A Voice of the Unheard Saturday, September 12, 2026
LOS ANGELES: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy on Monday made history as the only Pakistani to win two Oscar awards. She was awarded the Oscar in the category Best Documentary – Short Subject for her documentary A Girl in the River, which follows the life of an 18-year-old girl who is a survivor of an honour killing...
KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has demanded of the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif led federal government to hold dialogue with protesting employees of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) to end the prevailing crisis by alleviating their grievances. He was talking to newsmen during his visit to PIA Headquarters in Karachi on Saturday to express...
The Judicial Inquiry Commission’s decision that “the 2013 general elections were in large part organized and conducted fairly and in accordance with the law” should not be taken by the people at its face value since this verdict was made under the Doctrine of Necessity to avoid chaos and confusion in the country especially at...
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Hamza Shahbaz said on Wednesday that people have rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s “politics of lies.” Speaking at the inauguration of the NA-122 party office here, Hamza Shahbaz said Imran believes in the politics of sit-ins and rigging. He added that Ayaz Sadiq would be successful in...
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday said that Imran Khan will face defeat in Lahore just like he did in Islamabad a year ago, adding that change can only come through constitution and not as per Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s desire. Talking to the media in Lahore, Rana Sanaullah said that...
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Wednesday that his campaign is all about exposing complicity of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Returning Officers (ROs) and the caretaker government in distorting public mandate. Addressing the media after arriving in Lahore today to campaign in NA-122, he said that his...
According to Election Tribunal’s decision election of NA 122 has been declared null and void. Ayaz Sadiq was de-seated, and ordered re-election in this constituency. Imran Khan has struck once again, and clean bowled Sadiq. Earlier in the day chairman PTI Imran Khan had consulted his party leaders, and decided to not to protest if...
Justice (R) Wajihuddin’s overtures have become a constant pain in the neck of the Khan Sahib, who has suspended him. In retaliation he has launched a protest movement. The philosophical divide has deepened. The battle lines have been marked and the bugle has sounded. There is no turning back now. Wajihuddin is acting out of...
Imran Khan, a cricketer turned into a political leader, is the head of his party (PTI) and is leading his followers towards a political change that seems imminent to him. The famous sentence, “Tabdeeli agayi hai”, has become a type of slogan among his followers. Some students have paid tribute to his endeavors and struggle...
A friend of mine Yasmeen Ali, a lawyer and Professor at Beaconhouse University in Pakistan has recently had her book published “A Comparative Analysis of Media & Media Laws in Pakistan”. I noticed an excerpt on her Facebook page taken from the chapter Social Responsibility of the Media which reads as follows : “Media must...