PTI names Ayub Khan’s grandson PM candidate

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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by jailed. ex-PM Imran Khan, on Thursday nominated generay secretary Umar Ayub Khan, grandson of former military dictator Ayub Khan, as its PM candidate...

Besides, the party gave a call for nationwide peaceful protests on Saturday against rigging in elections besides its marginalisation in the countrys politics, saying it would not allow the peoples mandate for it to be stolen by rivals parties..

Two of the major political parties the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had on Tuesday stated they would form a coalition government after the February 8 inconclusive elections..

PTI senior leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan told journalists after meeting Imran Khan in Adiala Jail that his party chief has given instructions to hold peaceful protests across the country...

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