Politics

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif shakes hands with US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson before their meeting. — File Photo

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif met US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson and Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal in Raiwind on Friday, media reported. During the meeting, Olson said the US w...

Workers will ‘lose me forever’ if they don’t change, says Altaf

LONDON: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Friday said if his party workers did not amend themselves, they would lose their leader forever, media reported. In a telephonic address to members of the Interim Rabita (Coordina...

Indian HC, Nawaz discuss ways to boost bilateral ties

LAHORE: Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal on Friday called on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief and prime minister-designate Mian Nawaz Sharif in Raiwind, media reported. In the meeting, Nawaz Sharif and Sharat Sabharwal exchan...

MQM ex office bearer Hammad Siddiqui off to Dubai

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) former In-charge of Karachi Tanzeemi Committee (KTC) has left for Dubai suddenly yesterday night, media reported. According to details, Hammad Siddiqui, basic party membership was cancelled a day earlie...

KP CM-elect says doesn’t like protocol

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister-elect Pervez Khattak has said that he does not like protocol and prefers going around freely. “I feel being in prison whenever police escort me,” said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader while address...

Five independent MPAs join PTI in KP

PESHAWAR: The five newly elected independent members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Thursday announced joining the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), media reported. According to details, the MPAs-elect submitted affidavit to the Election ...

MQM announces interim coordination committee

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has included five more members to its party’s acting coordination committee taking the total number of members to 12, media reported. Addressing office bearers here Thursday, Mr. Hussain announced fiv...

N-league formally nominates Shahbaz for Punjab CM

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has formally nominated Shahbaz Sharif for Punjab chief minister, media reported Thursday. The parliamentary committee of the Nawaz Sharif-led party took the decision to nominate him for his third stint a...

LHC removes objection on plea against APML’s MNA-elect

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday removed an office objection on a plea seeking disqualification of an MNA-elect belonging to Pervez Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim League. After removing the objection the court directed that the plea b...

Li Keqiang assures full support of China to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has assured full support to Pakistan and said progress and prosperity of Pakistan was important for his country, media reported. This he assured while addressing Senate session here at the parliament house ...

MQM dissolves Rabita Committee

KARACHI: The Coordination Committee (Rabita Committee) of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has been dissolved a day after party supremo Altaf Hussain said that cleansing process has begun within the MQM. According to Geo News, the Coordination Comm...

MQM suspends its three members

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has suspended the party membership of Coordination Committee members Shakeel Umar and Saleem Tajik for indefinite period. According to the statement issued by the MQM’s coordination committee, the party’...

Purging within MQM begins: Altaf Hussain

LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain Wednesday said that a process to cleanse the party has been set in motion and it would continue until it is brought to its logical conclusion. Altaf Hussain expressed the above resolve ...

49 independent MPs-elect join Nawaz-League

LAHORE: As many as 49 independent MNAs and MPAs-elect on Wednesday jumped into the bandwagon of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, by submitting affidavits to the Election Commission in Punjab. The 49-MPs-elect including 13 independent MNAs-elec...

ECP rejects plea for re-polling in NA-125

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected the plea of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Hamid Khan for re-polling in NA-125 (Lahore). According to the ECP website, PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique won the NA-125 se...

PML-N has mandate to form Balochistan government: Bizenjo

QUETTA: National Party (NP) Secretary General, Tahir Bizenjo said Wednesday that the PML-N had the mandate to form the provincial government in Balochistan. Addressing a press conference, Bizenjo hoped that a decision regarding the province’s ...

President confers Nishan-e-Pakistan award on Chinese PM

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday conferred Pakistan’s highest civil award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for his services in strengthening Pakistan-China relations. The grand ceremony was attended by leaders from...

Zardari, Nawaz hold one-on-one meeting

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif held one-on-one at the Presidency on Wednesday. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed the overall situation in the country. This is the first time President Zardari and N...

Strike being observed in Sindh

KARACHI: A shutter down strike in being observed across the Sindh province, on the call of a 10-party alliance, against vote rigging today (Wednesday), media reported. Scheduled exams have been postponed in University of Sindh, Mehran Universit...

Peaceful transfer of power for the first time in Pakistan: Zardari

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said peaceful transfer of power is taking place for the first time in the history of Pakistan, adding that he welcomes the new democratic government and hopes it will give Pak-China friendship the same importa...