KARACHI: Tens of thousands of supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) staged a sit-in against alleged rigging in Feb 8 elections on the M9 Motorway that connected Sindh’s two largest cities of Karachi and Hyderabad on Friday. GDA head Pir Pagara Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi predicted that PML-N and the PPP coalition government, which he described as a “Khichree”, would …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday dialled up its attacks against tampering with its purported mandate, alleging that a whopping 85 National Assembly seats, which it had secured in the Feb 8 polls, were surreptitiously “snatched away”. The party deemed the alleged electoral manipulation as the “largest assault on democracy” in the nation’s political history while accusing the Election …
ISLAMABAD: Following the latest round of inter-party discussions between the PML-N and PPP, it has become evident that the latter is not inclined towards participating in the forthcoming federal cabinet. The uncertainty surrounding PPP’s involvement emerged after Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairperson of PPP, hinted at the formation of a government by all parties, merely hours after his son and party …
ISLAMABAD: Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, a leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), announced on Friday that, following the instructions of PTI founder Imran Khan, the party has decided to sit in opposition both at the Centre and in the province of Punjab. The decision was disclosed during a press conference held after a meeting between a PTI delegation and Qaumi …
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Friday stressed the need for forgiveness, saying that his party would not exact political revenge from anyone rather it would move ahead for the development of the country. Senior party leader Ali Muhammad Khan said in a social media post after meeting Imran at the Adiala Jail that the PTI founder underscored …
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta, in a shocking revelation on Saturday, confessed to his “involvement in rigging election results in the city”, and resigned from his post demanding to be “hanged for doing injustice” to the Rawalpindi Division. Chattha, in a press conference at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, claimed that 13 candidates from Pindi were forcefully declared winners, adding …
RAWALPINDI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released a statement on Saturday denying the allegations made by Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta, against the chief election commissioner and the ECP. “No official from the ECP issued any instructions to the commissioner Rawalpindi to manipulate election results,” it said in a statement soon after the commissioner’s press conference. “It is important …
The security forces on Friday and Saturday in two separate targeted intelligence-based operations killed nine terrorists, including a ‘High-Value Target’ in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), the military said in a statement. In an intelligence-based operation conducted by the security forces in Tank District, two terrorists, HVT Rehmat Ullah also known as Badar Mansur and Ts Amjad also known as Babr were killed, …
ISLAMABAD: Terming the alliance between Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F (JUI-F) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) a “significant political change,” the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday said that JUI-F’s chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman was the main beneficiary of the “no-trust motion”, which led to the ouster of PTI’s founder Imran Khan from power in 2022. “If Maulana’s mandate has been stolen, it has been given to those …
ISLAMABAD: China’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Zhang Jun, on Thursday underscored the critical role of international cooperation in tackling the multifaceted challenges posed by terrorism. Addressing the Security Council meeting on counter-terrorism, Zhang advocated for adopting the correct approach and a firm political will in the fight against terrorism. “The broad scope of terrorist activities, their complex …