Imran Khan Archive
In PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at least 18 Shia Muslims killed by ASWJ-LeJ terrorists in Peshawar: Only a few days ago, a leading Shia medical surgeon was attacked in Peshawar by Deobandi terrorists who were able to kill his driver and security guard. Today, another 18 Shia Muslims have been killed in the Hussaina mosque
Imran Khan announces protest campagian against rigging in elections: LAHORE (10 June 2013): Showing his distrust in the institutions of judiciary and Election Commission, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has threatened to launch a protest campaign after Eid if its reservations about the election results are not removed. “We’ll take
Consequences of giving the Education Ministry to Jamaat-e-Islami in KP—by Shiraz Paracha: The decision by the PTI ‘s provincial government to give education ministry to Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) will have monumental negative effects on education and future generations.The Jamaat-e-Islamai is a non-electable party, yet it controls Pakistan. In fact, today’s Pakistan is
PTI gets first shock as JI abandons it, PPP almost begging Nawaz to go soft – by Amir Mateen: ISLAMABAD: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq’s victory as National Assembly Speaker was not without surprises. The biggest shock was the betrayal of PTI’s partners in Pakhtunkhwa. Both Jamaat-i-Islami and Aftab Sherpao voted for Ayaz Sadiq. It is elementary: PTI had 29
Perils of appeasement: There’s nothing such as a moderate terrorist – by Zahid Hussain: IS there anything such as a ‘moderate terrorist’? That is how the slain leader of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is being depicted by some analysts. In fact, the most recent high-value target of the CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s
#Justice4FauziaKasuri: Please don’t let PTI be a mafia that chokes voices of concerns!: Fauzia Kasuri, the founding member of the Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf (PTI), also known as Mother of PTI, is legitimately disappointed because certain decision makers in PTI ignored her in the allocation of reserved seats for women in Pakistan’s National
FATA: Behind Pakistan’s Iron Curtain – by Melissa Roddy: Photo by Melissa Roddy Editor’s note: In the following article published in the Huffington Post, Melissa Roddy presents a point of view that is mostly missing from the Pakistani pro-Taliban media. Her analysis is more fact based than Taliban
الیکشن کے بعد کا پاکستان – از حق گو: گیارہ مئی کے الیکشن ملکی تاریخ کے پہلے الیکشن تھے جن میں اقتدار ایک منتخب شدہ جمہوری حکومت سے ایک منتخب شدہ جمہوری حکومت کو منتقل ہوا – ایک ایسا ملک جہاں سیکورٹی اسٹیبلشمنٹ جمہوری حکومتوں کو گھر بھیجنے
Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan must beware of negotiations with the Taliban – by Ejaz Haider: Editor’s note: A rare piece of Ejaz Haider that one may largely agree with. Although Ejaz Haider continues to describe Taliban as TTP (ISI’s preferred discourse to distinguish between good (Afghan) Taliban and bad (Pakistani TTP) Taliban, his arguments
PPP lost, PTI gained Shia votes – by Faizan Bangash: Source: The News, 7 May 2013 (with minor additions and edits) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was able to attract a section of Shia vote bank which has traditionally been voting for centre-left leaning Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)
Losing Tsunami Style – by Arsalan Riyasat: The attitude adopted by PTI’s workers over losing the elections in Karachi and Punjab is childish to say the least. Although the indiscipline, rowdism and lack of respect of PTI’s supporters towards their opponents is nothing new, they seem
Every party’s hardcore supporters view the supporters of other parties as ignorant, irrational and malicious, with an ethnic/cultural stereotype to boot – by Saroop Ijaz: The writer is a lawyer and partner at Ijaz and Ijaz Co in Lahore saroop.ijaz@tribune.com.pk The chief minister (CM)-designate for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has already made the silliest statement for the next few years, or at least, let us hope so;
The uncertain “Nawaz Sharif” adventure that now begins – by Ayaz Amir: So most of us got it wrong…I certainly did, expecting an Imran Khan surge that did not come. Just a fortnight before the voting the received wisdom on most pundit lips was hung parliament. Goes to show how conventional
Imran Khan’s deliberate obfuscation: ASWJ, and not MQM, murdered Zahra Shahid Hussain – by Mahpara Qalandar: Yesterday, 18 May, two motorbike-riding terrorists shot Zahra Shahid Hussain, the vice-president of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf, Sindh, in front of her house. She was shot twice and died immediately. The immediate reaction of pro-Taliban politician Imran Khan was to blame
Two Right turns makes it a U turn for Pakistan: It has come full circle. Islamofascism is now in command and looking for prey. Three decades ago General Zia ul Haq forced the country from a secular liberal model to a right wing Islamofacist model. His death and the
The agony and esctasy of PTI – by Maheen Usmani: m ‘’It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was
Imran Khan and PTI: Great Show but there are some Lessons to Learn – by A Z: Imran Khan is an immensely popular personality in Pakistan – perhaps the most popular. He is widely trusted by the people and his persistent political struggle against the odds has earned him a great deal of respect by most
Democracy wins, federation loses – by Farahnaz Ispahani: AP CHALLENGES AHEAD: Nawaz Sharif is not the only one facing challenges. While Nawaz Sharif has won the election decisively, he faces the challenge of reaching out beyond his main base in Punjab to the rest of Pakistan Pakistan achieved
The Political Parties of Pakistan – Saim Saeed: A Pakistani soldier loads ballot boxes into a van in Rawalpindi. Authorities hope the app, combined with a fully revised voter list and an unprecedented level of public scrutiny, will help ensure the election will be the cleanest ever.
Abduction, extortion, assassination: LeJ/ASWJ Islamofascism must triumph at all costs! – by Mahpara Qalandar: The latest acts of Islamofascist violence staged by the LeJ/ASWJ aka Taliban is the abduction of Ali Haider Gillani. The LeJ/ASWJ criminals attacked his political meeting, killed his secretary, seriously wounded his supporters, and carried him away. The kidnapping
Why did I decide to part ways with PTI? – by Jibran Nasir: I will not put this video on my Campaign Page (Independent Candidate for NA-250 and PS-113) because I do not want my Page forum to turn into a ground for “politics of hate” as there are thousands of subscribers
I am going to ‘Khan’, oh yes! – by A Z: When I wrote “To ‘Khan’ or not to ‘Khan’?” –which has garnered an incredible number of hits and likes both on the website and the Facebook page- a few days ago, I concluded by saying that I need to
طالبان کو سیاسی حمایت اور حثیت فراہم کرنے والی تحریک انصاف اور مسلم لیگ نواز – از حق گو: پنجاب میں الیکشن مہم پورے عروج پر ہے جب کہ باقی ماندہ پاکستان میں تین روشن خیال اور ا عتدال پسند جماعتیں دیوبندی تکفیری دہشت گردوں کے عتاب کا نشانہ بنی ہوئیں ہیں – پیپلز پارٹی ہو متحدہ قومی
Who are the Taliban proxies? PTA banned Shia Killing watch site produces remarkable video: Excellent compilation by #ShiaGenocide watchdog website ShiaKilling.com which is now banned by Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA). This video clearly shows where the political parties stand. This video is about the elections and the divide. On one side, PPP, ANP and MQM on
عمران خان صاحب اپنی روش کو بدلیں : طالبان ہم سب کے دشمن ہیں – از حق گو: :ایڈیٹر نوٹ عمران خان کی جلد صحت یابی کی دعا اور ان کے لئے نیک خواہشات کہ وہ جلدی سے صحت یاب ہو کر میدان سیاست میں دوبارہ واپس آسکیں – کل پیش آنے والا حادثہ اک نہایت افسوس
I will not vote for Imran Khan – by Shahryar: I might be starving for a leader that is attempting to change the face of my country for the better, but I will not vote for PTI. PHOTO: REUTERS In less than a week’s time Pakistan reaches a historic
Naya Pakistan? Balla bashing of senior journalist Quatrina Hosain – by Maryam Sadiq: We need a ‘Naya WORLD’. Without intolerance, cowardice and deceit. Without war and greed and avarice. Without violence against any innocents anywhere. WITH respect for women and girls. However IK’s ‘balla’ seems to have missed it’s ‘mark’. When a
Imran Khan says his Deobandi militant brothers (Taliban) didn’t kill Benazir Bhutto: In a startling claim, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was not killed by the Taliban. Speaking in an interview with British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, the PTI chief said that Bhutto had been “clearly
To ‘Khan’ or not to ‘Khan’?: The Election Dilemma – by A Z: Imran Khan is an institution of cricket. Not just because of his extraordinary prowess as a player but also because of his excellence as a leader of men on the field. After retiring from cricket, he did some tremendous
Right Needs Wise Counsel: “AL QAEDA hardly exists here,” he said, “and what are called the Taliban are [our] own tribal people. The more we kill them, the more militants we produce.” Thus spoke PTI leader Imran Khan to BBC’s Islamabad reporter Orla
Imran Khan to Ahmadis: ‘I want your votes, not your dirty name’: In a press release published on PTI’s official website, Imran Khan has unabashedly chickened out in wake of criticism from Mullahs and right-wing parties and not only distanced himself from Ahmadiyya Muslims (an off-shoot of Sunni Islam) but also
The inspiration behind PTI’s Hum Dekhain Gay – by Riaz Malik Al Hajjaji: My Dear Mummy Daddy Khanistas, May 11 is approaching faster than the latest intellectual nugget to emerge from Dr. Shahid Bin Al-Masood Al-Haq. Are you as energized as me after seeing PTI’s advertisement “Hum Dekhain Gay”? Here’s a link
بھولا بھالا شریف اور غدار کون؟ – از امام بخش: بُراہوہماری سنگدِل اسٹیبلشمنٹ کا جس نے صفات وخصائل کے اعتبار سے انتہائی بے ضرر میاں محمدنواز شریف کو اپنی ڈھب کا بندہ سمجھنے کے بعد بہلا پھسلا کر اپنے مقاصد پورے کرنے کے لیےاقتدارکے ایوانوں میں لا پھینکا۔
Return of the Mensis Horribilis: PTI’s Intra-party Elections: Shireen Mazari’s opportunist return to the party fold Intra-party elections weaken party unity, defections imminent Internally elected party leaders ignored in allocation of party tickets Last year, the Let Us Build Pakistan blog had catalogued a series
An open letter to Imran Khan on PTI’s seat adjustment with Jamaat-e-Islami – by AZ: Dear Imran Khan, That you are seeking a seat adjustment with Jamat e Islami, despite its questionable past, does not bother me, though Jamat still seems more interested in PMLN than your Tsunami. Our first problem is basic good
Much needed honesty on Takfiri Deobandi militants!: Few months back before the Abbas Town Massacre we had couple of political parties namely JUI(F) & ANP hold two different APCs to demand that government of Pakistan negotiate with the TTP. The news media which primarily is dominated
PTI losing the opportunity to fill the political vacum: Source: alexpressed PTI’s Lahore Jalsa on 23rd March 2013 was the climax of PTI’s political struggle so far. It was culmination of a long struggle, party organisation including intra-party elections and was also to serve as a platform to
One can accuse Imran Khan of stupidity but not of dishonesty – by A Z: I have nothing in common with Imran’s politics. He is a right wing politician with religious leanings, who does not believe in the separation of religion and statecraft, and was a Taliban apologist not very long ago. Also he
Terrorism in Pakistan is a result of PMLN’s seat adjustment with sectarian terrorist group ASWJ – Imran Khan: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chief Imran Khan has criticised the Punjab government for failing in maintaining law and order situation as Joseph Colony Lahore was vandalised and Christian community’s houses were burnt to the ground by a mob. Talking to the