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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday lashed out at the media wing of the armed forces over its statement rejecting the allegations of former prime minister Imran Khan against a military officer for being responsible for the Wazirabad attack. The party also questioned that if no member of the institution ever did anything wrong, why were court-martials carried out. Addressing the nation from Shau­kat …

KARACHI: While mainstream political parties in the country claim to be true democratic forces and entities, former chairman of Senate and senior PPP leader Senator Raza Rabbani made a candid admission on Saturday that all key political stakeholders “look to the establishment even today” to gain power and allow the establishment to violate the Constitution for that objective. The strong …

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought constitution of a ‘full court commission’ of the apex court to probe into Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s allegations that the premier, interior minister and a senior military officer are responsible for the assassination bid on him in Wazirabad. Later, in a high-level meeting presided over by the PM, it was decided that in light of …

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have decided to lift the security cordon in Islamabad after Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan called off the long march in the wake of attempt on his life, Dawn has learnt. PRO of the capital police told Dawn that orders had been issued for removal of all the containers from the roads of Islamabad besides directives to send back the visiting …

ISLAMABAD: Hours after Imran Khan directly blamed government officials and an army officer for the attempt on his life, federal ministers and the military denied the allegations, calling them “unacceptable and uncalled for”, while demanding action against “those responsible for defamation and false accusations against the institution and its officials”. Earlier, Mr Khan had accused the prime minister, interior minister and …

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Scores of PTI activists were arrested after protesters turned violent as they pelted the capital police and personnel of other law enforcement agencies with stones at Faizabad Bridge on Friday. Earlier, the PTI secretary general Asad Umar had announced protests after Friday prayers against gun attack on former prime minister Imran Khan in Wazirabad. The PTI had called protests …

PTI chief Imran Khan’s lawyer submitted an application to the Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday to defer a hearing in a contempt case filed against the former prime minister for allegedly flouting a May 25 court order that defined the limits for his party’s ‘Azadi March’ at the time. The deferral was sought on the grounds of Imran’s hospitalisation after he was …

ISLAMABAD: Interior Min­ister Rana Sanaullah on Friday termed the attack on Imran Khan a case of religious extremism, asserting that his own party PML-N considered the ex-premier a “political rival and not an enemy”. “Details about the attacker [who is] in custody will astound you,” he told a presser, hinting that he was linked with some religious extremist group. A second video …

LAHORE: Just a day after he escaped an assassination attempt during his party’s long march, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan vowed he would be back on the streets as soon as he was discharged from hospital. In the meantime, he urged his followers to continue protesting against the “injustices” being committed by the incumbent rulers allegedly with the support of …

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif in an inflammatory address on Friday shifted the blame of the assassination attempt on PTI chief Imran Khan onto the former prime minister for what he described as “crossing the red lines of religion”. He expressed these views during the National Assembly (NA) centering on yesterday’s assassination attempt on the former prime minister, which he alleged was being used to …