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IHC stays cipher trial till Jan 11

by Fiaz Mahmood inThe Express Tribune online, Dec 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday stopped the proceedings of the trial of PTI founding chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan as well as his ex-deputy Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case till January 11. Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb heard Imran’s plea against the in-camera trial of the cipher case by a special court.In his nine-page order, Justice Aurangzeb observed that the case was…

Imran to be indicted in jail for contempt next week

by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, December 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A four-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will be going to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail to char­g­e­-­sheet PTI’s founding chairman Imran Khan and former central leader of the party Fawad Chaudhry in contempt cases on Dec 13. Announcing its verdict on Nov 30, an ECP bench headed by member from Sindh Nisar Ahmed Durrani had referred to the Oct 11 order requiring Mr Khan’s…

PTI urges ECP to re-allot ‘bat’ as its election symbol

Report in The Nation, Dec 6, 2023ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday called upon the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to fulfil its constitutional responsibilities and instantly allot the electoral symbol ‘bat’ to the party after holding intra-party elections, while on the other hand, the party’s founding member Akbar S. Babar moved the election watchdog against the party’s intra-party elections terming it ‘rigged and fraudulent’. The PTI came down hard on Akbar S. Babar…

By Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, December 1st, 2023

ISLAMABAD: One of the founding members of the PTI, Akbar S. Babar has rejected Imran Khan’s nomination of Barrister Gohar Ali Khan as a candidate for the party chairman’s slot, calling it “selection instead of an election”. In a press statement, Mr Babar, who had filed the foreign funding case against the PTI, said the nomination of the new PTI chairman has raised serious questions about the transparency and credibility of the entire PTI intra-party…

Founding anniversary of BNP, Attacks and clashes, nearly 120 injured

report in Prothom Alo, Sept 2, 2023Nearly 120 people, including police, were injured as clashes broke out between opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and activists with the police and ruling Awami League men in Magura, Netrokona, Gaibandha and Bhola districts on Friday. The clashes took place as the opposition party was organising its 45th founding anniversary programme on the day. In Magura, a clash broke out between the police and BNP leaders and activists…