajwa”, stated Mir.

    Hamid Mir also said, “There are dozens of people in Pakistan who are related to many other fields, including politics, who are ready to come to the media and describe that General Faiz Hameed had committed robberies against them.”

    He further stated that the former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association told him about a similar incident that happened to him. According to Mir, General Bajwa contacted the former president of SCBA through a religious scholar and apologised to him personally.

    Hamir Mir stated, “This means that he [Bajwa] knew what Faiz was doing.”

  • I am a victim of Gen Faiz Hameed: Ishaq Dar

    I am a victim of Gen Faiz Hameed: Ishaq Dar

    Deputy Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Ishaq Dar, on Friday, revealed that the former ISI Chief, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, who is currently facing a court-martial by Pakistan Army, once apologised to him for “victimising” him.

    “I am among the victims of Faiz Hameed,” said the deputy PM, skipping details about his allegations against Hameed.

    Last week, Gen Faiz was taken into custody by the military along with the initiation of court martial proceedings against him for allegedly victimising the owner of Top City Housing Society in the federal capital.

    Dar opined that this development was unprecedented in Pakistan, adding that his arrest indicated the end of a project started in 2011.

  • PTI MNA’s sexist outburst targets female K-Electric employee in National Assembly

    PTI MNA’s sexist outburst targets female K-Electric employee in National Assembly

    In a shocking development, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA, Iqbal Afridi, went on a sexist rant against a female employee of K-Electric during a meeting of the Standing Committee on Energy meeting of the National Assembly on Friday.

    “Mr Chairman, the K-Electric’s female employee’s dress code isn’t appropriate. There should be proper SOPs for dress code in National Assembly,” said the PTI MNA to Chairman Muhammad Idrees.

    Geo News reported that the agenda of the meeting revolved around K-Electric’s performance.

    As the meeting concluded and the team left, the PTI MNA considered it essential to discuss a woman’s attire in the meeting.

    The Chairman of the committee, Muhammad Idrees, apologised in front of journalists, remarking that a woman’s dress code shouldn’t have been discussed in the first place.

    Afridi, however, was undeterred and spoke with journalists, saying, “If this kind of people come into a civilized society, then what will our kids say? You saw the woman who was here; her clothes weren’t appropriate.”

  • Evidence discovered of collaboration between Raoof Hasan and Ryan Grim: ARY News

    ARY News has reported that the law enforcement agencies have discovered alleged evidence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including its secretary information Raoof Hasan, contacts with international journalists.

    The alleged evidences were discovered after authorities raided the PTI secretariat office on July 22.

    A Whatsapp chat conversations purportedly between Raoof Hasan and American journalist Ryan Grim, who has extensively reported on Imran Khan since his ouster from power, have been discovered.

    ARY News also reported that the first contact between Hasan and Grim occurred in January 2024.

    In 2023, The Intercept published an article titled “Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan,” authored by Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain. The article blamed the state institution of Pakistan for the removal of former prime minister Imran Khan.

  • Hammad Azhar remains adamant about quitting PTI even after Omar Ayub rejects resignation

    Hammad Azhar remains adamant about quitting PTI even after Omar Ayub rejects resignation

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Hammad Azhar yesterday resigned from his party position—president of PTI’s Punjab chapter—due to “lack of access” to Imran Khan. The party’s Secretary General, Omar Ayub, rejected Azhar’s resignation.

    “Hammad Azhar, you have worked tirelessly for the party and PM (sic) Imran Khan, sahib. Resignation not accepted,” Ayub wrote on X.

    However, Hammad remained adamant in his initial decision, quoting Ayub’s tweet, writing, “I am humbled by your confidence in me. But it is my firm decision not to continue under circumstances where I have zero authority but complete responsibility.”

    Hammad yesterday expressed his grievances, including not being consulted in decisions taken within PTI’s Punjab organisation. He said, “most of these decisions were based on lobbying” instead of merit.

    He recalled Chaudhry Asghar’s removal as PTI’s Lahore president as an example of “lobbying”, saying that the lobbyists succeeded by giving Khan the “wrong facts.”

  • Khan calls Faiz Hameed ‘an asset’ that was wasted

    Khan calls Faiz Hameed ‘an asset’ that was wasted

    Founder Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan, while talking to journalists in Adiala Jail, broke his silence on the recent arrest of former ISI chief Faiz Hameed, saying, “I have no connections with Faiz Hameed’s arrest.”

    On Monday, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), announced that it had taken Hameed into custody over allegations of land grabbing and stealing valuables from the owner of Top City Housing Society.

    It also stated that court-martial proceedings had been started against the former spymaster, who was once considered very close with former prime minister Khan.

    Khan also criticised this military’s treatment of Gen Faiz, calling him an “asset that was wasted.”

    He suggested that accountability is good but should be “across-the-board accountability.”

    Khan recalled that ex-army chief Gen Bajwa removed Hameed at the behest of Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif, and after that, a heated exchange occurred between Khan and Bajwa.

  • LEAs arrest former Adiala Jail deputy superintendent for allegedly acting as messenger for Khan

    LEAs arrest former Adiala Jail deputy superintendent for allegedly acting as messenger for Khan

    Law enforcement agencies have arrested Muhammad Akram, the former deputy superintendent of Punjab prisons, who was transferred from Adiala Jail in June this year, on charges of “facilitating Imran Khan as a messenger,” Dawn News reported.

    He was reportedly picked up from the jail colony.

    The arrest follows the military’s detention of retired Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, the former head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), on charges of violating the Army Act.

    The founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been imprisoned for over a year, with multiple cases filed against him, including the Toshakhana case, the cypher case, and the un-Islamic marriage case.

  • Normalisation of ties with Israel puts Mohammad Bin Salman’s life at risk

    Normalisation of ties with Israel puts Mohammad Bin Salman’s life at risk

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS) is at risk of assassination amid his normalisation of ties with Israel, reports Politico, a U.S.-based publication.

    MBS reportedly told a U.S. Congress member that he is risking his life for a significant deal with the U.S. and Israel.

    Posing a question to the U.S., he said, “What did they do to protect Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, who was assassinated after making a peace deal with Israel?”

    The crown prince, however, is reportedly determined to pursue the mega-deal with the U.S. and Israel despite the threats, deeming it pivotal to his country’s future.

  • Evidence exists of Faiz Hameed’s connection with PTI; journalist Umer Cheema claims

    Evidence exists of Faiz Hameed’s connection with PTI; journalist Umer Cheema claims

    Investigative journalist Umer Cheema and talk show host Muneeb Farooq have revealed startling details of former spymaster Lieutenant General (retd) Faiz Hameed’s links with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
    Cheema said that there is evidence that the General was connected with PTI even after his retirement.

    He further claimed that senior leaders of PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) conveyed messages from Peshawar to Bani Gala when Faiz Hameed was the Corp Commander of the city on Geo News’ Shahzaib Khanzada talk show.

    Muneeb Farooq recounted that in a sitting of powerful army officials, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa said, “I dropped Gen Faiz Hameed’s name for the Position of (COAS) and insisted on not making Lieutenant Gen Asim Munir’s Army Chief.”
    He also said that if General Asim Muneer became army chief, Faiz Hameed would undoubtedly face a field court martial trial as there is clear evidence of his involvement in mutiny attempts.
    Muneeb also said that Faiz Hameed had a direct connection with PTI after his retirement, and the 9th May riots were the second attempt against incumbent Army Chief Asim Munir.

    “If Faiz Hameed proves guilty of sedition, he could be persecuted at an extreme level,” predicted Cheema