UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has joined the growing list of nations requesting that Pakistan follow legal channels to address the issues surrounding the election that took place last week. The UN chief urged Pakistani authorities and political figures to avoid taking actions that might inflame tensions and to use established legal channels to settle the […]
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) […]
Roger Waters, an English artist and member of Pink Floyd, demanded on Tuesday that Imran Khan, the former prime minister, be freed from his “false imprisonment.” As a musician from England, I fervently believe in fair play. He penned a note addressed to “the military rulers of Pakistan and their masters in Washington,” saying, “What […]
After negotiations with the government broke down, hundreds of farmers in India marched on New Delhi on Tuesday, demanding minimum crop prices. To stop them, security officers used tear gas. Approximately 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the capital, Ambala, was the scene of heavy tear gas clouds being fired by local broadcasters to scatter […]
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 […]
