Speakers at a rights gathering in Lahore raised allegations of repression in Balochistan, highlighting disappearances and shrinking civic space. Baloch leaders called for dialogue over coercion. The event ended in uproar over remarks linked to enforced disappearances, with activists walking
PML-N leaders accused PTI of sending mixed signals on talks, stressing that democracy requires dialogue, not deadlock. While the government reiterated openness to negotiations, PTI rejected direct talks, even as its allied opposition platform backed engagement.
PTI Senator Ali Zafar, during an appearance on a DawnNewsTV programme, dismissed rumours about Imran Khan. "Thank God, the news is baseless, but it is even more important after this report that the government immediately allow us the opportunity of a meeting so we can go and see for ourse
For several days, PoJK has witnessed violent clashes between protesters and Pakistani security forces. At least 10 people have been killed and many critically injured, Dawn reported. The unrest has prompted Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to dispatch an eight-member ministerial c
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Public and Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah advised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party founder Imran Khan to accept Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's offer of a meeting for negotiations and sit with the government to amend the election laws.
Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader and former Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has sounded the alarm on the deteriorating security situation in Balochistan, warning that armed groups could seize control of the region if security measures aren't strengthened.
In his plea, Imran Khan said that he was in National Accountability Bureau (NAB) custody in Islamabad on May 9 and had nothing to do with the violence that erupted on that day. PTI founder described the cases registered against him as an act of "political revenge."