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 …
RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was released on Saturday as an anti-terrorism court approved bail in a case related to the attack on the office gate of a security agency building. The court mandated a Rs200,000 surety bond from Rashid. The hearing, presided over by Judge Malik Aijaz Asif, proceeded after a recess, addressing the former …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) stopped the Returning Officer (RO) on Sunday from issuing the final notification for election results of NA-47 and NA-48 Islamabad after PTI-backed candidates Shoaib Shaheen and Ali Bukhari challenged them. The ECP also halted final results for PK-79 and PK-82, following challenges from Taimur Saleem Jhagra and Kamran Bangash – also PTI-backed candidates. …
RAWALPINDI: A militant ringleader was killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, the military’s media affairs wing said. According to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces conducted an IBO on the reported presence of a “high-profile terrorist”. “During the conduct of operation, after intense fire exchange, high-value …