ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) reserved its verdict on Wednesday on petitions challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) notifications of successful candidates from NA-46, 47, and 48 of the National Assembly constituencies. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard petitions filed by PTI-backed candidates Shoaib Shaheen, Ali Bukhari, and Aamir Mughal. The court is expected to announce the verdict …
QUETTA: As the protests against alleged rigging in the election intensified in several parts of the country, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders and the candidates who won the national and provincial assembly seats from Balochistan at a joint presser announced that the party would form a coalition government, led by a jiyala chief minister. It was unfortunate that defeated candidates and their parties …
PESHAWAR: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday rejected the “rigged” results of the 12th general elections held on Feb 8, and invited PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to join his party on the opposition benches instead of forming the government. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), JUI-F falls under the parliamentary umbrella of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Pakistan, which only …
LAHORE: Former ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday picked Shehbaz Sharif for Prime Minister slot and Maryam Nawaz for the Chief Minister candidate. Party supremo Nawaz Sharif, 73, gave approval for names of Shehbaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz after a party meeting. Shehbaz, the former CM of country’s most populated region Punjab, requested his brother Nawaz Sharif to accept …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Asad Qaiser, who is a former National Assembly speaker, has approached the Islamabad High Court to meet party founder Imran Khan at Adiala Jail. Qaiser submitted an application, stating that he had sought permission from the prison authorities to meet the PTI founder but they did not allow him. It stated, “As a PTI member, it is …
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday granted bail to PTI President Chaudhry Pervez Elahi in the illegal recruitment case. Elahi was booked by the anti-corruption police on charges of illegally recruiting a lower rank officer as his principal secretary, by misusing the powers when he was serving as the Punjab chief minister. Amir Saeed Rawn, Elahi’s counsel urged …
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf (PTI) will challenge the results of the February 8 elections in the Supreme Court, said party founder Imran Khan during an informal talk with the media in Adiala jail. A day earlier, the party demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, accusing him of dereliction of his constitutional and legal duties and playing …
Leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) held a meeting with President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday and briefed him on the alleged irregularities during the recently held general elections. According to a statement issued by the president’s office, Dr Alvi met with PTI leaders Raoof Hassan and Umer Niazi, during which they informed the president about the evident irregularities during the …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced making a government in Centre and Punjab on Tuesday with the Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) and with the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. 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 …
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday Pakistan should hold an independent investigation into the claims of election irregularities through its legal system. The US State Department’s spokesperson Matthew Miller, responding to a question about the demand for an independent probe, stated, “I don’t know what body are they proposing to conduct an independent investigation would be.” He added, “Right …