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Arab News
3 hours ago
- Arab News
Imran Khan's party says has launched 90-day ‘do-or-die' movement against government
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party announced on Sunday that its 90-day 'do-or-die' protest movement against the government has begun, saying that it would determine the future of the party. Earlier this month, the PTI announced it would launch a nationwide protest movement after the Islamic month of Muharram, following a ruling by Pakistan's top court denying the party reserved parliamentary seats for minorities and women. Tensions further escalated days earlier when 26 PTI provincial lawmakers were suspended by the speaker of the Punjab Assembly for 15 sessions, after they protested during Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif's speech on June 27. Gandapur arrived in the eastern city of Lahore from KP on Saturday to discuss the party's political strategy and finalize its protest movement against the government. 'We have announced a 90-day protest movement, which began yesterday [Saturday]… And it will be a do-or-die [movement] for us, whether we remain there [in KP government] or not,' Gandapur, flanked by the PTI's leadership, told reporters at a news conference in Lahore. The KP chief minister vowed that the party's anti-government protest movement will 'reach its peak' on August 5, marking two years since Khan was arrested after being convicted by a court for illegally selling state gifts. Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar termed the PTI protest movement a 'political gimmick,' saying that Khan's party had made several such announcements. 'He [Gandapur] has made several such announcements and these are political gimmicks,' Tarar told Arab News. 'PTI has lost street power and its credibility, and is heading toward irrelevance,' the minister added. Khan, who has remained in prison since then, says the charges against him are politically motivated and has denied wrongdoing. His party has held various protests demanding his release and an independent investigation into the elections of February 2024. Pakistan's government has denied the PTI's allegations and says the elections of February 2024 were transparent. It accuses the former prime minister and his party of attempting to disrupt the government's efforts to achieve sustainable economic growth through violent protests. In one of the PTI's protests in November last year, the government said four troops were killed in clashes with Khan supporters. The PTI rejects this allegation. 'REAL DECISION-MAKERS' Gandapur alleged that the PTI was being denied its right to hold peaceful protests, vowing that it would now mobilize people across the country. 'We will announce a plan accordingly, after taking all our local workers and leaders into confidence on how to proceed with this movement,' the chief minister said. On holding talks with the government, Gandapur said his government was ready to hold talks but with the 'real decision-makers,' indirectly referring to the military. 'Imran Khan has very clearly said this, '[I] will only negotiate with those who are decision-makers [military establishment]. What's the point of talking to someone who doesn't have any authority?',' Gandapur said. Pakistan's military says it does not interfere in political issues and rejects the PTI's allegations that it conspired with Khan's political opponents to oust his government in a parliamentary vote in April 2022.
Arab News
6 hours ago
- Arab News
Imran Khan's party says 90-day ‘do or die' anti-Pakistan government movement underway
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party announced on Sunday that its 90-day 'do or die' protest movement against the government is underway, saying that it would determine the future of the party. Earlier this month, the PTI announced it would launch a nationwide protest movement after the Islamic month of Muharram, following a ruling by Pakistan's top court denying the party reserved parliamentary seats for minorities and women. Tensions further escalated days earlier when 26 PTI provincial lawmakers were suspended by the speaker of the Punjab Assembly for 15 sessions, after they protested during Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif's speech on June 27. Gandapur arrived in the eastern city of Lahore from KP on Saturday to discuss the party's political strategy and finalize its protest movement against the government. 'We have announced a 90-day protest movement, which began yesterday [Saturday] and it will be a do-or-die movement for us, whether we remain there [in KP government] or not, ' Gandapur, flanked by the PTI's leadership, told reporters at a news conference in Lahore. The KP chief minister vowed that the party's anti-government protest movement will 'reach its peak' on August 5, marking two years since Khan was arrested after being convicted by a court for illegally selling state gifts. 'REAL DECISION-MAKERS' Khan, who has remained in prison since then, says the charges against him are politically motivated and has denied wrongdoing. His party has held various protests demanding his release and an independent investigation into the elections of February 2024. In one of the PTI's protests in November last year, the government said four troops were killed in clashes with Khan supporters. The PTI rejects this allegation. Gandapur alleged that the PTI was being denied its right to hold peaceful protests across the country, vowing that it would now mobilize people across the country. 'We will announce a plan accordingly, after taking all our local workers and leaders into confidence on how to proceed with this movement,' the chief minister said. On holding talks with the government, Gandapur said his government was ready to hold talks but with the 'real decision-makers,' indirectly referring to the military. 'They [military establishment] are the real decision-makers, so we will talk to them only as there is no point in talking to those [the government] who have no power to make any decisions,' Gandapur said. Arab News reached out to federal ministers and senior leaders of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party for a response, but did not receive one till the filing of this report. Pakistan's military says it does not interfere in political issues and rejects the PTI's allegations that it conspired with Khan's political opponents to oust his government in a parliamentary vote in April 2022. Pakistan's government has denied the PTI's allegations of stifling dissent and says the elections of February 2024 were transparent. It accuses the former prime minister and his party of attempting to disrupt the government's efforts to achieve sustainable economic growth via violent protests.
Al Arabiya
21 hours ago
- Al Arabiya
Trump Says He's Considering 'Taking Away' Rosie O'Donnell's Us Citizenship
President Donald Trump says he is considering taking away the US citizenship of a longtime rival actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell despite a decades-old Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits such an action by the government. 'Because of the fact that Rosie O'Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,' Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday. He added that O'Donnell who moved to Ireland in January should stay in Ireland if they want her. The two have criticized each other publicly for years – an often bitter back-and-forth that predates Trump's involvement in politics. In recent days O'Donnell on social media denounced Trump and recent moves by his administration including the signing of a massive GOP-backed tax breaks and spending cuts plan. It's just the latest threat by Trump to revoke the citizenship of people with whom he has publicly disagreed most recently his former adviser and one-time ally Elon Musk. But O'Donnell's situation is notably different from Musk who was born in South Africa. O'Donnell was born in the United States and has a constitutional right to US citizenship. The US State Department notes on its website that US citizens by birth or naturalization may relinquish US nationality by taking certain steps – but only if the act is performed voluntary and with the intention of relinquishing US citizenship. Amanda Frost a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law noted the Supreme Court ruled in a 1967 case that the Fourteen Amendment of the Constitution prevents the government from taking away citizenship. 'The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born US citizen,' Frost said in an email Saturday. 'In short we are nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people.' O'Donnell moved to Ireland after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to win his second term. She has said she's in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship based on family lineage. Responding to Trump Saturday O'Donnell wrote on social media that she had upset the president and 'add me to the list of people who oppose him at every turn.'
