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Imran had Afghans placed on electoral rolls, alleges Zardari

by Kashif Abbasi in Dawn, Dec 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Asif Zardari on Monday launched a scathing attack on Imran Khan, saying the former premier supports Afghans because he had allegedly got them included in the voter lists. The former president also hinted at the possibility of a “little delay” in the elections, but said his party had no problem with it. Afghan citizens were registered as voters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the past to…

IHC to take up Imran’s appeal today

report in The Express Tribune, Nov 20, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court will take up PTI chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan’s intra-court appeal on Monday (today) against a single-judge bench’s decision that had approved his jail trial in the cipher case and the appointment of the judge for the special court of the Official Secrets Act. An IHC division bench, comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz, will hear the matter.…

New darling of ‘selectors?

By Imran Ayub in Dawn, November 9th, 2023KARACHI: A gulf between the PML-N and PPP appeared to widen on Wednesday, with the Pakistan People’s Party accusing its past ally of abandoning the vote ko izzat do narrative and being in cahoots with “selectors” — a term the party used to refer to the establishment for allegedly supporting ex-premier Imran Khan. With such overt criticism, the PPP probably for the first time since the dissolution of…

PTI slams harsh conditions faced by Imran in custody

by Imran Adnan in The Express Tribune, Oct 10, 2023LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has vehemently decried what it termed the “unlawful, unconstitutional, and inhumane treatment” endured by former premier and PTI Chairman Imran Khan, who is now considered a “prisoner of conscience” during his incarceration. On Monday, the PTI core committee strongly criticised the ongoing actions of what it referred to as “kangaroo courts” handling “false and fabricated cases” against Imran Khan. The committee expressed…