Pakistan Query (2025)

01/09/2022

Interim bail granted to Imran Khan in terrorism case

Call for final arguments on permanent bail application Anti-Terrorist Court of Islamabad has extended the interim bail of former Prime Minister Imran Khan till September 12.

The hearing of the terrorism case against former Prime Minister and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan regarding threats to a female magistrate and senior officers of the Islamabad Police in the Anti-Terrorism Court of Islamabad will be held on Thursday. Happened on September.

The case was heard by Judge Raja Jawad of the Anti-Terrorism Court. Tight security arrangements were made on the occasion of the hearing. The ATC court adjourned the hearing by ordering former Prime Minister Imran Khan to appear by 12 noon today in the terrorism case.

What happened at the hearing today?
When the hearing started, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan's lawyer Babar Awan started his arguments in front of the court and said that Imran Khan has not appeared in front of the court due to security concerns. Hasan Jawad remarked that Imran Khan will have to appear before the court.

In response, Babar Awan told the court that the Islamabad police had written to Imran Khan that his life was in danger, I also entered the court after 11 minutes of harassment. On which the judge said that we will hear arguments on this bail application today.

During the hearing, the prosecutor said that first present the accused in the court and then we will discuss. On this, the anti-terrorism judge called for the record of the case and said to read the statement of those who were threatened. How many terrorism cases did the dutiful officer do before? 3 courts are open today, give the list of lawyers to come to the court room.

On this occasion, he ordered the authorities and said that unrelated persons should not come to the court like in the previous hearing, I have to see the court but no one is seen.

Addressing Imran Khan's lawyer during the hearing, the judge asked him to tell what danger Imran Khan is facing. If the court granted bail, it was his duty to appear today.

Babar Awan, responding to the court remarks, said that 4 more clauses have been added in the case against Imran Khan, 506, 504, 186 and 188 clauses have been added in the terrorism case. He requested the honorable court to grant Imran Khan's bail in these provisions as well.

Talking to Babar Awan, the ATC judge said that in these provisions we will issue notices, while asking the prosecutor that 7 ATA was ever registered without committing a crime? Here it has to tell you which Kalashnikov was taken? Who was attacked wearing a su***de jacket?

On the judge's remarks, the plaintiff's lawyer Babar Awan said that the court should give time till 12 o'clock today to produce Imran Khan. If anything happens to the client, the IG and DIG operations will be responsible.

On which the judge said that if the court granted bail, it was their duty to appear today. The court adjourned the hearing till 12 noon and ordered Imran Khan to appear in the court today. After which Imran Khan along with his lawyer Babar Awan reached the court room at 12 o'clock.

The hearing resumed. Judge Raja Jawad Abbas asked whether the police will add new provisions to the case every time. Tell me at once how many provisions have to be included in the case? .

Babar Awan said in front of the court that 80 thousand people died in the war against terrorism, and here the police made a case of terrorism against the former prime minister. There was a terrorist attack in Kachhari, where lawyers and policemen lost their lives. They did not take care of them by registering a case of terrorism.

On which the judge said that I myself was there as a session judge and was injured in the attack.

The court called for final arguments on the permanent bail application and said that the bail application will be decided at the next hearing. The court extended the interim bail of Imran Khan in the terrorism case and adjourned the hearing till September 12.What happened before that?
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted interim bail till September 1 by the Anti-Terrorism Court. The former prime minister had approached the Islamabad High Court on Monday for bail in the said case.

However, the High Court directed the petitioner to contact the Anti-Terrorism Court and granted protective bail to Imran Khan till August 25.

On August 25, the former prime minister approached the Anti-Terrorism Court of Islamabad for pre-arrest bail, where the said court granted Imran Khan's interim bail till September 1 in the terrorism case.

In the case of terrorism, the court had also ordered Imran Khan to submit a surety bond of one lakh rupees.

Some people want to kill Khan sahib, threat letter
Talking to the media outside the court, PTI leader Babar Awan said that two written responses have been submitted in the court today, he told the court that if anything happens to the client, the government and the police will be responsible, one is to return the security from Khan Sahib. is being taken, even the police of any province is not allowed to come here with them.

He also claimed that yesterday Imran Khan went to the court surrounded by people dressed in white clothes, we were given a threat letter that some people want to kill Khan sahib, the threat letter found in Bani Gala was submitted to the court. is given According to Babar Awan, the court has said that Imran Khan should appear here.

Tight security
Tight security arrangements have been made around the judicial complex on the occasion of Imran Khan's expected appearance, while male and female police, FC and Rangers personnel have also been deployed.

More than five hundred police personnel including two SPs are on duty today.

No unauthorized persons shall be allowed to enter the court premises. The authorities have closed the roads around the court. Additional police force has been deployed for security while a separate entry route has been provided for the media.

Imran Khan is expected to arrive some time later, to welcome him, dozens of activists have gathered outside the anti-terrorism court, while police personnel are also on alert.

Trial
A case has been registered against Chairman PTI in Margalla police station under terrorism provisions. A case was registered by Magistrate Islamabad Ali Javed against former Prime Minister Imran Khan on the issue of threats to Additional Sessions Judge and senior police officers.

It was stated in the FIR that a rally was held under the leadership of Imran Khan against the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf leader Shehbaz Gill on August 20.

According to the text of the registered FIR, Imran Khan threatened and intimidated the police officers and the judge in the speech, the purpose of Imran Khan's speech was to terrorize the judiciary and higher authorities.

It was also written in the text that the purpose of the threats was to prevent the judiciary and the authorities from fulfilling their legal obligations, the speech has spread fear and panic among the police authorities, the judiciary and the public, the speech has spread anxiety, insecurity, and terror among the public. Peace was destroyed.

31/08/2022

The relief works will also be reviewedPrime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (PM Shehbaz Sharif) will visit the flood-affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) today, Wednesday, August 31.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb tweeted that Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif will visit the affected districts of KP today. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister will visit Swat and Lower Croatia. According to the Federal Minister, Shahbaz Sharif will visit Kalam, Kanjo, and Lower Kohistan districts during his visit.

On his arrival in KP, the Prime Minister will also review the relief work and meet the flood victims.

On the other hand, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif will also visit the flood-affected areas of Rajanpur and South Punjab today. Maryam Nawaz will also meet the victims during the relief visit.

It should be noted that earlier Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the flood-affected areas of Swat on Tuesday, August 30, where he met the people rescued by army helicopters from Kamrat and Kalam. On this occasion, children, women, and elderly people thanked the Army Chief for the safe evacuation.

According to the Public Relations Department of the Pakistan Army (ISPR), the Chief of Army Staff conducted an aerial survey of the flood situation in Kalam, Bahrain, Khawaja Khila, and Matta. He also conducted aerial surveillance of the army troops. General Qamar Javed Bajwa appreciated the work of Corps Commander Peshawar in the rescue activities.

Talking to the journalists at the Kanju Cantt Helipad, the Army Chief said that an accurate assessment of the severe flood damage is yet to be done. The survey will be done by the district administration, provincial governments, and the army together to assess the damage. He said that in 2010, there was a similar disaster here, negligence was shown by allowing reconstruction in the same places, and legal action should be taken against those responsible.

The Army Chief said that there has been a lot of damage in Kalam, and many hotels and bridges have been destroyed, the most important thing at this time is to open the Kalam road, we hope to open the road in six to seven days. People trapped in Kalam are being evacuated, and now there is no crisis.

29/08/2022

Speech wrongly taken as hate speech, Imran Khan Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan approached the Islamabad High Court against the ban on live broadcasting of his speeches.

Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has approached the Islamabad High Court against the ban imposed on live broadcasting of his speeches.

Chairman PTI's lawyers have filed a petition in the High Court, requesting that the order banning the broadcast of live appointments be quashed.

In the petition, Imran Khan has submitted that I had referred to the torture of Shahbaz Gul in my speech, and had spoken of legal action against those responsible.

Imran Khan has stated that the right to legal action is given by the law as a citizen, the speech was wrongly taken as hate speech, calling legal action to anyone does not fall into hate speech.

Record of Imran Khan's August 20 speech

The Islamabad High Court had sought relevant records in the contempt of court case against Imran Khan for threatening the Additional Sessions Judge on behalf of Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan.

Pemra has today submitted the record of Imran Khan's speech at F Nine Park in the High Court in the contempt of court case against Imran Khan for threatening the Additional Sessions Judge.

PEMRA DG Monitoring Ashfaq Jumani has submitted the DVD and transcript of Imran Khan's August 20 speech on a court order.

Ban on Imran Khan's speeches broadcast live

On August 21, PEMRA banned the live broadcast of Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan's speech at a rally in Islamabad on the charge of threatening government officials.

In this regard, a notification was also issued by Pemra, according to which no TV channel can broadcast Imran Khan's speeches directly.

According to the notification, TV channels can record Imran Khan's speeches and play them.

In a statement issued by Pemra, it was said that Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan is making accusations against institutions, and there is a fear of creating a disturbance in his speeches.

29/08/2022

I think a flood is a punishment from Allah, we need to work together, Adnan Siddiqui Actor Adnan Siddiqui appealed to help the flood victims and said that the politicians should stop playing politics and work together.

Adnan Siddiqui is currently hosting a reality show called 'Tamasha'. The actor has released a video message from his Instagram account. He said that the flood is not a matter of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it is not a flood of Balochistan or Sindh or Punjab, but it is a time of trouble.

He further said that whether you are in the country or outside, whether you are a player or an artist, or you are related to any field. Help flood victims together.

The senior actor made a special appeal to politicians to think of public interest instead of shining on their politics, people are in trouble. Support them in their hour of trouble.

Adnan Siddiqui said I think this flood is the punishment of Allah, we need to work together. Why don't you support any charity? Help and unite because this is the most difficult time.

28/08/2022

Expensive electricity, flour, and flood will bring disaster, Awami Muslim League chief and former federal minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that the ministers of Sindh turned the flood towards the poor to save their crops.

In a tweet, Sheikh Rasheed said that Pakistan is dying from floods and Europe from drought.

The former federal minister said that the interior ministers of Sindh have turned the flood towards the poor to save their crops. Malnutrition and epidemics will occur by the time flood reports are made.

The head of the Awami Muslim League said that expensive electricity, flour, and floods will bring disaster. The rulers will fall into the ditch waiting for IMF help.

28/08/2022

Police set up flood relief camps across the province On the instructions of IG Sindh Police Ghulam Nabi Memon, the police have set up relief camps across the province.

According to the Sindh Police spokesperson, flood relief camps have been established by the police across the province, DIG Security and Emergency Services Division Dr. Maqsood Ahmed has been appointed as the focal person of the flood relief camps.

A Sindh Police Flood Crisis Management Center has been established at the SSU headquarters which will be operational 24 hours a day.

Flood relief camps have also been set up by the Sindh Police in different areas of Karachi, the main flood relief camp has been set up outside the SSU headquarters.

In the free medical camps established by the Security Division at various places, hundreds of people were given medical check-ups and free medicines were distributed on the first day.

Flood-affected people can contact Flood Crisis Management Center on 03009111115, 02199244650, and 02199244645 for help.

28/08/2022

Indian players have not been in form for a long time Indian batsman Virat Kohli will play his 100th match in Asia Cup 2022.

Teams of Pakistan and India will compete against each other today at the Dubai International Stadium, which is eagerly awaited by everyone, but this match will be more important for Indian batsman Virat Kohli as he is going to complete his century of T20 matches today.

Virat Kohli has represented India in 99 T20 matches where he has scored 3 thousand 308 runs at an average of 50.12.

Virat Kohli has not been able to perform for some time, before which he was rested for the tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe, but he has returned to the team for the Asia Cup.

In his 100th T20 International, Kohli will have the best chance to bounce back from his long run of poor form ahead of the World Cup.

It should be noted that the 33-year-old Virat Kohli has not scored a century in any format since 2019 and is currently going through a career slump

27/08/2022

381 billion additional loans will be given compared to last yearState Bank has decided to provide additional loans to flood affected farmers.

According to the statement issued by the State Bank, this time it has been decided to give additional loans to the flood-affected farmers, under which additional loans of 381 billion rupees will be given to the farmers compared to last year.

According to the State Bank, the target of agricultural loans of 1800 billion rupees has been set for the current year, in which 140 billion will be given for wheat crop and 45 billion for tractor financing.

While the target of provision of Rs 20 billion for farm machinery including harvesters has been set, the symbolic credit limit for food security has been increased from Rs 60,000 to Rs 1 lakh, farmers will be able to use quality raw materials for better crops.

27/08/2022

The Department of Meteorology has not issued an alert in the forecast for August 25 and 26, the Federal Flood CommissionThe Federal Flood Commission has accused the Meteorological Department of gross negligence in the flood situation in Swat River and Kabul.

The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) attributed the increased flow of water in the Swat and Kabul rivers to cloud bursts along the rivers.

According to Arsa, the intensity of cloudbursts in Upper Dir, Upper Kohistan, and Ghazar was much higher than in 2010. At Nowshera, the flow of water in the Kabul River increased by more than 3 lakh cusecs, whereas the maximum in history was 2 lakh 75 thousand cusecs. The water came.

The Federal Flood Commission officials blamed the Met Department for the disaster caused by the floods in the Kabul River and Swat.

According to the commission, the meteorological department was grossly negligent. In the forecast for August 25 and 26, the alert was not issued. 24 hours does not even tell if there will be a cloudburst or clouds forming. When the water reached its head, a flood alert was issued in the Kabul River. If there was a timely forecast, the provincial governments would have been alerted and the situation could have improved.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Climate Change has said that the cloudburst is the result of a sudden heat wave in February. Officials say that due to a heat wave in the winter, a bubble was formed in the atmosphere, which burst and caused a large number of clouds to fall on the ground.

27/08/2022

So far 1 billion, 68 crore, 74 lakh 57 thousand rupees have been distributed, reportSo far, the federal government has distributed 25,000 per household to 67,000 flood-affected families.

After the heavy rains and flood disasters in the country, the relief activities of the federal government have also intensified, and the government has intensified the distribution of aid to the flood victims through the Benazir Income Sport Program.

The details of the funds given to the flood victims have been revealed, according to which 25 thousand per household has been distributed to 67 thousand flood affected families so far.

According to the report, 1 billion, 68 crore, 74 lakh 57 thousand rupees have been distributed to the flood victims so far.

81 crore 35 lakh rupees in 32 thousand 250 affected families of Balochistan, 64 crore 10 lakh rupees in 25 thousand 577 affected families of Sindh, 15 crore 62 lakh rupees to 6 thousand 223 families of Punjab and 3 thousand 53 families of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 76 lakh 65 thousand rupees have been given to

The government has announced that money will be delivered to 1.1 million families affected by the recent floods, 170 relief centers have been established in Sindh, 26 in Punjab, 97 in Balochistan and 23 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the distribution of aid.

27/08/2022

If Imran Khan's government does not come, will people destroy the Pakistani economy, Finance MinisterFinance Minister Miftah Ismail says that floods have caused havoc in the country, can Tehreek-e-Insaf not leave politics at this point?

While holding a press conference with Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said that heavy rains and floods have caused havoc all over the country, and thousands of families have been evicted from their homes and are forced to live under the open sky.

Miftah Ismail said that people's crops were also destroyed in this flood and livestock was also lost. In this tough situation, he appealed to all Pakistanis to help their brothers as much as possible beyond all the goals. Submit your donations to the relief fund, every penny you give will reach the deserving ones.

The Finance Minister said that we are also appealing to the international community to help Pakistanis, after which the World Bank has promised us 370 million dollars, the Asian Development Bank has also given 25 million dollars, China Pakistan-based companies have given 15 crore rupees to the Prime Minister, other organizations have also contributed.

Miftah Ismail said, "I am very sorry that Taimur Jhagra wrote me a letter, the subject of which was about the IMF. In the letter, he told me that if you do not solve our 6 or 7 long-standing problems, They will not be able to give the surplus we had to give.

The federal minister said that just yesterday, Fawad Chaudhry had said in clear words that Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will not cooperate with the federation on the issue of IMF, and there will be no IMF deal either. Shaukat Tareen also asked the Finance Minister of Punjab to write a letter to the Federation. However, the Secretary and Minister of Punjab denied it.

The Finance Minister said that when I spoke to Timur Jhagra after receiving the letter, he assured me that he had written this letter only to me and not to the IMF. But now this letter has spread all over Pakistan and of course, it has also reached the IMF.

The finance minister said that we will take care of this whole issue, but, surprisingly, the whole of Pakistan is under water, and the nation has made such a huge sacrifice by buying expensive electricity, petrol, and food items which are now on Monday. There is going to be a deal with the IMF, and just 2 days ago these guys are writing the letter.

Miftah Ismail said that they could not wait for 10 days, if the government of Imran Khan does not come, then these people will destroy Pakistan, those who are dying in floods should be allowed to die, let the dollar become more expensive, Pakistan. If the foreign reserves decrease further, it will become difficult to get oil in Pakistan, is this what these people want?

The federal minister said that what kind of politics is it that it is being said that if Imran Khan does not happen, then we will close and burn Pakistan, did we enter politics for this politics, to give Pakistan its economy But legato, when will the time come when we will leave our politics behind for the sake of this country and say that today we will think of the country and the people, not politics.

Miftah Ismail said that I have become the finance minister with the permission of Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif, they can remove me from this ministry on a phone call, I do not take any decision without the permission of the prime minister, and all my actions are signed by Shahbaz Sharif. I will continue to do my work, thank you if someone likes my work, if you don't like it, I can apologize, but I will take every decision for the betterment of the country.

27/08/2022

Keep making black white and white black and we keep believing it won't happen, Asad Umar PTI leader Asad Umar has challenged the Election Commission's case notice in court.

On August 19, the Election Commission issued contempt notices to Chairman PTI Imran Khan, Fawad Chaudhry, and Asad Umar.

Through a notice, the Election Commission summoned the three leaders on August 30 and directed them to appear in person or through a lawyer and also to bring written responses.

PTI leader Asad Umar has challenged the Election Commission's show-cause notice in the Sindh High Court.

Asad Umar has submitted in his petition that the Election Commission's notice is unjustified and illegal.

Speaking to the media outside the Sindh High Court, PTI leader Asad Umar said that we have been given a contempt notice by the Election Commission, we have applied for the illegal notice, and there is no law against PTI. There is no room.

Asad Umar said that the Election Commission is not a court, the Supreme Court or the High Court can take action under Article 204, black is blackening white and white and we believe it will not happen.

Regarding the flood situation, Asad Umar said that all Pakistanis are helping the flood victims, Imran Khan has also directed to help the victims, and Imran Khan is said to be considering fundraising.

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