Join our Whatsapp channel ISLAMABAD: Akbar S. Babar, a former founding member of the PTI, has assailed what he termed a “ premeditated bias ” against him.... He was reacting to claims from Niazullah Niazi regarding the intra-party polls held in late 2023.In an interview, Niazi had claimed that the decision to bar Babar and others from taking part in the polls led to the exercise being shot down by the Supreme Court. Niazi, who was the election commissioner, had claimed that if Babar had been al

Azad Jammu and Kashmir( AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi on Thursday tendered his resignation from his office to defuse the move by his parliamentary party — PTI — to replace him with regional president Sardar Tanveer Ilyas through a vote of no-confidence.... Dr Asif Hussain Shah, secretary of presidential affairs, confirmed to Dawn that President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry had received and accepted the resignation and forwarded the same to the chief secretary for issuance o

On October 10, the Islamabad ATC extended the duo’s physical remand for two more days. Niazullah Niazi, Ansar Mahmood Kiyani and other lawyers appeared in court on behalf of Uzma and Aleema. Prosecutor Raja Naveed opposed the bail plea, saying a megaphone was recovered from the suspects, who used it to incite chaos among the party workers.... Bail has not been granted in the case, which was registered for alleged interference in the administration and other provisions....

“ A resolution to the vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi is being submitted under Article 18 of the AJK Constitution for the following reasons," reads the hand-written document, a copy of which is available with Dawn. com.... However, Khawaja Farooq Ahmed, minister for local government and rural development, was the first to dispel that impression, claiming that the move had Khan's blessing.... “ Let it be clear to everyone that the no-confidence resolution

KARACHI: The ECP’s announcement of a rough timeline for the general elections has drawn a mixed response from political parties, with some approving and others, who are not satisfied by the general timeframe, asking for a more specific date. While two mainstream parties, the PML-N and PPP, have welcomed the announcement, the Awami National Party( ANP) has called for a precise date, and the PTI has vowed to challenge the move in court. PTI’s core committee member Niazullah Niazi mentioned that th

“ This is a political coup, orchestrated with the help of legal engineering and internal betrayal.... Their testimony was among the reasons that the bench led by then-CJP Qazi Faez Isa ruled against the party, he asserted. Under PTI’s own election framework, candidates are required to contest elections in panels.... About Mr Niazi’s assertions, PTI CIS Sheikh Waqqas Akram blamed the ‘system’, not the people in PTI....

The Punjab Bar Council( PbBC) on Tuesday suspended the licence of Hassaan Khan Niazi, the nephew of Prime Minister Imran Khan, over allegations of attacking Shahzadi Nargis, a widow of former Balochistan governor Nawab Akbar Bugti, along with four other people.... The decision was made by PbBC Vice Chairman Amjad Iqbal Khan while hearing a complaint filed by Mohammad Ayaz Butt — Nargis' lawyer — against Niazi.A copy of the order, available with Dawn. com, states that in view of the" serious all

“ We believe in the ru--le of law, ” he said.... “ Our pe--titions are not being lis-ted despite repeated filings.” Justice Dogar respon-d--ed that administrative mat--te--rs are addressed once the re----levant files are presented.As Aleema Khan stepped forward to address the bench, both the judges left the courtroom without hearing her remarks.... You spoke on your own.” Speaking to the media outside the court, Aleema Khan criticised the handling of their petitions....

The Punjab government on Wednesday claimed that weapons were recovered from the vehicles of PTI's Lahore office bearers – Zubair Niazi and Bajash Niazi – on the day the party launched its" Azadi March".... " The leaders have been taken into police custody," he said, adding that the police would ensure that the march was held peacefully according to the law.... Similar allegations were made by PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz who tweeted that the Punjab Police had recovered weapons from the ve

MUZAFFARABAD: In what appeared to be a damage-control attempt, ten members of the parliamentary party of PTI in Azad Jammu and Kashmir( AJK) asserted in a joint statement on Monday that there was no friction in the ruling party and all were unitedly working under the leadership of Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi. The clarification was issued a day after a luncheon meeting was hosted by AJK President Barrister Sultan Mahmood for the PTI parliamentary party at his camp office in Kashmir H