ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, accusing him of dereliction of his constitutional and legal duties and playing the role of a facilitator in what it termed as ‘poll fraud.’ The PTI further insisted that not only should CEC Raja step down, but the members of the Election …
ISLAMABAD: Days after the country went to polls, uncertainty continued to loom large on Monday after two well-known political leaders, Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) chief Jahangir Khan Tareen and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Siraj-ul-Haq, made shocking announcements of stepping down from party positions. Tareen also decided to “step away from politics altogether”, while Siraj took responsibility for the party’s significant drubbing in the February 8 …
ISLAMABAD: Realising that the lack of reserved seats would severely dent their chances of forming a government in the national and provincial assemblies, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided, in principle, to ally or merge with another political party to claim this benefit. This was revealed by PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Sunday. The PTI leader said that …
LAHORE: As political wheeling and dealing has reached its peak in the aftermath of the Feb 8 vote in which not a single political party could secure a simple majority, the PML-N and PPP have formally started consultations to form a government in the Centre with the help of their allies. Against the backdrop of the dialogue with the PPP, …
LAHORE: The concerns over PTI’s success in keeping intact its candidates who won as independents materialised on Sunday as one of the winners joined PML-N. The wheeling and dealing has intensified as PML-N, and PPP, are making hectic efforts to woo independent members-elect to improve their tally of total National and provincial assembly seats. So far, six independent MNAs-elect, including …
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party has rejected the results of Feb 8 general elections and demanded that all constituencies, where the candidates of the party are runners up, should be examined. Addressing a press conference at Bacha Khan Markaz here on Sunday, ANP provincial president Aimal Wali Khan said that the results of elections were clear from day one as announcements …
RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: As the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) took to the streets in the twin cities on Sunday against the alleged rigging in the Feb 8 polls, the Rawalpindi police used teargas and batons to disperse PTI-backed candidates and supporters who had gathered outside the office of the District Election Commissioner near Chandni Chowk. Police also detained a number of PTI supporters, …
BAHAWALPUR: A number of defeated National Assembly (NA) candidates belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and other parties have applied for recounting of votes to their respective returning officers (ROs) in Bahawalpur, Multan and Vehari districts, in their respective constituencies. In NA-168 (Tehsil Ahmedpur East), PTI’s Ms Shozeb Kanwal, independent candidate Nawab Bahawal Abbas Abbasi and PPP’s Makhdum Ali Hassan …
LAHORE: A delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) led by Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui called on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif here on Sunday and discussed modality for cooperation in the future federal set-up. PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb claimed that both sides agreed in principle on working together in the larger national interest. She said that agreement had …
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami Karachi chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday forfeited a Sindh Assembly seat he had won after the February 8 elections over alleged rigging. According to the provisional results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan for the February 8 general elections, Naeem had won from the PS-129 constituency (Karachi Central VIII) with 26,296 votes. Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Muaz Muqaddam …