After the party emerged as the largest in the province, there had been days of discussion over who would be the party’s nomination for chief minister. On Tuesday, Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), suggested Ali Amin Khan Gandapur to be the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking to reporters at Adiala jail […]
According to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Majlis-e-Wahdat-Muslimeen (MWM) would create governments in Punjab and the Center on orders from Imran Khan, the party’s founder. PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan told the media in Islamabad on Tuesday that the former prime minister had instructed the party to form a coalition with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) […]
He was talking to the media ahead of the Central Executive Committee meeting of the Pakistan People’s Party that will decide whether the party will join or not join the coalition government in Centre. “The election was not easy for the PPP in Sindh, we have worked hard for five years,” he claimed. “We can […]
Currently, the PTI-backed candidates hold more than 90 seats in the National Assembly, followed by the PML-N with 75, and the PPP with 54, out of a total of 266 seats in the lower house. Including the 70 reserved seats brings the total number of seats to 336. For a simple majority, a party needs […]
Shehbaz Sharif, the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has stated that independent candidates who are supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are able to form a government in the center if they hold the necessary number of seats in the National Assembly. At a press conference on Tuesday in Islamabad, he declared, “PTI-sponsored candidates […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday stayed the process of consolidation (of results) in NA-15, Mansehra, NA-47, ICT, and NA-48, ICT, till the outcome of the petitions filed by ex-PM Nawaz Sharif, Muhammad Ali Bokhari and Shoaib Shaheen respectively and sought reports from the concerned returning officers (ROs). The orders in the petitions were […]
Jahangir Tareen, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) patron-in-chief, and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Sirajul Haq stepped down from the top slots citing poor electoral results of their parties in the February 8 nationwide polls. Subsequently, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Parliamentarians (PTI-P) chief Pervez Khattak also announced taking a break from politics after poll humiliation. Tareen, an influential politician who was […]
Uncertainty persisted on Monday, days after the nation’s elections, following the shocking announcements of three prominent political figures: Sirajul Haq of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Pervez Khattak, the Central Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P), and Jahangir Khan Tareen, the head of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP). Along with Siraj, Tareen and Khattak made the decision to […]
Since the British rule era, districts like Attock, Chakwal, and Jehlum in Rawalpindi have been recognized as significant sources of military recruits, with soldiers hailing from the areas participating in both world wars. Moreover, even after partition, a majority of young people from these regions have shown a preference for joining the Pakistan Army, Air […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) served notice to the returning officer over Rehana Dar’s petition and summoned his reply. The ECP while restraining the result of winning candidate Khawaja Asif adjourned the hearing until February 14. The counsel of Rehana Dar said, “We had won the election with 50,000 votes lead according to form-45 […]
