Pakistani police arrested thousands of Imran Khan supporters ahead of a rally in the capital to demand the ex-premier’s release from prison, a security officer said Sunday. Khan has been behind bars for more than a year and has over 150 criminal cases against him.
Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) decided to protest in Islamabad's D-Chowk on Tuesday (October 15) during the first day of the SCO Summit if their demands were not met. The Pakistani government has imposed strict security measures to welcome 900 foreign delegates.
The Pakistani government announced that the project is designed to expand seating capacity from 8,000 to 24,000. With a budget of PKR 3 billion, the project is slated for completion by December 2025. It is said to be initiated to align with the seating capacity on the Indian side.
In another example of political persecution in Pakistan, the government announced the move to ban the PTI and is also pondering to file treason charges against Imran Khan. This came after PTI became the largest party in the Parliament as it was deemed eligible by the apex court for reserved seats.
The verbal threat by President Asif Ali Zardari came after Pakistan's government said it would continue to seek IMF loans, which he opposed. His party leaders have also expressed unhappiness with the lack of cooperation from provincial and federal governments.
Imran Khan was arrested in August last year for his involvement in multiple cases and he has been convicted in some of the cases. The cricketer-turned-politician earlier said that dialogue would be held only with those who wield real power in the country.
A Kashmiri-origin chartered accountant, Ishaq Dar has served as Pakistan's Finance Minister four times, the latest under Shehbaz Sharif till 2023. He has the critical task of mending bilateral relations with neighbours India and Afghanistan, which are now at their lowest.
Foreign countries including the UK and European Union had also expressed concerns over alleged rigging in elections, an internet shutdown and unusual delay in results. Pakistan is heading for a coalition government with Shehbaz Sharif expected to become the next premier.
PTI leaders Gohar Khan and Omar Ayub have deliberately not filed their affidavits to join the Sunni Ittehad Council as they plan to contest the party's internal elections. The Imran Khan-led party has rejected the coalition announcement as 'PDM 2.0' and vowed to form the government.
As Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto's parties seemed on course to form a coalition government, Imran Khan's PTI made its own efforts by allying with MWM and SIC to form the governments. The party has alleged that PML-N and PPP are trying to steal the people's mandate with the Army's help.
According to diplomatic sources, the Pakistan Foreign Ministry received the official request from India, urging the initiation of the legal process for the extradition of Saeed. He was responsible for the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people, including six Americans.
The exiled Chairman of the United Kashmir People’s National Party said that the government has turned the region into slavery by outsourcing the minerals and added that political activists were sent to jail to suppress dissent voices.
According to Pakistani English Daily, the prices of kerosene would also get costlier by about Rs10 per litre.
Under the Constitution, if the National Assembly completes its term, polls are to be held within 60 days. But if the assembly is dissolved prematurely, even if by a day, it would give the government 90 days to conduct elections
Pakistan fuel prices: The debt-ridden country's finance minister Ishaq Dar said that the decision to keep the petroleum products prices unchanged is taken in view of international rates
Sharif was disqualified in 2017 by a five-member bench of the apex court but he couldn't file an appeal as there was no law to challenge the judgment of the top judiciary.
Imran Khan's PTI row: The road ahead for Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) seems very rocky as the Sharif government is not in the mood to pacify the ongoing tussle.
Pakistan: The Pakistani government's decision came after a protracted dispute with importers and manufacturers, whose associations had been asking for an overall 39% increase and threatening to shut down the sector if they didn't get their way.
Pakistan politics: The resolution was tabled in the lower house by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, who stated that the National Assembly of Pakistan "reposes its full confidence in the leadership of" Prime Minister Sharif.
The NAC is also considering cutting down expenditures of ministries/divisions by 15 per cent, reducing the number of federal ministers, ministers of state, and advisers from 78 to 30 only while the remaining should work on a pro bono basis.
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