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Pakistan Election: What Is Military’s Role In Country’s Politics? A Look At Its History

Snehashish RoyFebruary 10, 20240

Pakistan held national elections on February 8, with many predicting that Nawaz Sharif will be re-elected as Prime Minister. However, his predicted victory is not necessarily due to overwhelming popular support for his party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). In fact, the most popular party in Pakistan at the moment is the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan, who is currently in jail and not able to run in the election. Like Imran, Nawaz has faced allegations of corruption in the past and resigned from the Prime Minister's post in 2017 before leaving the country. Despite this, Nawaz is predicted to win thanks to the influence of the Pakistani military, which has been a major player in the country's politics since its formation in 1947. The military has...

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Internal Clash Of Pakistan: Imran Khan’s Party To Boycott Investigation Of ‘Foreign Conspiracy’ Letter

Vikas DeshwalAugust 17, 20220

Ex-PM Imran Khan's PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday declared that it would boycott any conference of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, which may glimpse into the thread that allegedly showed a scheme to overturn their country, and insisted the nation's Supreme Court include an examination committee on the subject. Dawn reported that the decision was completed following a meeting of the political representatives of PTI, which was also anointed for general elections before and said several rallies to rally the group's asset floor. The session was chaired by PTI chairperson Imran Khan and attended by all regional presidents of the group, Secretary-General Asad Umer, Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and other authorities, including Fawad Chaudhry and Pervaiz Khat...

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Dangerous Signal For Integrity Of Pakistan: Former PM Imran Khan Warns Islamabad To Be Divided Into Three Parts

Vikas DeshwalJuly 28, 20220

Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has alerted that the nation will become a civil war if elections are not revealed. Khan expressed he was pausing for the pinnacle court to determine his party's request to watch the protesters, after which he declared he would allocate the date for the next march. The PTI head confessed he did not want absolute authority as the prime minister, suggesting that the centre of power in the homeland lay elsewhere and "everyone understands where that is." Khan said his administration had been "weak" when it reached power and had to pursue cooperation members, counting that if the exact situation arose again, he would opt for re-elections and seek a majority government or none.   "Our hands were tied. We were squeezed from every place. The inte

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Imran Khan Calls Off Protest March With Warning; How Street Protests Strike Political Change In Pakistan?

Snehashish RoyMay 27, 20220

A protest march was carried out in support of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and was later called off followed by clashes with police. Supporters and workers of Khan's political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) entered the Red Zone, where important government buildings including the Parliament, and Supreme Court are situated, in Islamabad on May 26 and later was stopped by the Pakistan Rangers and other law enforcers. The demand for the party was to hold elections to democratically elect a Prime Minister, unlike how Shehbaz Sharif, brother of the former PM Nawaz Sharif, took charge of the government. Khan has threatened to return with the entire nation if elections were not held within the next six days. Imran Khan has been putting pressure on the Sharif regime s...

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‘Will Dissolve Assembly If No-Confidence Motion Is Withdrawn’: Imran Khan

Gunjan ChaudharyApril 1, 20220

The number game of the Opposition is getting stronger amid the ongoing political crisis of Pakistan. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan has proposed that he will dissolve the assembly if the no-confidence motion against him is withdrawn. This information has been given in a report of Pakistan based agency Geo News. The report quoted sources as saying that an important personality has conveyed this message of Imran Khan to the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Shahbaz Sharif. According to sources, this came to the fore in a meeting of opposition leaders ahead of the assembly session to debate the no-confidence motion. Sources have further said that PM Imran Khan has also said that if the opposition parties do not agree to my suggestion, then he is ready to face any

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Imran’s Visit To Russia: A Big Fiasco

Monomita NagFebruary 28, 20220

Opposition in Pakistan criticized Imran's visit to Russia amid the military operation in Eastern Ukraine. They avered that possibly no purpose was served by this visit. However, Pakitan's foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi rejected the criticism and said that the visit was of bilateral nature and had, in fact, been planned well in advance, much ahead of the crisis. Qureshi, who was part of the delegation, said that before undertaking the visit, the pros and cons of it were considered and then it was decided to go ahead. He defended the visit by saying that Imran Khan's maiden visit has improved the diplomatic space of Pakistan. He said that they had an extensive talk about their need for gas, and Moscow was interested to build Pakistan Stream Gas Pipe Line. Stating that Pakist...

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Pakistan Defence Minister Takes A Jibe At Imran Khan For Neglecting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Monomita NagJanuary 29, 20220

The wind of change is blowing in Pakistan. Prime Minister Imran Khan seems to be in deep trouble. It is reported that he has lost the support of his own party and also most importantly, the backing of the army. The cause of concern is a serious attack on the Prime Minister by the country's defence minister Pervez Khattak. He charged PM Imran with neglecting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and his abysmal failure to handle internal security. Khattak's dissatisfaction with Imran's way of running the government is important because the minister has the backing of 80 legislators in the lower house of the country's parliament, the National Assembly. Khattak attacked Imran that KP is being neglected with regard to the provision of gas and electricity,  while these facilities are being enjoye...

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Captain Amarinder Singh’s Big Statement, Says ‘There Was Lobbying From Pakistan To Make Sidhu A Minister In Punjab’

Aditi priya singhJanuary 24, 20220

Punjab Lok Congress President and former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday revealed that Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and his close associates lobbied for Navjot Singh Sidhu's appointment as a minister when the party won a landslide victory in 2017. According to the captain, Imran Khan living in Pakistan and a very close friend of Navjot had recommended in writing to make Sidhu a minister in a message sent to him on the phone. Since I had never met Imran Khan or knew him personally, I was not only surprised to see such a message soon after the Congress's victory in Punjab, but I was also shocked that a person should be given the post of a state minister. To get it, how the Prime Minister of another country and his close ones are putting pressure. During an...

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Imran Khan Lifts Ban from Pakistan Radical Group TLP

SinshaNovember 9, 20210

Strained by the pressure of radical Islamists, Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan gave his consent to lift the ban on the extremist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). As a result, the organization has been withdrawn from the fourth schedule which is the official terrorist watchlist of Pakistan. The Imran Khan government had declared the TLP as a banned organization in the month of April after the violent protests held by them against the publication of caricatures of Prophet Muhammed by a French satirical magazine. The TLP called the cartoons blasphemous and also opposed French President Emmanuel Macron's public backing for them. They have been demanding the expulsion of France ambassador from Pakistan and a ban on the import of French products. Another demand put forward by...

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Will Pakistan Bow Under US Pressure?

Nitesh PratapOctober 23, 20210

America is going to join hands with Pakistan to eliminate terrorist groups in Afghanistan. The US administration has given this information. According to the report, the US is close to a formal agreement with Pakistan to use the airspace to conduct military and intelligence operations in Afghanistan. CNN quoted sources as saying that Pakistan has expressed its willingness to sign a memorandum of understanding in return for counter-terrorist efforts and ties with India. But the talks are not over yet. At the same time, some sources say that Pakistan's motive behind bowing to America may also be to increase friendship with India. Pakistan feels that relations with India can improve if it supports America in ending terror. At the same time, some sources say that this step can help Pak to get...

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