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 […]
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 […]
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was crushed by another panic-selling spree on Monday, posting its ninth-highest day-on-day (DoD) loss, as investors gasped for clarity on the country’s political and economic stability, taking total post-election losses to 4.8% or over 3,000 points in just two days, dealers said. The benchmark KSE-100 Shares Index lost 1,878 points […]
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 […]
A lawyers group headed by Jibran Nasir Advocate has filed petitions in Sindh High Court seeking suspension of winning candidates’ notifications. Petitioners said that according to Form 45, they have bagged more votes than the candidates’ declared winners in the election. PTI-supported candidates Aftab Jahangir, Tariq Hussain, Rabistan Khan, Ataullah, Salehzada, Khurram Sherzaman, Ramzan Ghanchi, […]
In a statement today, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said we are surprised by the negative tone of some of these statements, which neither take into account the complexity of the electoral process nor acknowledge the free and enthusiastic exercise of the right to vote by tens of millions of Pakistanis. She said these […]
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Atta Tarar, and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Malik Zaheer Abbas Khokhar are among the prominent candidates in NA-127 NA-127 (Lahore) Position Party Name Vote Count 1 PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari 2325 2 PML-N Atta Tarar 1834 3 – – – 4 – – – 5 […]
On Friday, the US expressed alarm over claims of vote-rigging and questioned the “undue restrictions” imposed throughout Pakistan’s election process, but it also promised to cooperate with the incoming government. After Thursday’s election, candidates who supported imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan were leading in the vote tally. His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was doing better […]
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif facing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Afzaal Azeem Pahat and Jamaat-e-Islami’s Liaqat Baloch. Party Candidate Vote Count PML-N Shehbaz Sharif 3440 IND/PTI Afzaal Azeem Pahat 1993 JI Liaqat Baloch – Zartash Imranrangeinn.com/
According to unofficial results, Aleem Khan bagged 72,519 votes followed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) backed independent candidate Ali Ejaz with 31,586 votes. Earlier, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) candidate Awn Chaudhry backed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secured victory in NA-128 Lahore with 172,576 votes, against PTI-backed independent candidate Salman Akram Raja with 159,024 votes. A daylong […]
