ISLAMABAD – A day after the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, party’s Vice President Asad Umar was also taken into custody on Wednesday. Asad was about to leave for the Supreme Court to challenge the IHC decision on Imran Khan’s arrest along with Shah Mehmood Qureshi when he was taken into custody. Asad was whisked away by the Anti-Terror Squad to an “undisclosed” place. The former finance minister was in the IHC to file a petition to seek a meeting with PTI Chairman Imran Khan. It is not clearRead More

An accountability court on Wednesday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) eight-day remand of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, who was arrested a day earlier from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust case. Separately, a sessions court also indicted the PTI chief in the Toshakhana case. Both the hearings were held at the Islamabad Police Lines, which was given the status of a court venue as a “one-time dispensation” late on Tuesday night, amid tight security. During the hearing of the Al-Qadir Trust case, theRead More

Peshawar: Violent protests intensify across Pakistan with 3 dead in Peshawar. Police say nearly 1,000 arrested in Punjab following PTI protests.

THE COURT HAS INDICTED PTI CHAIRMAN IMRAN KHAN IN TOSHAKHANA CASE. IMRAN KHAN HAS REFUSED TO SIGN THE DOCUMENTS AND DENIRED CHARGES AS WELL. NOW A FORMAL CASE SHALL BE STARTED AGAINST HIM.

As political tensions continue to escalate following the dramatic arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman (PTI) Imran Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities have also called in army troops to control the situation on the ground following the suit of the Punjab government. The Ministry of Interior has approved the Punjab government’s request for assistance by sanctioning ten companies of troops, saying: “The army would be working alongside district administration to restore law, order and peace”. The order issued by the Federal Ministry of Interior stated: “Pursuant to the request made by theRead More

SENIOR PTI LEADER ASAD UMAR HAS BEEN ARRESTED. HE WAS ARRESTED FROM THE PREMISES OF THE ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT. THE ANTI TERRORIST SQUAD ARRESTED ASAD UMAR. IT IS NOT YET CLEAR IN WHICH CASE THE PIT LEADER HAS BEEN ARRESTED. Meanwhile, the PTI leadership has decided to challenge arrest of Imran Khan in the apex court of Pakistan. In this regard the PTI lawyers have prepared a petition. The PTI leaders decided to continue countrywide peaceful protests till the time Imran Khan is released. It is expected that other seniorRead More