LAHORE– Police failed to apprehend Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) president Parvez Elahi on Thursday, but they maintained their siege outside the PTI leader’s home on the Zahoor Elahi Road till this report was filed. Following the termination of Parvez Elahi’s bail by an anti-corruption court, a large police presence arrived atRead More →

LAHORE – Justice Anwarul Haq Pannu of the Lahore High Court said on Wednesday that “they, too, will face the music for what they are doing today” because it’s karma – a clear reference to the government’s actions against PTI leaders and workers for their alleged involvement in the MayRead More →

ISLAMABAD – Fayazul Hassan Chohan declared on Tuesday that he was quitting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), dealing yet another blow to the group. After Shireen Mazari, he is now the second well-known leader to leave the party. Earlier, despite the court having granted Ms. Mazari bail, she had been jailedRead More →

LAHORE – Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), compared the “oppression of his party workers to genocide in Nazi Germany” on Monday. The former premier underlined his concerns over the re-arrest of party leader Shireen Mazari in a Twitter Spaces session with supporters, saying that such government actsRead More →

As of tonight, the first Hajj flight from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia has left from Karachi, marking the beginning of Hajj flying operations. The first hajj aircraft reportedly left from Jinnah International Airport Karachi at approximately 4am. With 330 people on board, the aircraft to Madina took off. The HajjRead More →

LAHORE — The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday ordered the release of 123 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activists who had been imprisoned after the party’s demonstrations over Imran Khan’s incarceration. Justice Anwarul Haq of the LHC ruled on a plea brought by PTI leader Farrukh Habib, finding the government’s noticeRead More →