Pakistan: PTI, JUI-F ‘agree on increasing contacts’ amid calls for movement against poll rigging

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), led by Maulana Fazl, and Imran Khan-founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), have “agreed on increasing party-level contacts” as the former pulled up for starting a nationwide movement against election rigging, according to Geo News. Asad Qaiser, the central leader of the PTI, verified that he spoke with JUI-F […]

PTI links human rights violation with ‘FATF grey listing’

 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has given an irrational response to President Arif Alvi’s letter which drew his attention towards the constitutional provisions, Tribune reported. On Friday, Alvi wrote a letter to Shehbaz, asking him to direct the authorities concerned to assist the Election Commission of Pakistan with the holding […]

Shah Mahmood Qureshi PTI’s new parliamentary group leader in National Assembly

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi is PTI’s new parliamentary group leader in the National Assembly (NA). The former Foreign Affairs Minister replaced his party Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan as leader of the party in parliament. Khan cannot enter the National Assembly, the lower legislative house of Pakistan’s bicameral parliament after […]

PTI observes ‘thanksgiving day’ after SC’s verdict on Punjab CM by-polls

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) termed the Supreme Court’s verdict, making Pervaiz Elahi the new Punjab Chief Minister, as “supremacy of the Constitution” and the party decided to observe ‘thanksgiving day’ on Wednesday. A day earlier, the Supreme Court announced that Pakistan Muslim League (Q) leader Pervaiz Elahi, an ally of ex-PM Imran Khan, would be the […]

Pakistan: Lahore HC issues notices to Hamza Shehbaz on petitions filed by PTI, PML-Q against CM elections

The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notices to Punjab chief minister Hamza Shehbaz and four others on separate petitions filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and PML-Q’s leader and Punjab Assembly speaker Chaudhary Parvez Elahi requesting the court to declare CM elections as illegal. The High Court Chief Justice […]