Monday, 1 September 2014

Pakistan crisis LIVE: 'Hackers take down govt portals, Army, bank records to support protest'

Pakistan crisis LIVE: 'Hackers take down govt portals, Army, bank records to support protest'


  • A group of hackers in Pakistan hacked several government portals, including that of the Army, and leaked 23,000 bank records in a bid to support the ongoing anti-government protests in the country, the Dawn reported.
  • 'Islamabad Administration has reported that police used 10,000 gas shells, 1000 chemical gas, 5000 rubber bullets on protesters demanding resignation of Nawaz Sharif' said Imran Khan.
  • Imran Khan tweeted that he has rescued KP PTI MPA Iftikhar Mashwani from illegal detention for three days in secretariat Thana.   
  • According to reports, around 6 people have got injured in the clashes.
  • Violent clashes have resumed between protesters and police in Islamabad. The police have resorted to tear gas shelling and lathicharged the protesters.
  • Former captain of Pakistan's cricket team Javed Miandad has come out in full support of Imran Khan.
  • Chief Justice of Pakistan Nasir-ul-Mulk has cancelled the holidays of all the judges and has summoned them to Islamabad.
  • Imran Khan and Tahir-ul Qadri have been booked on terrorism charges.
  • Some reports are doing the round that the Pakistan Army Chief Raheel Sharif has advised Nawaz Sharif to step down. However, the government has completely denied any such claims, stating the reports 'baseless'.
  • Meanwhile, Sharif is holding meeting with leaders and representatives of Opposition parties.  
  • An FIR has been registered against Tahir-ul Qadri and Imran Khan and their activists accusing them of terrorism, a Dawn news report states.
  • PM Nawaz Sharif is likely to address a joint session of the Parliament which has been called on Tuesday morning and will discuss the ongoing political crisis that the country is facing. 
  • The Pakistan Supreme Court has asked PTI and PAT lawyers to discuss with their leaders as to what role they want the apex court to play in the ongoing crisis, the Dawn reported.
  • Nawaz Sharif's daughter, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, took to Twitter today and said that even Pakistan's enemies cannot create such a situation in the country.
  • Army chief meets Nawaz Sharif at PM House to discuss the crisis, according to Dawn news report.
  • Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Dr Shireen Mazari has condemned the attack on PTV building and said that the attackers should be punished.

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