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Imran Added To No-Fly List

By LokMarg 25th May 2023

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chief and former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has been added to no-fly list, Pakistan Media reported on Thursday quoting sources.

“IK (Imran Khan) added in No Fly List,” The Pakistan Daily tweeted quoting sources. The Pakistan Daily is a digital news portal in Pakistan mainly reporting about the political updates of Pakistan.
However, there has been no official confirmation of Imran Khan being added to the no-fly list.

This comes a day after Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that the government is considering imposing a ban on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over the incidents that took place on May 9, Dawn reported.

Speaking to media persons in Islamabad, Khawaja Asif said, “A decision has not been taken yet, but a review is surely underway.” He called the vandalism of military installations across Pakistan on May 9 as “coordinated attacks” planned by PTI chairman Imran Khan, according to Dawn.

Earlier, Dawn reported that the police department had sent the names of 245 PTI activists, including three former members of the provincial assembly, to the federal government for inclusion in the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL), to prevent them from leaving the country.

Attributing it to sources, Dawn wrote on Thursday that the Rawalpindi district police gave around 319 names on their wanted list, and have forwarded the names of 245 PTI activists who are in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The remaining 74 individuals have yet to be arrested.

Dawn is one of the mainstream media houses of Pakistan that reports national and International issues related to Pakistan.

Dawn had reported that on Tuesday, Lahore police sought the inclusion of 746 PTI leaders in the no-fly list, with the aim of imposing a one-month restriction on their foreign travel. After the request made by the Rawalpindi police, the total number of PTI activists who may be included on the list stands at 991.

Under the PNIL, individuals on the police wanted list are prevented from flying out of the country for 30 days, Dawn wrote quoting a senior police official

After reviewing the cases of those arrested, the police finalised the names of 245 individuals detained during and after the May 9 violence. These names were then sent to the FIA to restrict their travel via air, land or sea routes.

Among those still wanted by the police but yet to be arrested are ex-MPA of PTI Rashid Hafeez, the nephew of Sheikh Rasheed; Fayyazul Hassan Chohan, who was previously arrested and later released; and Umar Tanveer Butt, Dawn reported.

As per the information provided to the federal government, it was revealed that 31 suspects had been arrested by the RA Bazar police in connection with the attack on GHQ, while 27 others wanted by the police are still at large, Dawn reported.

The temporary travel restrictions were proposed by the police after identifying the PTI supporters involved in violent protests through video clips, CCTV footage, intelligence and geo-fencing.

Under the supervision of City Police Officer (CPO) Syed Khalid Hamdani, the police investigation team has arrested 104 suspects in connection with the GHQ attack case, and identification parades for 23 individuals have been completed.

The police have been directed to expedite legal proceedings against those arrested in connection with the May 9 violence, Dawn reported.

In this regard, the police have also requested the Punjab Home Department to constitute a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate the terrorism-related cases registered under section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).

A police crackdown is underway to apprehend suspects wanted in connection with these cases.

Meanwhile, the officers stated that two separate teams of police, each supervised by a Superintendent of Police, have been formed to apprehend PTI leaders and activists from Punjab and KP. They added that the Punjab and KP police are being contacted for assistance in arresting the individuals wanted by the capital police in connection with the cases, Dawn reported.

However, the feedback received from the KP police was not encouraging, as per the officers. They explained that the capital police received a response indicating that they are likely to encounter significant resistance during house raids for arrests, as it goes against the local culture for strangers to enter their homes.

Capital police have also requested the interior ministry to put the names of the PTI leaders on the PNIL and Exit Control List (ECL), who are still at large in connection with the cases registered against them over violence in May 2022 and 2023. (ANI)

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No Arrests At Imran’s Residence Until Expiry Of 24-Hr Deadline

By LokMarg 18th May 2023

Punjab Caretaker Information Minister Amir Mir has said no arrests will be made at PTI chief Imran Khan’s residence until 2 pm Thursday, reported Dawn.

In an interview with a Pakistani media outlet, Mir stated that the PTI leadership had been given a 24-hour deadline to turn up the “30 to 40 terrorists” who had allegedly attacked military sites and were being protected within the Zaman Park mansion.
About PTI chief Imran Khan raising concerns that he would be arrested, Mir said that no action will be taken at Khan’s Zaman Park mansion before the deadline, which expires at 2 pm on Thursday.

He also denied “Imran Khan’s claim that a decision has been taken to arrest him,” according to Dawn.

Earlier today, when the PTI Chief Khan said that his re-arrest was likely, the Punjab police closed all access roads to his Zaman Park mansion in Lahore.

Meanwhile, hours after the Punjab police cordoned off Khan’s residence, a number of PTI supporters began gathering outside Zaman Park again, Dawn reported.

The Punjab interim government earlier in the day gave a 24-hour ultimatum to PTI to hand over ‘terrorists’, who attacked Army installations after the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan.

Punjab Caretaker Information Minister Aamir Mir while addressing a press conference, said: “30 to 40 terrorists who attacked Army installations including Jinnah House are present in Zaman Park.”

The Punjab minister said that the agencies were able to confirm the presence of the “terrorists” in Zaman Park through geo-fencing.

“The intelligence report that has come is very alarming. Handover the terrorists within 24 hours or the law will take its course,” Mir said, according to ARY News.

“PTI is starting to behave like a non-state actor,” said Mir. He added that the PTI chief has been targeting the military for over a year and urged the party to hand over the “terrorists”.

Meanwhile, Khan claimed that the police have surrounded his house and he could be arrested at any time, so this may be his last tweet.

Addressing the nation in a live video message, Imran Khan tweeted, “Probably my last tweet before my next arrest. Police have surrounded my house.”As per several media reports, a heavy contingent of Punjab Police was deployed on the roads leading to Zaman Park while barriers were installed on several roads. (ANI)

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Police Surrounded My House, This May Be Last Tweet: Imran

By LokMarg 17th May 2023

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday claimed that the police have surrounded his house and he could be arrested at any time, so this may be his last tweet.

While addressing the nation in a live video message, Imran Khan tweeted, “Probably my last tweet before my next arrest. Police has surrounded my house.”
The Punjab police have reached outside PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence to arrest him, a Dawn.com correspondent present at the site has confirmed.

He said that Khan’s residence has been cordoned off by the police officials.

In a video message, Khan said, “I am afraid that Pakistan is on the route to destruction. And I fear that if we don’t use our brains now then we may reach to the point where we wouldn’t be able to collect all the pieces of our nation.”

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief further claimed that for almost a year, there is chaos in pakistan and an external force was used in order to prevent him as he is not the right person for the country. Even if it meant breaking the laws, or no election or even insulting the Supreme Court, Imran Khan should not be back.

He showed the Survey which shows that PTI is the most popular. Khan further stated that all the parties are afraid that if he is back then all the political parties will lose the election.

“If the election happened then Imran will win and they don’t care whether it is good for the people or not what they care about is that the corruption cases that have been closed during their governance would be out,” Khan said.

“I have defended my army across the world … I was a known face. Name another Pakistani who defended the army the way I did on international media,” Khan said.

“And I did it because I am a free man. I never accepted slavery,” he added.

He also claimed that the Pakistan Democratic Movement is deliberately trying to create a conflict between the PTI and the army.

“The cases that are being filed under military laws — it never happened before that without any investigation or independent inquiry … it was suddenly decided that PTI is a terrorist organisation,” Khan said.

In the video message, the PTI chief further stated that their party will be approaching the court, seeking the formation of a judicial commission to probe into riots following Imran’s arrest.

“The Punjab IG should be called on what happened at Jinnah House [in Lahore]. If an inquiry is properly conducted into this, it would be revealed who was behind this conspiracy to ban a political party,” Khan added. (ANI)

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Democracy In Pakistan At An All-Time Low: Imran

By LokMarg 14th May 2023

Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that democracy in the country is at an “all-time low”, ARY News reported.

“Democracy is at an all-time low. The only hope we have is the judiciary,” said PTI Chief Imran Khan while speaking with Sky News on Sunday.
He also said that the coalition government was “petrified of elections” and feared being “wiped out” by his party at the polls.

He said, “So they have decided that the only way they will allow elections is if I am inside the jail or killed. There have been two attempts on me.” Khan added that his house was also raided while he was away.

The former prime minister condemned “all violence” when asked about violence by protesters following his arrest from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on May 9.

The former prime minister while addressing party workers and supporters on Friday urged the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan to launch an investigation into May 9 violence that emerged following his arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

The PTI chief urged them to come out of their homes and gather at a spot in their neighbourhood from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm on Sunday with a placard inscribed with “Save Constitution, save the country”, according to Pakistan-based ARY News.

He said that the police stopped him from leaving the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises despite the court granting bail in multiple cases.

He added, “The police wanted to arrest me under MPO [Maintenance of Public Order] outside the courtroom.”

Khan during his address said that his supporters had always maintained peacefulness during their 27-year struggle. He said he could never forget May 25 when the state unleashed violence on PTI supporters and activists. (ANI)

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Imran Arrives At Islamabad HC Amid Tight Security

By LokMarg 12th May 2023

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan made an appearance before the Islamabad High Court on Friday amid tight security in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust case, a day after the Supreme Court deemed his arrest “illegal” and responsible for fatal confrontations across the nation, ARY News reported.

Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), is apparently seeking bail. Imran Khan’s request will soon be heard by a two-person special division bench made up of Justices Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Saman Imtiaz.
In the capital, extraordinary security measures were put in place for Imran Khan’s appearance before the high court. Outside the IHC, there are police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel on duty.

Containers have been placed near police lines on the Srinagar Highway and a heavy contingent of police and Rangers officials has been deployed under the Faizabad Bridge, Srinagar Highway and Police Lines in Pakistan as Khan’s supporters have gathered there, according to ARY News.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has called on the cadre to gather near Islamabad HC. PTI has said that Imran would make a speech after his court appearance there.

The police crackdown on Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders show no signs of mercy as another senior female PTI leader and former health minister of Pakistan’s Punjab Yasmin Rashid was arrested in Lahore on Friday.

Earlier, Dr Shireen Mazari, the party’s Senior Vice President was arrested by Islamabad Police from her residence in the federal capital during the wee hours today.

Shireen Mazari’s home was searched by the Islamabad police, according to officials. Following a string of arrests of senior PTI leaders, including Imran Khan, Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and Ali Mohammad Khan, she was taken into custody, according to Geo News.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case was declared “illegal” by the Supreme Court on May 11, and authorities were instructed to release him “immediately”.

Following the decision, the apex court sent the PTI chief to the Police Lines Guest House, allowing him to spend the night with his family.

Khan was arrested on Tuesday this week inside the premises of Islamabad High Court when he appeared before the court in two cases.

Ever since Khan’s arrest, Pakistan has been witnessing a situation of unrest. Several protests have broken out across the country as PTI has urged its supporters to come out in support of Imran Khan. (ANI)

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Pakistan: SC Orders Imran’s Immediate Release After Calling His Arrest Illegal

By LokMarg 11th May 2023

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday declared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan’s arrest “illegal,” and also directed for his immediate release, reported ARY News.

The major relief for the former prime minister came shortly after he was presented in court.
Khan, who was removed from office as prime minister last year in April, was ordered by the SC to present himself at 4:30 pm, but he was produced at around 5:40 pm, more than an hour later.

He was carried in a 15-vehicle convoy.

Khan was ordered to appear in court after Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial described the PTI leader’s detention from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises as a mighty disgrace to the country’s legal system, as per ARY News.

The CJP made the comment while presiding over a three-person bench debating the PTI’s appeal challenging Khan’s arrest. The bench also contains Justices Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Athal Minallah in addition to the Chief Justice of Pakistan.

A petition was filed in the Supreme Court by PTI, a day earlier challenging the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision calling Khan’s arrest by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) “legal,” according to ARY News.

Khan was arrested on Tuesday inside the premises of Islamabad High Court when he appeared before the court in two cases.

On the other hand, the PTI has asked its supporters to stay away from the top court, ARY News reported. (ANI)

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Imran’s Lawyers Alleged Plot To Kill Him

By LokMarg 10th May 2023

Imran Khan’s lawyers on Wednesday alleged a conspiracy to kill the former Pakistan premier in prison, according to a video posted from the official Twitter handle of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI).

After a meeting with Imran Khan for an hour and a half, one of his lawyers said the former Prime Minister complained of experiencing chest pains.
Imran claimed that his meals were being laced with insulin in a bid to induce a heart attack, PTI quoted his lawyers as claiming further.

One of his lawyers briefed the media about the meeting with Imran Khan, saying that all four of his lawyers met him for an hour and a half after getting permission from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court.

“We asked him if he was tortured. He said he had been experiencing pain in his heart since morning,” one of his lawyers was quoted by the PTI as saying.

“This is an attempt to kill him. He (Imran Khan) said he was not being allowed to sleep,” the lawyer further informed further, sharing details about the conversation he had with the former premier.

“Imran Khan was brought to the police lines at 3 am and was put in a dirty room which neither had a toilet nor a bed,” his lawyer claimed.

“He was not given a morsel to eat since 3 am (Wednesday),” the lawyer added.

On the ongoing civilian protests and violence that erupted across Pakistan in the wake of Imran’s arrest and continues, his lawyer said they briefed Imran on it.

He urged the people to keep fighting for the restoration of the rule of law in the country, the lawyer claimed.

“When we informed him that people were still out on the streets, holding protests against his arrest, he asked us to inform the masses that they have to keep fighting for the restoration of the rule of law,” the lawyer said.

On Tuesday, Imran was arrested outside Islamabad High Court by Pakistan Rangers on a warrant issued by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

He was dragged out of Islamabad High Court. According to reports in Pakistani media, he was allegedly made to crawl when they held his neck and dragged the former premier towards a police vehicle. (ANI)

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Denied Permission, Imran’s Legal Team Allowed To Meet

By LokMarg 10th May 2023

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan’s legal team has been granted permission to meet the former prime minister ahead of his case hearing in Islamabad.

Earlier today, Imran’s legal team and his party leaders were denied access to meet him.
“We were stopped from meeting our client,” Babar Awan, a part of Khan’s legal team, told Geo News.

At NUST University Chowk, Imran’s legal team was stopped and PTI leaders Babar Awan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and Asad Umar were also denied access to the police lines.

Imran Khan was arrested outside Islamabad High Court by Pakistan Rangers on a warrant issued by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

The NAB had initiated an investigation against Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi and others for the alleged gain of hundreds of canals of land in the name of Al Qadir University Trust, which reportedly caused a loss of 190 million pounds to the national exchequer.

On the directives of the NAB, an independent anti-graft organisation, the former prime minister was detained by Rangers on Tuesday in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust case. He was then moved to its headquarters in the garrison town of Rawalpindi for questioning.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) later stated that the detention was valid and reserved its decision regarding it; as a result, Khan’s legal team plans to contest the arrest in the Supreme Court today.

According to the charges, Imran Khan and others accused allegedly adjusted 50 billion — 190 million pounds at the time sent by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to the government. Former PM Imran Khan registered Trust for Al-Qadir University Project on December 26, 2019, Geo News reported. (ANI)

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Arrested

By LokMarg 9th May 2023

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested by from outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Tuesday, Geo News reported.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Khan was taken into custody by Pakistani Rangers from outside the courtroom where he had appeared in the Alqadir Trust case.
Musarrat Cheema, the PTI leader, in a video message on Twitter, said: “They are torturing Imran Khan right now […] they are beating Khan sahib. They have done something with Khan sahib.”

This is a developing story. (ANI)

Dangerous Ruling Buffoons Making A Mockery Of Pak: Imran

By LokMarg 8th April 2023

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed his concern about the government’s actions, stating that they are making a mockery of Pakistan abroad.

“The dangerous ruling buffoons don’t realise the damage they are doing to Pak’s image abroad by sham FIRs & absurd sedition charges against a former PM for using terms ‘Dirty Harry’ & ‘psycopath’! They are making a mockery of Pakistan,” tweeted Khan.
He also warned that foreign investors may be getting a troubling message after the Pakistani government’s decision to not accept the Supreme Court’s decision in the Punjab polls delay case.

“Also, what msg is being sent to foreign investors when govt itself is not accepting SC decisions? Investors need security of contracts & that means faith in judicial system. What confidence can they have when govt itself casting aside SC orders? This happens in a banana republic,” he tweeted.

Khan’s comments came after the federal government demanded that Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial step down, claiming that his position had become “controversial” after Justice Athar Minallah’s note in the case.

Justice Minallah stated that the Supreme Court’s suo motu notice over the delay in the announcement of provincial assembly elections was dismissed by a majority 4-3 ruling.

A three-member SC bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, and Justice Munib Akhtar had announced the verdict on the PTI’s petition challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) move to postpone the Punjab Assembly polls till October 8.

This ruling was rejected by the government, who labeled it a “minority verdict”, with the National Assembly also passing a resolution against the top court.

The government’s refusal to accept the Supreme Court’s decision has raised concerns about the state of country’s democracy and judicial system.

The PTI chief also claimed that the sedition cases filed against him and the imprisonment of senior party leader Ali Amin Gandapur are attempts to undermine their party’s ability to contest elections.

“Sedition cases against me – this is 144th case against me- and our senior ldr Ali Amin along with his imprisonment, are simply attempts to undermine our Party’s ability to fight elections. This is all part of London Plan in which Nawaz Sharif was given assurances that PTI would be crushed before elections through fake cases & imprisonment of its leadership,” he tweeted.

Imran Khan has been pushing for assembly elections in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces as part of a campaign to force an early general election that he has waged since being forced from office a year ago after losing a vote of confidence, reported The Express Tribune.

However, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected Imran Khan’s call for an early general election and his government had backed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) delay in the votes in the two provinces to Oct 8.

The commission cited a lack of resources and the government agreed, saying it was not possible to organise the provincial elections while the country was struggling with an economic crisis and with a general election due around early October anyway.

But the Supreme Court ruled that the delay was illegal and voting in the two provinces should be held between April 30 and May 15, reported The Express Tribune. (ANI)