Pakistan imran khan long march

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has halted today’s activities in solidarity after a female reporter passed away during PTI’s long march day 3, ARY News reported on Sunday. Addressing the march’s participants, PTI Chief Imran Khan said that the march was supposed to move towards Kamoke, Gujranwala, today. “However, due to the tragic incident, we will stop the march immediately.” چیئرمین عمران خان کی خاتون صحافی کیساتھ حادثے پر اظہار تعزیت اور آج کے دن کے لیے لانگ مارچ کو فوری طور پر روک دیا گیا۔ — PTI (@PTIofficial) “We pray for the patience and strength of the woman’s family to deal with the tragedy,“ the former premier said. Female reporter dies A Channel 5 reporter Sadaf Naeem was crushed to death by a container after falling from another container. It was learnt that Sadaf fell down from a container while trying to jump to a nearby container and was crushed by another container-carrying truck. Subsequently, PTI leader Asad Umar stated that the march had been paused for the day due to an unfortunate accident and that the march will resume tomorrow. آج کے افسوسناک حادثے کے بعد فوری طور پر مارچ کو روک دیا گیا ہے. انشاءاللہ کل کامونکی سے دوبارہ آغاز ہو گا — Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) Imran Khan hits back at PM Shehbaz over talks offer claim Imran Khan-led PTI long march, which kicked off from Liberty Chowk on Friday, resumed its journey towards the federal capital from Muridke here on Sunday. The second day of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) long march to Islamabad ended at...

He said it would be the biggest march in Pakistan’s history. “I am moving forward according to my planning,” he said and dismissed the impression that the march was delayed or he had changed his mind. The long march will take place even if I am arrested, he said, adding that if the government attempted to stop his organized and peaceful long march then it would result in chaos.

The democratic process in the country is once again advancing to a halt as ousted premierImran Khanleads his In 1968, the The first protest, however, to be termed as a “march”, took place on July 4, 1980, when the Shia community marched against then president General Zia-ul Haq due to the enforcement of the In 1992, Weeks of political turmoil followed, with forces clashing with citizens. And as these clashes continued, the then Army Chief, General Abdul Waheed Kakar, persuaded president Ishaq and prime minister Nawaz to resign. The turmoil ended with The pain of citizens, the obstruction of Constitution and the heinous acts of the government were forgotten. The norm was set: the long march had the power to overthrow the government. Another long march that changed the course of Pakistan’s democracy was for the restoration of the judiciary in 2007, led by Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and his entourage of lawyers. Termed as the These rallies faced serious repressions from the government, with forces beating up the peaceful protestors. Despite all brutalities, the lawyers remained nonviolent, and on July 20, 2007, Musharraf caved to the pressure by reinstating Chief Justice Chaudhry. However, this turned out to be only temporary as Musharraf reverted to repressing the judiciary a few months later and simultaneously declared a state of emergency in Pakistan. The Constitution was suspended and a Provisional Constitutional Order was enforced. As the In 2013, Dr Tahirul Qadri started...

Tens of thousands of supporters of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday gathered at the site in Wazirabad in Punjab province where an assassination attempt was made on the former prime minister last week as the party resumed its stalled long march to Islamabad in presence of its top leaders. He made a passionate appeal to Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial to look into a series of matters to put the country's direction right during his speech. "The nation is looking up to the CJP. Look as an ex-prime minister I cannot register an FIR regarding attack on me. Chief Justice of Pakistan I want you to take action," he pleaded and urged him to take notice of journalist Arshad Sharif's murder, Senator Azam Swati's torture and non registration of a case against suspects of attack on him. Khan alleged that the investigation agencies are in the hands of thieves, a reference to the Sharif and Zardari families. "Who can trust these army officers (like Maj-Gen Faisal Naseer and etc), Khan said, adding that the nation has lost complete trust in the institutions and now all eyes are on the Supreme Court. "Today I want to give a clear message that the convoy of PTI is on the move. If you want to create a Pakistan of a new ideology, then you have to accompany Imran Khan, Qureshi, flanked by other party leaders including Hammad Azhar, Faisal Javed, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry among others, told marchers in Wazirabad, some 150 kms from Lahore. Qureshi said that despite an assass...

The government of Pakistan has taken a big step in its march toward autocracy by throwing a blanket The ban seems to be the latest salvo in the state’s war on its most vocal and intransigent opponent. In recent weeks, members of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have been arrested and jailed, while others quit. Khan himself could be facing arrest within weeks as the state builds its case against him, said Hassan Abbas, a professor of international relations at the National Defense University in Washington. Human rights defenders and journalists have shown little sympathy for Khan, who has tried to portray himself as the anti-establishment answer to all of Pakistan’s problems. There are concerns about clumsy censorship— Dawn newspaper Human Rights Watch (HRW) called out Khan’s government in its 2021 “The authorities expanded their use of draconian sedition and counterterrorism laws to stifle dissent, and strictly regulated civil society groups critical of government actions or policies. Authorities also cracked down on members and supporters of opposition political parties,” HRW said of Khan’s administration. (HRW last week This ban on media coverage of Khan and PTI was issued Wednesday by the state electronic media regulator, known as PEMRA. It forbids Khan and PTI figures from appearing on television and bans TV stations from broadcasting his speeches or press conferences. PTI’s communications director, Raoof Hassan, said that the ban will ensure that “nothing h...

In this photograph taken on November 1, 2022, Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan speaks while taking part in an anti-government march in Gujranwala. — AFP PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan addressed the supporters Friday, following the attempt on his life during the ongoing anti-government protest march towards Islamabad. A large number of PTI supporters also took to the streets to lodge their protest against the assassination attempt on party chairman. Clashes erupted between the PTI workers and the police in various cities which led police to use tear gas to disperse the protestors. The PTI chair was injured after a man opened fire at him in Gujranwala near the party's reception camp. He sustained injuries on his leg. He is leading an anti-government long march toward Islamabad. He earlier said that the protest march will continue for another 10 months till the date for elections is announced. Before this announcement, the plan was to reach the federal capital by November 4. It was later revised to November 8-9 and then again revised to November 11. PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry then announced the party will keep changing the dates to "tire the government out". This is the PTI chair's second march towards Islamabad after he was ousted via a no-confidence motion earlier this year. The political instability in Pakistan has also fuelled economic uncertainty, with international rating agencies questioning if the current government can maintain difficult ...

Synopsis ​​In an unprecedented press conference in Islamabad on October 27, the DG ISI made it quite clear that the army as an institution had decided to wind up the “Imran project”. Conceding that Imran Khan was holding secret parleys with the army leadership, he disclosed angrily that on the one hand Imran wanted the institution to help him grab power and, on the other, he continued to target General Bajwa in his public utterances. Battle lines have been drawn between Pakistan army and its once protégé, former Prime Minister The army is enraged against Imran for calling its chief Qamar Javed Bajwa a traitor and labelling him Mir Jaffar and Mir Sadiq, both known in Indian history for betraying their masters. Jaffar and Sadiq had sided with the Britishers by stabbing in the back their leaders, Siraj ud-Daulah and Tipu Sultan, respectively. Unable to take more insults from Imran Khan and social media accounts associated with his political party, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf, Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum, director general, Inter-Services Intelligence ( In an unprecedented press conference in Islamabad on October 27, the DG ISI made it quite clear that the army as an institution had decided to wind up the “Imran project”. Conceding that Imran Khan was holding secret parleys with the army leadership, he disclosed angrily that on the one hand Imran wanted the institution to help him grab power and, on the other, he continued to target General Bajwa in his public utterances. In a...

Synopsis ​​In an unprecedented press conference in Islamabad on October 27, the DG ISI made it quite clear that the army as an institution had decided to wind up the “Imran project”. Conceding that Imran Khan was holding secret parleys with the army leadership, he disclosed angrily that on the one hand Imran wanted the institution to help him grab power and, on the other, he continued to target General Bajwa in his public utterances. Battle lines have been drawn between Pakistan army and its once protégé, former Prime Minister The army is enraged against Imran for calling its chief Qamar Javed Bajwa a traitor and labelling him Mir Jaffar and Mir Sadiq, both known in Indian history for betraying their masters. Jaffar and Sadiq had sided with the Britishers by stabbing in the back their leaders, Siraj ud-Daulah and Tipu Sultan, respectively. Unable to take more insults from Imran Khan and social media accounts associated with his political party, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf, Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum, director general, Inter-Services Intelligence ( In an unprecedented press conference in Islamabad on October 27, the DG ISI made it quite clear that the army as an institution had decided to wind up the “Imran project”. Conceding that Imran Khan was holding secret parleys with the army leadership, he disclosed angrily that on the one hand Imran wanted the institution to help him grab power and, on the other, he continued to target General Bajwa in his public utterances. In a...

The government of Pakistan has taken a big step in its march toward autocracy by throwing a blanket The ban seems to be the latest salvo in the state’s war on its most vocal and intransigent opponent. In recent weeks, members of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have been arrested and jailed, while others quit. Khan himself could be facing arrest within weeks as the state builds its case against him, said Hassan Abbas, a professor of international relations at the National Defense University in Washington. Human rights defenders and journalists have shown little sympathy for Khan, who has tried to portray himself as the anti-establishment answer to all of Pakistan’s problems. There are concerns about clumsy censorship— Dawn newspaper Human Rights Watch (HRW) called out Khan’s government in its 2021 “The authorities expanded their use of draconian sedition and counterterrorism laws to stifle dissent, and strictly regulated civil society groups critical of government actions or policies. Authorities also cracked down on members and supporters of opposition political parties,” HRW said of Khan’s administration. (HRW last week This ban on media coverage of Khan and PTI was issued Wednesday by the state electronic media regulator, known as PEMRA. It forbids Khan and PTI figures from appearing on television and bans TV stations from broadcasting his speeches or press conferences. PTI’s communications director, Raoof Hassan, said that the ban will ensure that “nothing h...

Tens of thousands of supporters of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday gathered at the site in Wazirabad in Punjab province where an assassination attempt was made on the former prime minister last week as the party resumed its stalled long march to Islamabad in presence of its top leaders. He made a passionate appeal to Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial to look into a series of matters to put the country's direction right during his speech. "The nation is looking up to the CJP. Look as an ex-prime minister I cannot register an FIR regarding attack on me. Chief Justice of Pakistan I want you to take action," he pleaded and urged him to take notice of journalist Arshad Sharif's murder, Senator Azam Swati's torture and non registration of a case against suspects of attack on him. Khan alleged that the investigation agencies are in the hands of thieves, a reference to the Sharif and Zardari families. "Who can trust these army officers (like Maj-Gen Faisal Naseer and etc), Khan said, adding that the nation has lost complete trust in the institutions and now all eyes are on the Supreme Court. "Today I want to give a clear message that the convoy of PTI is on the move. If you want to create a Pakistan of a new ideology, then you have to accompany Imran Khan, Qureshi, flanked by other party leaders including Hammad Azhar, Faisal Javed, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry among others, told marchers in Wazirabad, some 150 kms from Lahore. Qureshi said that despite an assass...