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 …
ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Friday called Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on the telephone and on behalf of the leadership and the people of Iran, congratulated the caretaker government on the successful conduct of Pakistan’s parliamentary elections 2024. FM Jilani deeply appreciated the warm wishes from the brotherly people of Iran. Reflecting on close fraternal ties between …
KARACHI: Newly elected lawmakers took their oath on Saturday during the inaugural session of the Sindh Assembly amid protests by opposition parties near the provincial legislature’s premises. Agha Siraj Durrani took the speaker’s oath in Sindhi before administering the oath to the newly elected members of the provincial legislature. Durrani then administered the oath to the newly-elected lawmakers, with opposition …
LAHORE: In the presence of heavy police deployment, led by none other than the inspector general of police himself, the embattled PTI-backed winning candidates on Friday employed different tactics to enter the Punjab Assembly premises or reach close to the gate to protest against the “snatching of their mandate through rigging in elections”. Some policemen told they were there to provide …
LAHORE: An MQM-P delegation called on PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif here on Friday and discussed a power-sharing formula with him. The delegation from Karachi comprised Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori, Farooq Sattar and Mustafa Kamal. The MQM-P reportedly came to meet Mr Sharif, who is the candidate of six parties for the post of the prime minister, to get his assurance that the …
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday named Syed Murad Ali Shah for the post of chief minister of Sindh with party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari directing the MPAs-elect to be “hard on corruption” and “engage with opposition parties”. The call for the incoming PPP government to be tough on corruption apparently came because of serious accusations of corruption hurled …