LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Internet monitor Netblocks reported a nationwide disruption in social media platforms on Sunday night amid a “virtual power show” organised by the PTI. “Live metrics show a nation-scale disruption to social media platforms across Pakistan, including X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube,” the internet tracking agency said. Netblocks noted that the incident came ahead of a major PTI virtual gathering. The …
KARACHI: Despite its reservations about a level playing field in the lead-up to general elections, PPP has announced on Saturday that it will launch the election campaign on December 27 — the 16th death anniversary of former party leader and prime minster Benazir Bhutto. The decision was taken at a meeting held at Bilawal House on Saturday, a day after …
LAHORE: The announcement was made at a press conference in Lahore, where Khosa appeared with a PTI flag slung around his shoulders. The PTI also shared a video of Khosa on X (formerly Twitter), saying he had “formally” joined the party. Speaking to the media in Lahore, the lawyer — who has represented PTI chief Imran Khan in several cases …
ISLAMABAD: A visibly disturbed Supreme Court bench suspended the Dec 13 Lahore High Court (LHC) order staying the appointment of district returning officers (DROs), returning officers (ROs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) from the executive, and ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to notify a schedule for the Feb 8, 2024 general elections by Friday night. “Accordingly in the given circumstances and considering …
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court larger bench would hear on Friday (today) petitions by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan against multiple actions of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) including his five-year disqualification in Toshakhana case and cancellation of PTI`s party polls held last year. The bench is headed by Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan and comprises Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza, Justice …
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti emphasised the government’s readiness to ensure peaceful general elections but at the same time acknowledged the terrorist threats faced by political leaders in the run-up to the February polls. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, Mr Bugti highlighted a general threat to political figures, with a specific alert for JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur …
LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Friday said his party does not desire to win elections and form a government but demands accountability. “The nation should know that those who used to cry ‘thief’ are thieves themselves, the biggest thieves. […] This is our demand,” he said at a PML-N parliamentary board meeting in Lahore. “Our demand is not to …
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Thursday said the law and order situation in the country thus far was not bad enough to hamper polls on February 8 as he stressed the federal cabinet had no “doubt, worry or second thoughts” about holding the upcoming general elections. His statement comes amid concerns raised by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, first over the …
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday approached the Lahore High Court to challenge the appointment of bureaucrats by the caretaker provincial government in Punjab, to act as returning officers (ROs) for the upcoming general elections. Barrister Umair Khan Niazi, additional secretary general of the PTI, filed a writ petition, asking the court to strike down sections 50(1)(b) and 51(1) of …
ISLAMABAD: Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmad Bugti on Tuesday said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would be given full security needed to hold the upcoming general elections in a peaceful environment. The general elections in the country are scheduled for February 8. A day ago, the ECP sought the deployment of the army and civil armed forces outside polling stations for the elections …