Tag: Imran Khan
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Update @ 0216: Imran Khan Update
As it was reported on this blog around 8PM Imran Khan was released from DG Khan jail, eye witnesses and close family friends say that he was visibly weak and has been on a hunger and water strike for over four days, he had commenced the strike well before it became public which is approximately…
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Imran Khan Released
reports are just coming in that Imran Khan has been released
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Update @ 1330: Justice Wajeehuddin supports Imran’s hunger strike for Judiciary
Supreme Court Justice (Retd) Wajeehuddin Ahmed has strongly supported the hunger strike of Mr Imran Khan for the restoration of the judiciary. In a discussion with Dr Arif Alvi the Vice President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf he said that the hunger strike is a most significant part of the noble struggle being waged by the nation.…
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Imran Khan’s Hunger Strike
Mr Imran Khan the Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has gone on hunger strike for the restoration of the judiciary in Pakistan. He is in under arrest in D G Khan prison and has been charged with treason and terrorism, an offence which can be tried under a military court and he can be sentenced to…
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Update @ 0346: Punjab University 14th Nov Anti-Jamiat Protest Video
A number of videos have been posted of the Anti-Jamiat rally held Punjab University on the 14th of November the after Jamiat activists handed over Imran Khan to the authorities, this video is truly inspiring and shows the level of motivation found amongst the students rallying for Imran Khan and at the same time condemning…
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Update @ 1730: Imran Khan has started a Hunger Strike until Judiciary is restored
Through very reliable sources with in the Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf, it has come to point that Imran Khan while being imprisoned under Anti-Terrorism charges in Dera Ghazi Khan jail has gone on a hunger strike until the restoration of the Judiciary of Pakistan to its pre-martial law November 3rd status. UPDATE 1740: ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistani…
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Update @ 0314: Women Activists defying the Martial Law in Pakistan
It must be noted that it is not only men, students and politicians (a very few) that are standing firm against this Martial Law imposed by General Pervaiz Musharraf but at the same time it is heartening to see women stepping forward and locking hands with other activists to express their right of opinion. Often…
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How to Save Pakistan By Imran Khan
By Imran Khan Make no mistake; Pakistan faces a grave threat from the creeping chaos, a by-product of the most shameful demonstration of power politics. There are many threats confronting our society. The threat of extremism is just one which is essentially a consequence of policies that serve foreign interests at the cost of the…
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Update @ 2013: BBC Report on the day Imran Khan got arrested
Credit: Ramblings from Afar
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Update @ 0404: PTI Issues a Statement Condemning Imran Khan’s Arrest amongst other demands
Received via email from the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf Information Secretariat An urgent meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was held in Lahore on the 15th of November which continued late into the night. The meeting condemned the arrest of Chairman Imran Khan and the disgraceful violence committed on him during the…
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Update @ 0351: Students speak out against IJT
A number of students in Punjab University have spoken out against Islami Jamiat Talaba, as reported by Lahore Metroblog where they have captured an ARY Interview and have translated it in English for our International audience
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Update @ 1602: LUMS Students Movement express Poltical Autonomy
Press Release, issued by the Student Movement at Lahore University of Management Sciences As our movement gains in strength, support, momentum and therefore, media attention, the students of the protest movement at the Lahore University of Management Sciences would like to clarify our position on a number of points. Our movement is fundamentally a non-partisan,…
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Update @ 1424: Manhandling of Imran Khan’s sisters in Lahore
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Update @ 0155: 2500+ Students rally against Jamiat at Punjab University
An extensive coverage at Lahore Metroblogs of the protests at Punjab University following the betrayal of a few IJT activist who handed the Cricketer turned politician to the police to the bureaucracy The update on Imran Khan is that he was charged under the Anti-Terrorism charge for inciting his supporters to stand up (take up…
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Update @ 1933: Imran Khan to be charged under terrorism law
Geo News reports that the Lahore police have arrested and registered a case agaisnt Imran khan under the Anti-Terrorism law. Lahore Police Chief Malik Mohammad Iqbal has been quoted to have said “Through his speeches he has been inciting people to pick up arms, he has been calling for civil disobedience, he was spreading hatred,”