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Pakistan: MQM-P formally joins opposition

Mar 31, 2022, at 12:11 am

Islamabad: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), a key ally of PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led coalition government, on Wednesday announced to part ways with the ruling PTI.

PM Imran Khan to address nation today, fuels speculation over resignation

Mar 30, 2022, at 11:57 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan is all set to address the nation on Wednesday, triggering speculation over his resignation after members of ally Muttahida Qaumi Movement quit the federal cabinet to give him a jolt.

No confidence motion: Imran Khan's PTI govt likely to lose majority after ally MQM strikes deal with opposition

Mar 30, 2022, at 02:43 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan is all set to lose his majority after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government's key ally and coalition partner  Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM) decided to desert him and join hands with the Opposition.

Pakistan: Imran Khan claims foreign powers are behind ‘conspiracy’ to overthrow his govt

Mar 28, 2022, at 03:23 am

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday said foreign powers were involved in the ‘conspiracy’ to send his coalition government at the Centre packing through a no-confidence motion tabled by the country’s joint opposition.

Pakistan: Imran Khan's aide quits cabinet, joins opposition

Mar 27, 2022, at 10:03 pm

Islamabad: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, who was serving as the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant (SAPM) on Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan, on Sunday quit his position, giving a jolt to Imran Khan ahead of the  no-confidence motion against him.

Pakistan: 50 ministers belonging to Imran Khan’s party go “missing”

Mar 27, 2022, at 01:23 am

Islamabad: Amidst the no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, at least 50 ministers belonging to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have gone 'missing' from the political front, The Express Tribune reported citing sources.

Pakistan: PM Imran Khan's trouble deepens as more allies abandon PTI Govt

Mar 24, 2022, at 06:39 pm

Islamabad/IBNS/UNI: The Imran Khan-led PTI government in Pakistan finds itself in political isolation as more of its allies have switched sides with the opposition on the no-confidence motion, The Dawn reported on Thursday.

Pakistan: PPP announces no-confidence motion to oust PTI-led K-P govt

Mar 19, 2022, at 11:45 pm

Islamabad:  Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa President Najmudddin Khan on Saturday announced that the opposition has decided to oust the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in K-P through a no-confidence motion, reports The Express Tribune.

Pakistan: PTI activists barge into PPP’s Sindh House

Mar 19, 2022, at 02:51 am

Islamabad: Activists of the ruling PTI on Friday stormed the Sindh House in Islamabad to protest against dissident lawmakers staying at the PPP-led provincial government's facility citing “security threats” from their own party.

No confidence motion against Pakistan PM to be held after Mar 27: PTI Senator

Mar 14, 2022, at 11:55 pm

Islamabad: Senator Faisal Javed on Monday announced that the no-confidence motion voting against the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan-led PTI government will take place after Mar 27.

Pakistan: Opposition leaders submit no-trust motion against PM Imran Khan

Mar 09, 2022, at 12:03 am

Islamabad: The Opposition leaders of Pakistan on Tuesday submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly Secretariat, media reports said.

Enjoying majority in House: Pakistan Muslim League (N) challenges PTI-led govt to convene National Assembly session

Mar 08, 2022, at 12:56 am

Lahore, Pakistan: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has challenged the PTI-led government to convene a session of the National Assembly in case it is confident of enjoying the majority in the House.

Pakistan: PTI Italy members paid fee through stolen credit cards

Feb 24, 2022, at 12:12 am

Milan: Several members of Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Italy have allegedly paid the party’s annual membership fee through stolen credit cards.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slams PTI govt, says Pakistan suffering unprecedented economic devastation

Feb 22, 2022, at 03:32 am

Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is one of the key opposition leaders of Pakistan, on Monday slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for allegedly "backtracking on all its promises"

Pakistan: PM Imran Khan admits he failed to bring promised change

Feb 11, 2022, at 04:00 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday admitted that he has failed to bring the promised “change” in the country that he had made when he came to power, due to “faults” in the system, Dawn reported on Friday.

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor stalled under PTI govt: Former Pak PM Abbasi

Feb 08, 2022, at 08:47 pm

Islamabad: Former Pak Prime Min­ister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s senior vice president Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has attacked PM Imran Khan and said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is currently stalled under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

Pakistan's 46 pct population rejects Imran Khan's new political brand

Feb 07, 2022, at 04:28 am

Islamabad: Around 46 percent of the Pakistani population could not agree with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s self-proclamation of a new political brand and free of any corruption.

Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami to hold sit-ins in Lahore against PTI govt's policies

Feb 03, 2022, at 12:35 am

Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leaders are all set to start their demonstration and sit-ins against Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s disastrous economic policies and selling of the State Bank to IMF from Gujrat on Feb 6.

Pak Minister backs ‘Islamic presidential’ system

Jan 25, 2022, at 12:20 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Muhammad Khan, has backed the “Islamic” Presidential System and said the nation never experienced a true presidential system in true spirit.

PML-N leader slams Imran Khan for 'lying' to nation on GDP growth

Jan 24, 2022, at 03:13 am

Islamabad: PML-N information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb has targeted PM Imran Khan for “lying” to nation and the world by claiming that his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has achieved the highest GDP growth rate in the country’s history.

Pakistan Govt bringing 'tsunami of taxes' through mini-budget: Bilwal Bhutto Zardari slams Imran Khan

Jan 12, 2022, at 09:55 pm

Islamabad: PPP chief and opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari criticised the PTI government in the National Assembly on Wednesday by saying it was bringing a "tsunami of taxes" through the mini-budget.

Election Commission of Pakistan reveals Imran Khan's PTI received funding from foreign nationals and companies

Jan 08, 2022, at 12:00 am

Islamabad: A report compiled by the  scrutiny committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has found that PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) received funding from foreign nationals and companies, under-reported funds and concealed dozens of its bank accounts.

Survey shows 55 percent Pakistanis find PTI govt's performance as under par

Jan 03, 2022, at 09:45 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: A recent survey has shown that 55 percent of Pakistanis have said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government's performance has been under par.

Pakistan: Imran Khan names new organisational structure for PTI after drubbing in KP local polls

Dec 25, 2021, at 11:02 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has named a new organisational structure for the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party, a day after the previous bodies within the party were dissolved following an embarrassing defeat in the first phase of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Pakistan: Imran Khan blames 'mistakes' for election defeat

Dec 21, 2021, at 10:28 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said "mistakes" regarding selection of candidates led to the shock defeat of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, with a pro-Taliban party making major gains.

Pakistan Peoples Party cadres protest in Sindh against PTI govt's economic policies

Dec 18, 2021, at 09:17 pm

Karachi, Pakistan/IBNS: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) cadres on Saturday protested in Sindh region against inflation, gas supply crisis and the economic policies of the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

Survey shows more than 50pc of Pakistanis hold govt incompetence responsible for inflation

Dec 11, 2021, at 12:44 am

Islamabad: A survey conducted by Transparency International Pakistan, a national chapter of Germany-based Transparency International (TI), has showed over 50 percent of Pakistanis believe that the country is facing problems of rising inflation and unemployment due to the “incompetence” of the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government.

Pakistan MNA Mohsin Dawar protests for not issuing production order for opposition MNA Ali Wazir

Nov 18, 2021, at 11:50 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's Independent Member of National Assembly (MNA) Mohsin Dawar protested on not summoning opposition MNA Ali Wazir during the joint session of Parliament on Wednesday, according to Pak newspaper The News International.

Pak opposition alliance PDM to hit the streets against Imran Khan govt's anti-people policies, inflation

Nov 08, 2021, at 05:32 am

Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's multi-party opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), has decided to hold a country-wide protest and a long march towards the capital, Islamabad, against the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government's "anti-people policies" and inflation.

Appointing ISI chief army’s prerogative: Khurshid slams political parties

Oct 27, 2021, at 01:09 am

PPP leader Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah has said the political parties of the country should not comment on the issue of appointing  Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)  chief.