Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Sheikh Waqas accuses police of staging drama of attack on jail vans

Sheikh Waqas accuses police of staging drama of attack on jail vans

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Sheikh Waqas Akram on Friday claimed that the recent assault on prisoner transport vans was orchestrated by the Punjab police. In his statement, Akram alleged that PTI workers who had secured bail were being transferred to District Jail Attock when police redirected the vehicles near Faisal Town. Akram accused … Read more

Sheikh Waqas Akram appointed as PTI’s Central Information Secretary

Sheikh Waqas Akram appointed as PTI's Central Information Secretary

ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Waqas Akram has been appointed as PTI’s Central Information Secretary on the instruction of the party’s founder. However, Rauf Hasan has been removed from the post of the information secretary and appointed him as the head of the PTI policy think tank. A notification has been issued in this connection. It is pertinent … Read more

Waqas may lead Public Accounts Committee

Sheikh Waqas Akram may lead Public Accounts Committee

ISLAMABAD: The PTI-backed opposition nominated their candidate for the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday, according to sources. Sheikh Waqas Akram was chosen as the PAC chairman nominee, prompting the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to consult its allies regarding this decision. Sources indicated that the federal government is ready to appoint an … Read more

PTI finalizes Sheikh Waqas Akarm name for PAC chairmanship slot

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has finalized the name of Sheikh Waqas Akram for the chairmanship of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament.

The name of Ali Muhammad Khan was also discussed for the Chairman Public Accounts Committee and the Political Committee of PTI finally finalized the name of Sheikh Waqas Akram.

PTI founder Imran Khan has also approved the name of Sheikh Waqas Akram.

The political committee will send the name of Member National Assembly Sheikh Waqas Akram to the Speaker in a day or two.

It should be noted that last day Sher Afzal Marwat could not meet PTI founder in Adiala Jail.

PTI sources said that PTI founder refused to meet Sher Afzal Marwat even today. Last day PTI founder and former prime minister also refused to meet Sher Afzal Marwat.

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Former federal minister Sheikh Waqas Akram joins PTI

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  • Sheikh Waqas Akram met Chairman PTI Imran Khan and joined PTI.
  • Imran Khan extended a warm welcome to the former federal minister.
  • He lost to PTI candidate Ghulam Bibi Bharwana in general elections of 2018.

LAHORE: Former federal minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sheikh Waqas Akram along with his supporters has joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Sheikh Waqas, who served as federal minister during the tenure of the PML-N government from 2013-18, met with PTI Chairman Imran Khan and joined PTI along with his companions.

https://twitter.com/SheikhWaaqas/status/1634527121925185538

The former premier extended a warm welcome to the former minister on joining PTI.

Former federal ministers Aamir Kayani and Fawad Chaudhry were also present during the meeting with former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Earlier, Sheikh Waqas Akram announced his support for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates in the Jhang by-elections. The by-elections were held in Jhang on the constituencies PP-125 and PP-127 in June 2022.

In the 2018 general elections, Waqas Akram contested the NA-115 Jhang seat as an independent candidate but remained unsuccessful. He lost to PTI candidate Ghulam Bibi Bharwana.

Waqas Akram’s father Sheikh Muhammad Akram won the 2013 election from the platform of the PML-N.

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