MQM-P has decided against fielding candidates in 15 constituencies five national and 10 provincial of Karachi to accommodate the allied parties, mainly the PML-N. However, NA-242 remains the point of contention after both PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and MQM-P Senior Deputy Convener Mustafa Kamal filed nomination papers for the constituency. MQM-Pakistan has named Mustafa Kamal […]
Political parties on Friday rejected the non-binding motion after the Senate approved a resolution calling for a postponement in general elections, claiming that further postponing the election process would be “unconstitutional” with only one month remaining in the highly anticipated polls. The motion introduced earlier in the day by independent legislator Senator Dilawar Khan, asking […]
According to the sources, the PML-Q requested that eight provincial assembly seats and four National Assembly seats be adjusted. In those NA constituencies, PML-Q leaders Tariq Bashir Cheema, Monis Elahi, Hussain Elahi, and Salik Hussain were successful. On the other hand, the PML-N is also in talks with the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) for seat adjustment. […]
In a statement, the ECP said that the facility, under the law, has been extended to persons in government service, members of the armed forces, their wives, and many of their children who are registered voters and ordinarily reside with them provided they are stationed at a place other than the place in which their […]
The head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Fazlur Rehman, stated about 24 hours after vehicles in his convoy in Dera Ismail Khan came under attack, that he does not think the February 8 elections should be held because of the nation’s security condition. Fortunately, the JUI-F emir was not in the vehicles when the veteran […]
When the Supreme Court is committed to a matter, influential groups find it extremely difficult to overturn the court’s decision. The Lahore High Court’s ruling suspending the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) notification about the recruitment of DROs and ROs from the executive branch has been overturned by a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice […]
The Pakistan Muslim League– (PML-N) on Thursday accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of hatching a conspiracy to delay the February 8 general elections. In a statement on Thursday, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif said the PTI was conspiring to defer the general elections scheduled to be held on February 8 next year. Referring to the PTI […]
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that re-election for the Punjab chief minister’s slot will be held on July 22 after the rival parties — PML-N, PML-Q and PTI — reached consensus on the matter. A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan. However, both Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz and Punjab Assembly Speaker […]
According to a sequence of tweets from Alexey Navalny’s team on Friday; a voting software developed by allies of the renowned Kremlin critic was pulled from Google and Apple’s online stores in Russia just as polls opened for parliamentary elections. As part of his campaign to keep the imprisoned dissident company; Ivan Zhdanov shared an […]
In unusual support of a Canadian politician by a former American president, Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This is Obama’s second time doing it. Obama also urged Canadians to keep Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader in the country’s upcoming general election in 2019. After Trudeau’s election, Obama expressed his admiration […]
