Asif Ali Zardari, the president of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), visited Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday night at the PM’s residence to discuss the government’s potential next steps in the wake of President Dr. Arif Alvi’s attempt to compel the ruling alliance to hold elections in two provinces.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday claimed that the party’s top brass is being transported to an undisclosed location from Kot Lakhpat jail a day after PTI leaders and activists started voluntarily presenting themselves for arrest in Lahore under the party’s “Jail Bharo Tehreek”.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan announced that the “Jail Bharo Tehreek (court arrest movement)” is set to kick off today, with hopes to counter the “attack on constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights” and the “economic meltdown” by the incumbent government.
As the political climate in the nation heats up ahead of the elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, former PML-Q leader Parvez Elahi announced his joining the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday along with ten other former MPAs from his party.
While the subject was still pending, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday rejected to meet with President Dr. Arif Alvi to discuss the schedule for elections to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assemblies.
Following the capture of Kabul by the Afghan Taliban in August 2021, PTI senior leader Dr. Shireen Mazari alleged that former army chief (retired) General Qamar Javed Bajwa sought to “resettle” members of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the nation.
Member of National Assembly (MNA) Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha on Wednesday said that “Jail Bharo Tehreek” (Court Arrest) of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan was another political gimmick.
LAHORE: According to PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz, the biggest threat Pakistan currently confronts is political instability. She blamed PTI leader Imran Khan and his party for the problem and vowed to purge politics of them.
Imran Khan, the head of the PTI and a former prime minister, has attributed Pakistan’s escalating terrorism to the “negligence” of its security forces and intelligence organisations.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz’s declaration that a separate province would be created for the Hazara division drew sharp criticism from the Awami National Party
Imran Khan was harshly criticised by PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Thursday for doing little for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while her party was in control there. She also questioned why Imran Khan believed he was so “important” that others wanted him dead.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) opposes postponing elections, according to Faisal Karim Kundi, minister of state for eradicating poverty in Lahore.
