Omar Ayub Khan is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition. He was the last Federal Minister for Economic Affairs under the Prime Ministership of Imran Khan from April 2021 until April 2022. He previously served as Federal Minister for Energy from 11 September 2018 to 16 April 2021. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the grandson of the former President of Pakistan,Field Marshal Ayub Khan and the son of Gohar Ayub Khan,who was also a politician. Previously,he served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the Minister of State for Finance in the federal cabinet from 2004 to 2007. He has served as Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf since he assumed the role on 27 May 2023. He resigned from the position on 4 September 2024 and his resignation was accepted by Imran Khan on 7 September.
Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Pakistan's Federal Minister for Industries &Production. Previously,he has served as Federal Minister of Economic Affairs,Federal Minister of National Food Security and Research and Federal Minister for Planning,Development and Reforms in the PTI Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2008,2013 to 2018 and 2018 till 2023.
Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi is a Pakistani politician who served as the 13th president of Pakistan,in office from 2018 to 2024. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and again from August to September 2018. Alvi was a dentist before entering politics in 1979,when he joined Jamaat-e-Islami (Pakistan),but resigned later on from the party and then joined former cricketer Imran Khan's party in 1996 and is amongst the founding members of PTI.
Asad Umar is a former Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from September 2013 till May 2018 and again from August 2018 to January 2023. He served as the Federal Minister for Planning,Development,Reforms and Special Initiatives,from 19 November 2019 to 10 April 2022.
Murad Saeed is a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for Communications and Federal Minister for Postal Services from December 2018 to April 2022.
Shehryar Khan Afridi is a Pakistani politician who served as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir,in office from 13 May 2020 to April 2022. He served as the Minister of State for Interior from 31 August 2018 to 18 April 2019. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served as a member from August 2018 till January 2023 and June 2013 to May 2018. He also served as the Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) from 18 April 2019 until 25 September 2020. He was also given an additional charge of the Ministry of Narcotics Control after the death of Ali Mohammad Mahar.
Nadeem Afzal Chan also known as Nadeem Afzal Gondal is a Pakistani politician who served as spokesperson of the Prime Minister of Pakistan,in office from 15 January 2019 to 15 January 2021 He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. Nadeem Afzal Chan is the son of former MPA Haji Muhammad Afzal Chan the founder of Mandi Bahauddin.
Aamir Mehmood Kiani is a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for National Health Services,Regulation and Coordination,from 20 August 2018 to 18 April 2019. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.
Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar is a Pakistani politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab from 20 August 2018 to 30 April 2022,when he was roundly criticised for alleged incompetence. Buzdar was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023 representing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Belonging from a Baloch family,he is a minor feudal and the Tumandar of the Baloch tribe Buzdar,since April 2019. He served as Tehsil Nazim of Tehsil Tribal Area from 2001 to 2008.
The Imran Khan government was the Federal Cabinet of Pakistan from 20 August 2018 to 10 April 2022. It was formed by Imran Khan following general elections on 25 July 2018,which saw the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf come to power. The cabinet had 34 federal ministers,7 ministers of state,10 Advisers to the Prime Minister and 35 Special Assistants to the Prime Minister (SAPM),most of whom assumed office on 20 August 2018. The government was dissolved on 3 April 2022 following the dissolution of the National Assembly of Pakistan by the President,Arif Alvi at the behest of the Prime Minister,Imran Khan. On 7 April 2022,the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the restoration of the Federal Cabinet and National Assembly. On 10 April 2024 the government was defeated in a Vote of No-confidence (VONC) against Imran Khan,leading to its subsequent dissolution.
The first 100 days of Imran Khan's premiership began with his oath of office ceremony on 18 August 2018 as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan –shortly after the oath-taking of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan on 13 August,and the elected parliament's vote of confidence for Khan's premiership on 17 August. The 100th day of his premiership was 25 November 2018.
The Pakistan Democratic Movement was a coalition of political parties in Pakistan. It was founded in September 2020 as a opposition movement against Imran Khan,accusing his administration of poor governance,political victimization of opponents,and mismanaging the economy and foreign policy. Khan rebuked these allegations,during and after his tenure as Prime Minister
Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi is a Kashmiri politician from Azad Jammu and Kashmir who was the 13th Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir from August 2021 to April 2022. He has been a member of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative assembly since August 2021. He has been the president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Azad Jammu and Kashmir chapter since April 2023.
The PTI foreign funding case is a case against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf where it obtained funds from Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan,overseas Pakistanis and their companies. One of those overseas Pakistanis being the well known Pakistani Businessman Arif Naqvi who according to the Wall Street Journal had also provided funds to Nawaz Sharif and his colleagues. Islamabad High Court in its detailed judgement on 5 April 2023 pronounced not enough documentary evidence existed to implicate Imran Khan in the case.
In April 2022,a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan led to his removal as the prime minister of Pakistan. Based largely on the Westminster system of legislature,the prime minister commands confidence of the majority of the lower house of Parliament,the National Assembly of Pakistan,under clause (2A) of Article 91 of the Constitution. Numerous opposition parties joined forces to file the motion of no confidence against Imran Khan in the National Assembly. It ultimately led to the removal of Khan from office as a majority passed the motion in the Lower House.
A political and constitutional crisis emerged in Pakistan from,3 April 2022 to 10 April 2022 when,National Assembly's deputy speaker Qasim Khan Suri dismissed a no-confidence motion against prime minister Imran Khan during a session in which it was expected to be taken up for a vote,alleging that a foreign country's involvement in the regime change was contradictory to Article 5 of the constitution of Pakistan. Moments later,Khan stated in a televised address that he had advised president Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly. Alvi complied with Khan's advice under Article 58 of the constitution. This resulted in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) taking a suo motu notice of the ongoing situation,creating a constitutional crisis,as effectively,Imran Khan led a constitutional coup. Four days later,the SCP ruled that the dismissal of the no-confidence motion,the prorogation of the National Assembly,the advice from Imran Khan to president Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly,and the subsequent dissolution of the National Assembly were unconstitutional,and overturned these actions in a 5-0 vote. The Supreme Court further held that the National Assembly had not been prorogued and had to be reconvened by the speaker immediately and no later than 10:30 a.m. on 9 April 2022.
Rawalpindi Ring Road also known as Rawalpindi–Islamabad Ring Road,is a 38.3 kilometer orbital highway in Pakistan between the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Work on the highway started in March 2022,it is currently under construction,upon completion the highway will have six lanes. The ring road will start from Channi Sher Alam bridge near Rawat and end near Thalian interchange close to the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway. The project was originally proposed in 1991,under the government of Nawaz Sharif,however due to political turmoil the project never materialized. During Shahbaz Sharif's visit to China in 2010 as Chief Minister of Punjab,the project was discussed between Pakistani and Chinese authorities to secure funding. In 2017,the project was again briefed to the Asian Development Bank to secure funding for the project.
Lettergate is an American-Pakistani political affair set off by a conversation at a farewell lunch for Asad Majeed Khan,then-Pakistani ambassador to the United States,on 7 March 2022 at Khan's official residence known as the Pakistan House. A diplomatic telegram was sent by Ambassador Khan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs based on the notes taken by a note-taker from the embassy of Pakistan based in Washington,D.C. The telegram allegedly stated that in the course of the meeting,the United States had expressed a desire to the government of Pakistan for prime minister Imran Khan to be removed from office because of his neutral stance on the war between Russia and Ukraine and refusal to back the Ukrainians,promising warmer relations if Pakistan agrees while threatening isolation if it does not. The lunch was attended by US officials including then US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu and Deputy Assistant Secretary Lesslie Viguerie. The Pakistani diplomats attending the lunch meeting included Deputy Chief of Mission Syed Naveed Bokhari and the defence attaché.
The 2022 Azadi March I was a protest march initiated by the ousted former Pakistani prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party chairman Imran Khan against the government of his successor,Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. On 24 May 2022,Khan announced a long march towards Islamabad starting on 25 May 2022. Khan lead the march from Peshawar,the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,where his provincial government helped him. Senior PTI members lead the march from Lahore,the capital of Punjab.
The 2022 Azadi March II was a protest march led by Imran Khan,former prime minister of Pakistan,from Lahore to Islamabad against the Shehbaz Sharif ministry. It succeeded 2022 Azadi March I,which took place in May.
