The Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) intra-court appeal was accepted by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday, upholding the electoral watchdog’s ruling against PTI’s intra-party polls. The ECP had appealed the high court’s ruling on December 22 that declared the PTI’s internal elections invalid and that the party should not have continued to use […]
The case is being heard by a three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, and Justice Musarrat Hilali. The court asked the commission, headed by Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, to submit its report to the Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) within 10 days. During the proceedings today, […]
Dr. Saveera Parkash, the first Hindu candidate running in the 2019 general elections from the Buner (PK-25) constituency on the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) ticket, declared that, should she win, she will support women’s rights in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and work to strengthen diplomatic ties between Pakistan and India. The party has made history in the […]
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, the caretaker prime minister, recently offered some humorous guidance on handling circumstances in social and familial life, stressing that one should marry the person they adore, regardless of age (82 years old). During the New Year, PM Kakar answered inquiries on a social media platform with frank and humorous answers to a range […]
Tuesday saw the arrival of a special Pakistani military aircraft at El-Arish International Airport in Egypt, carrying twenty tons of vital medical and humanitarian supplies for the Gaza population. The aid was turned over to the Egyptian Red Crescent Society, which would forward it to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza. This was made […]
According to accounts from the nation’s media, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the opposition party in South Korea, was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday by an unidentified individual who pushed through a crowd pretending to be one of his fans. As shown on South Korean television channels, Lee was surrounded by reporters and admirers […]
As the election process went to the appellate stage on Monday, dozens of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates filed complaints with the election tribunals challenging the rejection of their nomination papers by the appropriate returning officers during inspection. Invoking Section 63 of the Elections Act, a lawyer located in Lahore has simultaneously objected to the acceptance […]
However, he cautioned against politicizing the matter. “We cannot grant you permission to make the matter political.” Earlier today, Baloch protestors announced a shutter-down demonstration for tomorrow (January 3) across Pakistan, stating that government officials have been trying to label the Baloch Yakjehti’s Committee’s (BYC) long march and demonstration in Islamabad as ‘propaganda’. The hearing […]
Hours after a strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the coastal nation’s central areas, Pakistan’s ambassador to Japan, Raza Bashir Tarar, has verified that all Pakistanis residing in Japan are “safe so far”. The envoy issued a statement saying, “A hotline has been set up for the Pakistanis stuck in trouble,” as authorities advised residents to flee […]
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, the acting prime minister, condemned “elements” that disseminated false information against the government in the wake of a police raid on Baloch families demonstrating in Islamabad over enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions. During a news conference in Lahore on Monday, the prime minister made reference to criticism he had received from some sections […]
