Monday, April 11th, 2022
Kyiv keeps pressure on West to do more
Russian forces fired rockets into Ukraine’s Luhansk and Dnipro regions on Sunday News Desk KYIV: Ukraine said on Sunday it was seeking another round of European Union sanctions against Moscow and more military aid from its allies as Russian forces destroyed an airport and other targets in the east of the country. Russia has failed to take any major cities since it launched its invasion on Feb. 24, but Ukraine says it has been gathering its forces in the east for a major assault and has urged people to flee.Read More
‘PTI MNAs may tender resignations’
Fawad Chaudhry says Final decision expected today in PTI parliamentary party meeting Khayam Abbasi ISLAMABAD: Following the removal of former prime minister Imran Khan from power through a no-confidence motion, senior PTI leader and former minister for information and broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry announced Sunday that his party members would resign from the National Assembly today (Monday) if the nomination of PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif is accepted. Speaking to journalists on Sunday alongside former energy minister Hammad Azhar and former state minister for information Farrukh Habib, Fawad said that PTI chiefRead More
Imran chairs PTI core committee meeting
ISLAMABAD, Apr 10 (DNA): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman and formerprime minister Imran Khan will chair a core committee meeting of theparty at Banigala in Islamabad. PTI Senator Faisal Javed tweeted that Imran Khan will announce thefuture course of action in the PTI core committee meeting to be heldtoday. Sources claimed that the core committee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insafwill discuss the political situation and the party’s administrativeaffairs following the ouster of the PTI government. Imran Khan will also give directions to the party leaders for peacefulprotests across the country. PTI senior leadersRead More
NA all set to elect new PM
Nomination papers of both Shehbaz Sharif and Shah Mahmood Qureshi accepted Shujaat Hamza ISLAMABAD, The National Assembly will elect the new leader of the House (Prime Minister) on April 11, 2022 (Monday) after passage of no-confidence motion against Imran Khan at 2 pm. Opposition parties in the National Assembly on Sunday (April 10) defeated the ruling PTI government in the no-confidence resolution they jointly moved against Prime Minister Imran Khan with 174 votes, setting a new precedent in parliamentary history of the country for in-house change through a democratic andRead More
IK’s exit: what went wrong and where?
Analysis Ansar M Bhatti After serving in the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan for 3 years 7 months and 22 days, Imran Khan was finally voted out on Sunday April 10,2022 by 174 members of the National Assembly. Since Ayaz Sadiq was asked to preside over the proceedings after the resignation of Asad Qaisar, he could not cast his vote. Thus, the much-talked-about episode of no-trust came to an end. Imran Khan tried to the hilt to delay the vote for a couple of days, but he wasRead More