Tag: Ahmad Farhad
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PTI turns against poet Ahmad Farhad for calling leadership ‘cowards’
Poet Ahmad Farhad faced backlash from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and supporters after he criticised party heads for their absence during the Islamabad protests. Farhad has previously been vocal in favour of PTI and has written poetry for the party. Vehemently criticisingly PTI leadership on Sunday in an interview with journalist Ikram Raja, Farhad said,…
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IHC declares Ahmad Farhad’s arrest illegal
Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared Kashmiri poet and activist Ahmad Farhad’s arrest to be illegal on Monday, ARY News reported.IHC said in a written order that Ahamad Farhad had been forcefully abducted from his residence in Islamabad, while security institutions failed to recover him. The court ordered that Ahmad Farhad should record his statement…
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Court rejects poet Ahmad Farhad’s bail plea
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Muzafarabad has rejected the bail petition of Kashmiri poet Ahmed Farhad on Tuesday, one day after the court reserved a verdict after hearing arguments from both sides. The poet’s wife Urooj Zainab told journalists that she will challenge the court’s decision. “Details of why the bail was rejected were not…
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Missing Kashmiri poet Ahmad Farhad meets family
After the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was informed about the whereabouts of missing Kashmiri poet Ahmad Farhad, his family met him at a police station in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Wednesday. Earlier, the Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP), Mansoor Usman Awan, told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that Kasmiri poet Ahmad Farhad had…
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Islamabad High Court wants missing Kashmiri poet recovered in next four days
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the government on Tuesday to safely recover Kashmiri poet Ahmad Farhad. During the hearing, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani accepted Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan’s request to adjourn the hearing for the next four days and give time to the government to utilise resources for Farhad’s…
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Poet Ahmad Farhad abducted from his residence
Well-known poet and media personality Ahmad Farhad has been abducted by unknown men on Wednesday from his house in Islamabad, his wife Ain Naqvi confirmed on X (formerly Twitter). Farhad’s wife wrote on X, “They broke the CCTV cameras of the house and took away the digital video recorder (DVR).” In another post on X,…