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ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday hinted at his readiness for talks with other political parties, insisting that a politician is “always ready to hold dialogue”, but emphasised that the PTI would prefer to join the opposition instead of forming a “weak government”. Talking to the journalists during the hearings of Toshakhana and £190 million corruption cases at …

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan has bashed his arch-rival Nawaz Sharif, claiming that the PML-N supremo “cannot tolerate honest judges in the superior judiciary”. Speaking to reporters in Adiala Jail on Thursday, the PTI founding chairman claimed that the honest and upright judges “are not acceptable to the PML-N, and Mr Sharif never played a match without his handpicked …

LAHORE: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said the crackdown initiated against the PTI in light of the May 9 demonstrations has the opposite of the desired effect, as all it was “doing is adding to sympathy for [the] PTI and increasing its vote bank”. In a series of tweets, the PTI chairman lashed out at the government for forcing the …

LAHORE: PTI Chair­man Imran Khan has said PML-N is trying to create a 1997-like situation when its workers attacked the Supreme Court to pressurise the then chief justice Sajjad Ali Shah hearing a contempt petition. In a tweet on Friday, the ex-premier said the PML-N is targeting the incumbent chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) exactly as it targeted the then …

• Blames former army chief for current political, economic instability; claims he’s not in contact with new military leadership • Says govt will be forced to hold polls in April KARACHI: Former prime minister Imran Khan once again apportioned blame for the recent resurgence of terrorism in the country on the unwillingness of the current government to abide by the commitments made …

ISLAMABAD: PTI chief Imran Khan, in his third submission to the Supreme Court hearing a contempt petition against him, has argued that the decision to proceed to Islamabad’s D-Chowk during his party’s May 25 protest in the capital was made in response to the “violence and brutality” unleashed on his supporters by the government. Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar …

PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that British newspaper The Guardian had taken his comments on author Salman Rushdie’s attack “out of context”. In an interview with the UK-based publication on Friday, Imran was quoted as terming the knife attack on the Indian-born novelist “sad” and “terrible”, which could not be justified in the name of Islam. “Rushdie understood because he …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said if the current setup remained in power, it would abolish the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and National Accounta­bility Bureau (NAB), eventually destroying all state institutions. Talking to party workers and supporters at his Banigala residence, the former prime minister said: “If institutions are rendered useless, the country gets destroyed.” He …

PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday dispelled reports that he had struck a deal in exchange for ending the party’s Azadi March to Islamabad, saying that he did so in order to avoid bloodshed. He expressed the views while addressing a press conference in Peshawar, adding that he would take to the streets again if early …

ISLAMABAD: Interim Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday the government was striving to ease the people’s lives. Citizens should have the assurance that the state would come to their rescue in case of any threat to life and property, he said while launching ‘Helpline 911’ emergency relief services through a single platform. He said Helpline 911 is a major …