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Opponents target judiciary as Imran gets relief

by Zulqernain Tahir | Kalbe Ali in Dawn, August 30th, 2023ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: As the PTI welcomed the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision to suspend Imran Khan’s sentence in the Toshakhana case on Tuesday, other political parties expressed their concerns over the judiciary’s allegedly favourable treatment of the former prime minister. PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif said Mr Khan’s sentence had been suspended and “not terminated”. Mr Sharif also took a dig at the chief justice of Pakistan.…

Imran Khan grilled in jail for an hour, again admits to losing cipher

By Numan Wahab & Shakeel Anjum in The News, August 27, 2023ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Former prime minister and Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan once again confessed on Saturday that he had lost the cipher and he was unable to recall where he kept it. He was responding to questions by a three-member team of Cybercrime Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), headed by Deputy Director Ayyaz Khan, in the Attock Jail. The FIA team grilled…

SC seeks report on Imran’s jail life

report in The Express Tribune, Aug 25, 2023ISLAMABAD: The apex court on Thursday ordered Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Awan to file by August 28 a report on the living conditions of former prime Imran Khan at the Attock Jail cell where he has been languishing since his conviction on August 5. A three-member special bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial issued this order while hearing the PTI chief’s…

Lahore ATC allows police to interrogate Imran in 6 more cases

by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, August 25th, 2023LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) allowed police on Thursday to interrogate incarcerated PTI Chairman Imran Khan in six more cases related to the May 9 riots. The decision followed the addition of new sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in the FIRs dealing with offences of abetting mutiny in the armed forces and waging war against Pakistan. The investigating officers filed separate applications before the court…

Imran won’t be tried under Army Act in cipher case

By Ansar Abbasi in The News, August 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan will not be tried under Army Act 1952 in the cipher case. According to a government source, certain offences under the Official Secrets Act 1923 are though tried under Army Act of 1952, in the case of Imran Khan’s offence he will be tried in a criminal court under normal judicial system. The FIA has recently booked Imran…

TV anchor held for hate speech

Report in Dawn, Feb 3rd, 2023LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday arrested TV anchor Imran Riaz Khan for ‘hate speech’. The BOL News anchor was taken into custody at the Allama Iqbal Airport from where was trying to go to the UAE. The FIA told him that his name was on the blacklist and subsequently he was arrested and handed over to the FIA cybercrime wing which did not produce him before a…

Rising to the occasion

by Inam Ul Haque in The Express Tribune, Jan 26, 2023.The writer is a retired major generalHe is a senior retired civilian officer from defence establishment with deep family links to the armed forces. A friend for life, and a relatively level-headed amongst many; so, it was strangely weird to hear him complain about the moorings of this country, and his innate desire to emigrate elsewhere even in these twilight years of life. For being…

Unsafe borders: edit in Daily Times, Jan 20, 2023

Pakistan’s treacherous borders on the western side have always been a source of anxiety for our security forces. Iran would occasionally complain to Pakistan about the exploitation of our soil against them, and in this regard, the former prime minister, Imran Khan, admitted the fact. Four Pakistani border troopers were martyred in a Wednesday attack from Iranian territory, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations, and four security personnel were slain during “terrorist action” from across…