The situation in Gwadar got very tense after many people were injured due to scuffle, shelling and baton charge between the Give Rights Movement and the police,
National March 3, 2021 NOWSHERA: In a last ditch effort, the government on Tuesday managed to woo the recently ousted provincial minister Liaqat Khattak to vote for the candidates of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the Senate elections. Liaqat Khattak had recently vowed not to vote for the PTI candidates in the Senate polls. He was dismissed as irrigation minister after being accused of supporting the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Ikhtiar Wali in the by-election in the provincial assembly constituency PK-63 Nowshera that had fallen vacant after the death of PTI lawmaker Jamsheduddin Kakakhel. Though he had pledged allegiance to the PTI after being sacked and had expressed his desire to meet Prime Minister Imran Khan, he was not granted an audience by the premier, which reportedly angered and prompted him to change his mind.
NOWSHERA: Former irrigation minister Liaqat Khattak on Monday said he would remain associated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and asserted that there was no forward bloc in the party.He was.
Peshawar February 22, 2021 NOWSHERA: Liaqat Khattak, the former irrigation minister and brother of Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak, on Sunday denied having supported Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Ikhtiar Wali in the recent by-election on constituency PK-63, Nowshera. He said this while talking to the media at a function arranged in the farmhouse of the Asghar Khan Khattak in Manki Sharif to celebrate the victory of the PML-N candidate in the by-poll. Ahad Khattak, a former tehsil nazim and the son of Liaqat Khattak, and scores of supporters of Liaqat Khattak attended the festivities to celebrate the PML-N victory. This was the third big function arranged in the Manki Sharif to celebrate the win of the opposition victory.
Top Story February 21, 2021 NOWSHERA: Liaqat Khattak became the first casualty of the Pakistan Terheek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s electoral defeat on the provincial assembly constituency PK-63 as he was de-notified as the provincial minister for irrigation. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman de-notified Liaqat Khattak as minister after receiving a summary from Chief Minister Mahmood Khan. Liaqat Khattak and his son Ahad Khattak, who is a former tehsil nazim, were accused of supporting the rival candidate PML-N candidate Ikhtiar Wali, who with the support of the component parties of the 11-party opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) defeated the PTI nominee Mian Umar Kakakhel.