report in Daily Times, Dec 28, 2023 *The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed on Wednesday the request to immediately hear the plea challenging the disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case. However, there is an indication that the appeal filed by the PTI for a level-playing field in elections is expected to be scheduled for hearing tomorrow. The two matters were brought before acting Chief Justice Sardar Tariq Masood. Petitioner’s counsel…
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By Murtaza Ali Shah in The News, December 27, 2023LONDON: Aleema Khan has revealed that legal proceedings will be initiated in the UK by Imran Khan’s sons and in the US against American diplomat Donald Lu, seeking justice for the PTI chief. However, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the UK appears to be unaware of these developments. In the United States, Atif Khan, a PTI Core Committee member and adviser to Imran Khan, has verified…
by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, Dec 24th, 2023LAHORE: The PML-N, which recently was showering praise on the judiciary for providing ‘expeditious justice’ to its convicted supreme leader Nawaz Sharif in corruption cases, on Saturday turned its guns on the apex court for providing “certificate of innocence” to PTI founder Imran Khan in the cipher case. On Friday, the Supreme Court granted post-arrest bail to PTI leaders Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the cipher…
By Asim Yasin/khalid Iqbal in The News, Dec 20, 2023ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday filed the Toshakhana reference against the former prime minister and his wife Bushra Imran Khan, as co-accused in the Accountability Court in Islamabad, for retaining the Graff Jewelery set gifted by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. The NAB prosecutor, Sohail Arif, and Investigation Officer Mohsin Haroon submitted the reference at the Registrar’s Office. The Director General NAB, Rawalpindi,…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan may get a surprise from former Army Chief General (r) Qamar Javed Bajwa during the cipher case proceedings. In an informal conversation with journalists during the previous hearing of the cipher case, Khan had said, “I will include General Bajwa and US embassy officials as witnesses in the case”. A source who recently interacted with the former army chief on the issue says Bajwa…
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…
by Javaid ur Rahman in The Nation, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) yesterday decided to hold proceedings against former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry on December 13 in the contempt of the commission case. The proceedings of the case against Imran Khan and ex-party leader Fawad Chaudhry will now take place at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. The commission, keeping in the view the Interior Ministry’s denial…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, December 5th, 2023• Babar Awan says former PM has requested court to summon ‘ex-army chief and US diplomat’• LHC bench ‘unavailable’ to hear PTI leader’s appeal concerning May 9 casesISLAMABAD: A special court seized with the cipher trial of former prime minister Imran Khan has decided to indict him and his aide Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Dec 12 for alleged breach of the official secrets law, whereas the PTI leader…
by Imran Mukhtar in The Nation, Dec 3, 2023ISLAMABAD – Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday replaced incarcerated ex-premier Imran Khan as the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in a crucial but controversial intra-party polls whose fate will be decided by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and higher courts. Barrister Gohar was elected PTI chairman unopposed in the contest held in Peshawar on the directions of the electoral watchdog. The entire panel of new…
by Umer Burney in Dawn, Nov 28, 2023Citing “serious security risks”, Adiala jail authorities failed to present PTI Chairman Imran Khan before the special court at Islamabad’s Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) on Tuesday as per the orders of the same court’s judge. Last week, Special Court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who is hearing the cipher case, had issued directives that the PTI chief and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi be presented at the FJC.…
by Imran Mukhtar in The Nation, Nov 23, 2023ISLAMABAD – A sub-committee of the federal cabinet on Wednesday recommended placing the names of imprisoned PTI Chairman Imran Khan and 28 others on the Exit Control List (ECL) in the £190 million scandal. The sub-committee recommended placing these names in the nofly list on the advice of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The caretaker federal cabinet would take a final decision on the recommendations of the subcommittee.…