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Imran taps Gohar again as nominee for PTI chief​

Ikram Junaidi
February 26, 2024

ISLAMABAD: With its founder Imran Khan in prison, the leadership role has become a conundrum for PTI, as it has taken a U-turn and once again nominated Barrister Gohar Ali Khan for the party’s top post.

Mr Gohar was elected as PTI chairman after securing Mr Khan’s backing in the December 2023 intra-party elections, which led the party to being deprived of its ‘bat’ symbol by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Last week, the party decided to hold fresh polls on March 3 and named Barrister Ali Zafar as Mr Khan’s nominee for the post of chairman.

 

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PTI not against any party or institution, says Ali Muhammad Khan​

PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan has said his party is not against any party or institution.

At a press conference in Islamabad, he asserted that the PTI will not let decisions concerning the country be taken abroad. “Pakistan will not shift its masters to Washington,” he said.

Khan claimed that the fundamental rights of the people of Pakistan were stolen through “rigging”, stressing that the public should be allowed to exercise its right to choose a government.

While speaking about Maryam Nawaz’s election as the chief minister of Punjab, he said that he had nothing against her and would have congratulated the PML-N leader if she had won her seat through votes.

 

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Imran, Bushra Bibi indicted in £190m graft case​

A Rawalpindi accountability court on Tuesday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the £190 million corruption case.

In December, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed a corruption reference against Imran and seven others, including his wife, in connection with the Al-Qadir University.

The case alleges that Imran and Bushra Bibi obtained billions of rupees and land worth hundreds of kanals from Bahria Town Ltd for legalising Rs50 billion that was identified and returned to the country by the UK during the previous PTI government.

The reference filed by NAB alleged that Imran, who is currently in jail, played a “pivotal role in the illicit transfer of funds meant for the state of Pakistan into an account designated for the payment of land by Bahria Town, Karachi”. It also claimed that despite being given multiple opportunities to justify and provide information, the accused deliberately, with mala fide intention, refused to give information on one pretext or another.

 

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PTI to take ‘next step’, gather concerns regarding elections: Asad Qaiser​

Former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser has said the PTI will take the “next step” and chalk a way forward after gathering concerns regarding the February 8 elections across the board.

“We have a one-point agenda that whenever elections are held in the country they should be free and fair,” he said in a media talk after meeting PTI founder Imran Khan at Adiala Jail.

“We will continue our struggle in the country as per the law and Constitution,” Qaiser said and urged people across Pakistan to participate in PTI’s peaceful protest on Saturday.

 

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Imran nominates Amir Dogar for slot of NA speaker​

The PTI has nominated Amir Dogar as the party’s candidate for the National Assembly speaker.

In a media talk outside Adiala Jail, PTI leader Omar Ayub Khan said Junaid Khan had been nominated for the slot of deputy speaker of the NA. He said both candidates had made several sacrifices for the party.

“God willing, the PTI will form governments […] the PTI will emerge victorious,” he asserted.

 

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PTI facing state crackdown for past 2 years, says Imran’s sister​

Aleema Khan, sister of former premier Imran Khan, has said the PTI was facing a state crackdown for the past two years.

“People are being chased, they are being abducted, their houses are being demolished and their families are being tortured,” she claimed in a media talk outside Adiala Jail.

“Imran Khan has said that the votes in the February 8 elections were not for the candidate but for the public,” Aleema added.

 

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The 'establishment' has figured out how to wage what it wants as low intensity warfare to a threshold that internationally its not made a pariah. Masters at inflicting pain and punishment while using the state apparatus (courts and other) to get its job done but not going beyond by killing those in the prison.

This is a distinguishing feature from the strongmen in N. Korea and Myanmar where they are condemned. THats the fine line the puppet masters are keeping to stay below the threshold...

It doesn't serve to make enemies with the outside world: who will then let them move the $s, or retire outside.

 

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Ali Muhammad Khan, Sher Afzal Marwat attend NA session donning ‘Imran mask’​

Feb 29,
In a display of solidarity, key figures from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) including Ali Muhammad Khan and Sher Afzal Marwat made a notable entrance into the National Assembly today donning the mask of their party's founder and former prime minister, Imran Khan.

The inaugural session of NA was chaired by Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf. During the session, newly elected members of the assembly took oath.

The House echoed with slogans in favour of Imran Khan, with lawmakers, including Ali and Marwat, wearing Imran’s face mask and carrying his posters.

Today's session also witnessed the return of PTI to the Parliament after the party resigned en masse, the only difference is that PTI lawmakers have entered the legislature this time around under the banner of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).

Despite the unspoken ban on mentioning Imran Khan's name and displaying his photo or video, this is the first time the party has had the chance to take the PTI founder's name and show his photos on television screens; perhaps a small reward for returning to the Parliament.

Seeing the unruly behaviour of the lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, the speaker adjourned the session till 10am on Friday.

 

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جنگ کوئی جیتی نہیں ۔ الیکشن کوئی ہارا نہیں ۔
ڈرامے اور گانے سنا سنا کر قوم کو کھوکھلا کر دیا ۔​

 

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