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 […]
Aleema Khan, the sister of former prime minister Imran Khan, disclosed on Wednesday that her brother had received a message from General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, the then Chief of Army Staff (COAS), offering Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly in exchange for Imran ceasing his protests, which had started following […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was questioned by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday about why it was adamant about having a bat as its electoral symbol for the upcoming elections on February 8. “Why are you insisting on getting bat as an election symbol?” Barrister Ali Zafar, the party’s attorney, was questioned by the […]
Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was briefly detained and then arrested in connection with the GHQ attack case pertaining to the violent protests that broke out on May 9 across the nation last year. The PTI founder, who is currently incarcerated in connection with cipher and graft allegations, was summoned by […]
The Senate approved a motion on Friday asking for a postponement of the upcoming general elections, citing security concerns, even though they are only about a month away. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Afnan Ullah Khan and Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi opposed the resolution, which was put out by independent senator Dilawar Khan. Just […]
Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and Fawad Chaudhry, the former minister of information, were indicted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday for contempt of the electoral body and the chief election commissioner. The case was heard by a four-member bench of the electoral commission, led by Sindh member […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
