The Pakistani Election Commission (ECP) has voiced worries that if candidates’ insignia were changed after signs had already been assigned to them, there could be further delays to the elections. Pakistan’s general elections have already been postponed for several months, and some major figures are calling for additional delays for a variety of reasons. On […]
Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid has been taken into custody from outside a courtroom after a local court in Rawalpindi rejected his bail in a case related to the May 9 riots, Geo News reported on Tuesday. A case was registered against Rashid for vandalism at the Metro bus […]
The military trials of most of 103 civilians, allegedly involved in the 9 May attacks, have almost been completed, it is learned. An informed government source confided to The News that in around 90 percent of such cases, the suspects have been found involved in the May 9 attacks on military installations. However, the verdicts […]
Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister, claimed that the present changes in the nation are a result of the “London Plan.” He asserted that the Supreme Court is included in this scheme, implying that the court is functioning in accordance with the secret agreement. In an unofficial interview […]
Concerns about the February 8 general elections have caused Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to declare on Monday that anyone who believe the polls will not take place are “mistaken.” The announcement coincides with the Senate receiving various resolutions asking for a poll postponement due to weather and security concerns. Earlier in the […]
The Senate has been notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that all preparations for the elections scheduled for February 8 have been finished and that postponing the voting will not be “advisable.” The ECP released a statement in response to the Senate resolution, introduced by Senator Dilawar Khan on January 5 and approved […]
In a scathing criticism of the former ruling party Pakistan Tehreeke-e-Insaf (PTI) amid its electoral symbol woes, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice-President Maryam Nawaz Monday said that a “terrorist group” could not be given a political party’s electoral symbol, Geo News reported. Kicking off the party’s election campaign for the upcoming February 8 polls, […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) suffered a significant blow just before the polls on February 8 when the Supreme Court on Saturday overturned the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) January 10 ruling, eliminating the party’s famous “bat” emblem. Following a full day of hearings, a three-judge panel led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa […]
Islamabad is said to have fired 12 missiles against different locations in India after learning of India’s missile deployment against Pakistan. According to a reliable source within the Foreign Office, “We promptly targeted 12 Indian sites with our missiles after Pakistan discovered through its own intelligence sources that Indian missiles were being launched on targets […]
Punjabi province and national assembly elections have their party candidates announced by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN). There are 36 contenders, including husband-wife, father-son, father-in-law, brother-in-law, mother-son, and uncle-nephew relationships. Nawaz Sharif and his daughter will run from Lahore in the National Assembly elections. In a similar vein, Shehbaz Sharif will run in the National […]
