Tag: Raoof Hasan

  • 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.

  • They wanted to slit my throat, says PTI’s Raoof Hasan

    They wanted to slit my throat, says PTI’s Raoof Hasan

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Information Secretary Raoof Hasan survived a dangerous attack in Islamabad earlier this week. He has claimed that the attackers wanted to “slit” his throat.

    Hasan, while addressing a press conference in Islamabad, broke down in tears saying that his party colleagues faced much worse scenarios compared to what he suffered.

    The Secretary Information claimed that “those people threatened me three days ago and warned that they’re after me.”

    PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub along with Hasan and Azam Swati rejected the First Information Report (FIR) lodged by the Islamabad police after the attack.

    Omar condemned the attack on Hasan and called it an “assassination bid”. He said the party rejected the FIR which was “a police attempt to weaken the case”.

    They demanded a judicial commission to investigate the attack.

    Meanwhile, the federal government has formed a committee to investigate the attack.

  • PM likely to appoint brother of Nawaz’s blue-eyed Fawad Hasan Fawad as new special assistant

    PM likely to appoint brother of Nawaz’s blue-eyed Fawad Hasan Fawad as new special assistant

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is likely to appoint the brother of former PM Nawaz Sharif’s blue-eyed Fawad Hasan Fawad as his new special assistant on information and broadcasting, ARY News reported.

    According to reports, Raoof Hasan will be replacing former Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) director general (DG) Lt Gen (r) Asim Bajwa, who stepped down as the premier’s media aide earlier this month.

    Interestingly, Raoof is the brother of former civil servant Fawad who served in BPS-22 grade as the principal secretary to two PMs, namely Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

    The former bureaucrat was accused of corruption and misuse of authority by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Ashiana Housing scam, which led to his arrest in July 2018.

    He was accused of directing the Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC) management to cancel the contract of Ashiana Iqbal without any inquiry. In February 2019, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had granted Fawad bail but denied the same in another NAB case pertaining to assets beyond means.

    Later, in January 2020, Fawad was set free on the grounds that no illegitimate asset belonging to him had been unearthed by the anti-graft watchdog, no charge had been framed and that there was no nexus between him and any asset, however, he had been arrested at the inquiry stage.

    Fawad was also one of the first to be nabbed as part of the Imran-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s accountability drive.

    Raoof, on the other hand, is the founder and chief executive of the Regional Peace Institute.