LAHORE: Amid boycotts and delays, the Punjab Assembly on Monday elected PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz as the first female chief minister of the province and Pakistan. Maryam clinched an overwhelming victory with 220 votes against rival Rana Aftab Ahmed Khan of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). Initially, the SIC — which is now home to the PTI-backed independent candidates who won …
BEIJING: The Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming on Thursday had a video call with U.S. Senior Official for the DPRK Jung H. Pak and exchanged views on the situation on the Korean Peninsula, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Liu said the parties concerned should face up to the crux of the Peninsula …
BEIJING: China successfully sent a communication technology experiment satellite into space from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the southern island province of Hainan on Friday. The satellite, launched at 7:30 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-5 Y7 carrier rocket, entered the planned orbit successfully. The satellite will be mainly used for multi-band and high-speed communication technology experiments. This …
LAHORE: The PTI has named Rana Aftab Ahmed Khan as its new candidate for the post of the Punjab chief minister following the provincial police’s attempt to arrest its earlier nominee, Mian Aslam Iqbal. PTI secretary general Hammad Azhar on Saturday wrote on social media platform X that Mian Aslam was nominated by the party’s founding chairman, Imran Khan, for …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) formed a special division bench on Saturday to hear the appeals of former prime minister Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi tomorrow (Monday) against their convictions in the cipher and Toshakhana cases. Mr Khan and Mr Qureshi have challenged the conviction and their 10-year sentence each in the cipher case. Mr …
ISLAMABAD: Still coping with the post-poll challenges amid rigging allegations, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is now gearing up to hold the election for the office of the country’s president by March 9, two days before the retirement of half of the senators after completing their six-year term. “The president will be elected by the present senators after setting …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday decided to hear the petitions of incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan for pre-arrest bail in seven cases pertaining to the May 9 riots and others without his virtual attendance from jail. Judge Arshad Javed resumed the hearing on the petitions, however, the Adiala jail superintendent once again failed to ensure the attendance of …
MANSEHRA: Candidate in Mansehra’s NA-15 constituency Shahzada Gustasab Khan on Saturday said he was hopeful that the Election Commission of Pakistan would reject the objections of his rival candidate and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif about election results to let him take the oath in the National Assembly next week. “Mr Sharif has lost the election by a margin of over 25,000 votes …
KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday said the upcoming Sindh government led by the PPP would constitute a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe all violent incidents during the election campaign, promising exemplary punishments for those involved. The PPP chief made these remarks after a visit to the residence of a party supporter whose 12-year-old nephew was killed in …
LAHORE: A day after more than 300 members took oath as lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly, the provincial assembly lawmakers through a secret ballot on Saturday elected PML-N leader Malik Ahmad Khan as the custodian of the house and Zaheer Iqbal Channar as his deputy. Malik Ahmad Khan, Sharifs’ loyalist from Kasur, and Mr Channar from Bahawalpur defeated the PTI-backed …