China’s Qinling Station started operation on Inexpressible Island in the Terra Nova Bay of Antarctica on Feb. 7. Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter on the completion of the building of the Qinling Station and its operation in Antarctica. He said the completion of the building of the Qinling Station will provide a strong guarantee for scientists in …
ISLAMABAD: Almost all PTI-backed winning independent candidates of national and provincial assemblies submitted affidavits to the Election Commission on Wednesday, officially joining the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). As many as 89 MNAs, 85 members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, 106 members of the Punjab Assembly and nine members of the Sindh Assembly have submitted their affidavits. The submission of affidavits …
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by PTI-backed independent candidate Advocate Salman Akram Raja seeking contempt proceedings against the NA-128 returning officer (RO). Earlier, a counsel for the petitioner stated that the court had previously ordered the RO to make a decision according to the law based on Raja’s request. However, he said the RO …
ISLAMABAD: A day after the PML-N and the PPP evolved a consensus on a power-sharing deal to run the country for the next five years, a delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) called on PML-N representatives and demanded three to four ministries in the federal cabinet. Sources said the MQM wanted the slot of the deputy speaker in the National Assembly, …
LAHORE: PML-N candidate for Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday described corruption and politically-motivated vandalism as the ‘red lines’ that her government would never allow anyone to cross. While presiding over a parliamentary meeting of her party at Jati Umra residence, Ms Nawaz pledged a new era of development in Punjab, vowing to deliver on every front, especially in …
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Wednesday granted protective bail to MPA-elect and nominee of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf for Punjab chief minister post Mian Mohammad Aslam Iqbal in 18 cases till March 4 and also restrained law enforcement agencies from arresting him in any other case. Like several other leaders of PTI, who came out from hiding to get protective/transit bails from the high …
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s incarcerated leader Dr Yasmin Rashid has sent a message for judges that several Pakistani women are behind bars for nine months “as a part of a political victimisation spree”. A post on PTI’s official X handle, attributed to Dr Rashid, said she was compelled to state that the “law was not only blind but deaf and dumb …
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Jamaat-i-Islami and Grand Democratic Alliance have agreed to launch a ‘joint struggle’ against the alleged rigging in the general elections, it emerged on Wednesday. It was also decided that if the Sindh Assembly session for oath taking of the newly elected members was announced suddenly, the workers and supporters of the three parties would launch a …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Thursday announced that it would be holding fresh intra-party elections on March 3 (Sunday). After a long battle and marathon hearings in the run-up to the February 8 general elections, the PTI was stripped of its symbol last month when the Supreme Court upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to declare the party’s internal polls as “unconstitutional”. …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a plea seeking the February 8 general elections to be declared void and null after the petitioner failed to attend two consecutive hearings. In a application filed last week, petitioner Ali Khan had urged the apex court to order new elections within 30 days to be held under the direct supervision and oversight of …