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PTI Pakistan Tehreek-e-insafThe Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) (Urdu: پاکستان تحريک انصاف; Pakistan Movement for Justice) is a centrist, progressive political party in Pakistan, which was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The fastest growing political party in Pakistan, PTI has established itself as one of the country’s mainstream national parties.

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US, Afghan government to open peace talks with Taliban 19 Jun 2013
WASHINGTON, Afghanistan  – US envoys will launch talks this week with the Taliban, officials announced Tuesday, in a tentative first step towards finding a negotiated escape from the decade-long Afghan war. The chance to start a dialog came as the Islamist insurgent group opened a political office in the Qatari capital Doha to act as [...]
‘Mass hysteria’ hits Bangladesh garment workers 19 Jun 2013
DHAKA  – Hundreds of Bangladesh factory workers who fell sick in recent weeks could have been struck down by a mysterious illness described as a type of “mass hysteria,” officials said Tuesday. Garment workers at several factories fell sick with stomach pains and vomiting, leading officials to initially suspect contaminated drinking water at their workplaces [...]
India border firing injures Pakistani woman: military 19 Jun 2013
ISLAMABAD  – A Pakistani woman was injured Tuesday when Indian troops fired across the disputed border in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, Pakistan’s military said. The incident took place in the Karela area, near Kotli town, along the Line of Control (LoC) separating the Indian and Pakistani-controlled sectors. “A 65 years old lady Roshni Begum [...]
Taliban Opens Office for Talks with US, Afghan Government 18 Jun 2013
ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents opened their political office in Qatar Tuesday, paving the way for direct peace talks with representatives of the Kabul government and U.S. officials. Taliban representative Mohammed Sohail Shaeen announced the opening of the office in a news conference in Doha, the capital of Qatar. He said the move is part [...]
Yousafzai expresses concern over Mardan blast 18 Jun 2013
Peshawar ,Spokesman of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and Minister for Health, Shaukat  Ali Yousafzai has expressed severe sorrow and grief over the death of PTI MPA Imran Khan in a suicide bomb blast at Shergarh, Mardan on Tuesday and termed it a national tragedy. Talking to media persons in Peshawar on Tuesday, Shawkat Ali Yousafzai [...]
Bilawal deplores Mardan blast 18 Jun 2013
KARACHI, Patron-in-Chief of Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly condemned the blast during a funeral prayer in Mardan that has resulted into the loss of precious human lives including PTI s MPA Imran Momand, while injuring others. PPP chief said that such heinous acts clearly reflected that those behind such scenes have no [...]
India hardliner Modi makes up with ex-mentor 18 Jun 2013
NEW DELHI  – Hardliner Narendra Modi, the main opposition BJP’s frontman for next year’s Indian elections, held fence-mending talks with the party’s elder statesman L.K. Advani Tuesday after a fallout with his former mentor. Advani, an 85-year-old stalwart of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party who is also a former deputy premier, quit the party [...]
A farmer walks home at Khokana village on the outskirts of Kathmandu 18 Jun 2013
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suicide bombing at a funeral in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday killed at least 18 people, including a provincial lawmaker, and wounded 50 others, police said. The attack took place in Shergarh town in Mardan district, 145 kilometres (90 miles) northwest of Islamabad, during prayers for the owner of a local fuel [...]
12 killed in Nepal landslides 18 Jun 2013
KATHMANDU  – At least 12 people have been killed in landslides triggered by three days of heavy monsoon rain in remote parts of Nepal, officials said Tuesday. Seven members of the same family, including five children, were killed Monday after a landslide buried their house in a village in northwestern Nepal, a local police officer [...]
Afghan envoys to travel to Qatar for Taliban talks 18 Jun 2013
KABUL  – Afghan government envoys are to travel to Qatar to try to open peace talks with the Taliban on a possible deal ending 12 years of conflict, President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday. Karzai’s announcement was a boost for the moribund peace process, which has made little ground despite mounting pressure as the withdrawal of [...]
UK police launch searches in Pakistan politician murder 18 Jun 2013
LONDON – British counter-terror police on Tuesday searched two residential properties in London as part of an investigation into the murder of Pakistani politician Imran Farooq almost three years ago. The 50-year-old, a founding member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), was attacked as he returned home from work in September 2010. He died from [...]
Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank may be broken up 18 Jun 2013
DHAKA  – Bangladesh’s pioneering microlender faces an uncertain future after a commission proposed the government take over or break up the Nobel-award-winning bank, analysts said Tuesday. The government commission has released a working paper on restructuring Grameen Bank, founded by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus and which has lent more than $11 billion to millions of [...]
Strong ties of politicians, media must for resolving local issues 18 Jun 2013
Abbottabad  :  Majority of Pakistani population lives in rural areas away from the focus on mainstream media. To solve the problems of these people it is necessary that there should have strong ties between the reporters and politicians. Journalists and politicians are natural allies as both want to see the problems of the people of [...]
A new policy to be evolved to get drone strikes stopped: Sartaj Aziz 18 Jun 2013
Islamabad :   Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security  Sartaj Aziz has said a new policy is being evolved to get drone attacks stopped. Responding to a call attention notice moved by Dr. Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari and others in the National Assembly Tuesday  he said the government is working seriously to bring [...]

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was founded by Imran Khan on April 25, 1996 in Lahore, Pakistan. Founded initially as a sociopolitical movement, PTI began to grow slowly but never achieved immediate popularity. During the 1990s, Pakistan experienced instability, as Pakistan’s two largest political parties, the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (N), were elected but never completed their tenure due to allegations of corruption and mismanagement. In this time of divisive discord between the two feuding political parties, Khan launched PTI as a revolutionary party, which he claimed represented the true aspirations of the people of Pakistan. In 1999, when President Nawaz Sharif, a PML-N politician, was ousted by General Pervez Musharraf in a bloodless coup, Khan supported General Musharraf because he believed that General Musharraf would be able to unite the country and lead it forward, away from the internal bickering and impotency of Pakistan’s main political parties. Later, he would become one of General Musharraf’s most vehement critics.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s constitution was approved on January 24, 1999 by the Central Executive Committee in Lahore, Pakistan and in October 2002, Imran Khan ran for office in the National Elections and became a Member of Parliament (MP) for Mianwali, his hometown. PTI supported General Musharraf’s 2002 referendum, which allowed President Pervez Musharraf to remain in power for another five years. During the Musharraf era, PTI supported the government’s policies, which had allowed for strong economic growth, liberalization of the media, and general increase in prosperity and development. Khan, however, remained deeply critical of the entire political order of Pakistan, which he deemed corrupt, inefficient, and morally bereft of any of the founding principles of Pakistan. In protest, Khan began a grassroots campaign to raise awareness about his political party.

PTI believes that because Pakistan never developed properly, due to successive indifferent and incompetent administrations, the country never remained true to its founding ideals. As a relatively new political party in the national arena, PTI wishes to create a modern, democratic Islamic republic which advocates complete political, religious, and economic freedom. Basing his entire political platform as being derived from Jinnah’s vision of a harmonious and peaceful country, PTI chief Imran Khan has consistently spoken out against exploitation, corruption, and prejudices of all kind. One of the most dynamic political parties, PTI has envisaged a democratic system ensuring justice, equality and prosperity for all citizens.

In large part, the rise of PTI has stemmed from dissatisfaction with the status-quo, which has usually consisted of military dictatorships and corrupt democratically elected administrations. With a ruling elite in Pakistan that has historically focused on maintaining power, thereby stunting the growth of true democracy, Pakistan experienced several transitions from democratic to dictatorial regimes and vice versa. When such military dictatorships emerged, the federal government assumed complete control and usually subverted the constitutional powers of the various federating units.

PTI has emerged as a robust counterweight to Pakistan’s two traditional political parties, the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (N). While the PML-N’s former stronghold consisted of the urban areas of Punjab and the PPP drew most of its support from Sindh, PTI maintains that it represents all Pakistanis, regardless of religious, ethnic, linguistic, and provincial backgrounds. During the Musharraf era, PTI pursued a policy of cautious optimism, but as President Musharraf declared martial law and became more anti-democratic, PTI became more vocal in denouncing him. After Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in 2007 and Nawaz Sharif returned from self-exile in Saudi Arabia, pressure increased upon President Musharraf to hold democratic elections. PTI, in conjunction with many political parties, joined the All Parties Democratic Movement, which was opposed to further military rule. The general elections in 2008, which were boycotted by the PTI, resulted in a PPP victory.

Under the Zardari administration, Khan’s popularity has soared amid discontent with the ruling administration’s domestic and foreign policy. PTI’s strongest appeal is its credentials as a populist party. With increasing corruption, inflation, terrorism, extremism, nepotism, and crony capitalism, the popularity of PTI has surged. Projecting itself as the only political party which will be able to solve the many ills that plague Pakistan, PTI has promised to create a truly independent, self-reliant Pakistan which is free from debt, dependency, and discord if elected to power in the 2013 general elections. In Pakistan: A Personal History, PTI Chairman Imran Khan argues that a selfish and corrupt ruling elite, made up of primarily politicians, feudals, and military bureaucrats, has destroyed Pakistan and brought it to the brink of disaster.



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