Politics

Returning officer issued notice for April 12 on Musharraf’s appeal

LAHORE: The election tribunal of Lahore High Court has issued notice to the returning officer to appear in April 12 hearing after former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf submitted an appeal against his rejection from NA-139, media reported T...

Malaysian election set for May 5

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's general election will be held on May 5, an electoral official said Wednesday, setting a long-awaited date for highly anticipated polls tipped to be the closest in the country's history. Speaking a week after Prime Minister Na...

ECP to present e-voting software in Supreme Court

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) held a meeting to discuss providing voting facilities to overseas Pakistanis. According to the ECP Secretary, Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan it was the wish of the commission, Supreme Court and others that ove...

PPP unviels partial list of poll candidates for Sindh

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) continues to be indecisive in connection with awarding party tickets, as it only announced names of a few candidates Wednesday for Sindh for the upcoming general elections, media reported. Ayaz Somro, Faryal Talp...

LHC declares Jamshed Dasti's conviction null, void

MULTAN: The Lahore High Court Multan bench has declared former MNA Jamshed Dasti’s conviction in the fake degree case null and void and ordered his release. A local court had sentenced Dasti to three years in prison with Rs 5000 fine for contesting t...

Conduct of caretaker ministers irresponsible: Shujaat

ISLAMABAD: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat has written a letter to Chief Election Commission (CEC) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim in which he has stated that apart from the caretaker interior minister the conduct of other ministers is also irresponsible. In t...

Shahbaz discusses seat adjustment with Akhtar Mengal

QUETTA: Former Punjab chief minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday called on Balochistan National Party-Mengal chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal to discuss seat adjustment between the two parties for the upcoming genera...

Pakistan's twisting, turning politicians

PESHAWAR: For politicians in most countries, switching parties is a once-in-a-career move made only after careful thought. But in Pakistan, changing sides to gain advantage is standard practice. Since entering politics in 1996, Arbab Khizer Hayat has...

Elections 2013: ECP accepts 23,079 nomination papers

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has uploaded on its website the details of nomination papers accepted or rejected by the returning officers. According to website information, a total of 27,075 nomination papers were filed for the...

Punjab Governor, Chief Minister call on President

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday urged the provincial government to take every possible step to ensure holding of a free, fair and transparent general election in the Punjab Province. Talking to Governor Punjab Makhdum Syed Ahmed Ma...

Fazl terms rejection, acceptance of Musharraf candidacy drama

LAKKI MARWAT: Jamaiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has termed the rejection of nomination papers of Pervez Musharraf from three constituencies and acceptance from Chitral as a drama, media reported. Addressing an election ra...

Govt. officers’ postings, transfers challenged in LHC

LAHORE: The postings and transfers of the government officers by the caretaker government has been challenged in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday here, media reported. Rana Arshad Advocate in his writ submitted in LHC has said that the postin...

Ex-MNA Sheikh Waqas’s father to get ML-N ticket for NA-89

LAHORE: Muslim League-N has decided to give party ticket to the father of former member national assembly (MNA) Sheikh Waqas to contest election from the constituency NA-89, media reported Wednesday. ML-N sources said that the ex-MNA Sheikh Waqas was...

Indira had offered to share N-tech with Pakistan in 1974: WikiLeaks

NEW DELHI: They are hostile neighbours widely seen by many as competing to have a bigger nuclear arsenal. However, after its first nuclear test in 1974, India offered to share nuclear technology with Pakistan. In her statement to Indian Parliament af...

Musharraf Chitral nomination to be challenged

CHITRAL: An appeal will be filed at an election tribunal against the acceptance of nomination of former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf from NA-32 Chitral. Alamzeb and Khalilur-Rehman, residents of Chitral, will on Wednesday file their appeal c...

ECP takes notice of caretaker interior minister’s statement

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken notice of Caretaker Interior Minister Malik Habib’s statement regarding PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif. The ECP has also summoned the video record of Habib’s statement. During a press conferenc...

Sherazi brothers quit PPP

THATTA: Sherazi brothers have announced to quit Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and to contest as an independent candidates in the forthcoming general elections. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Shafqat Shah Sherazi said that he was dishea...

Dismissal of Musharraf's candidature is drama: Fazl

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Jamiat Ulema e Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazl ur Rehman has termed rejection of Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers from three constituencies and approval from another constituency as a planned drama. Talking to Geo News her...

Imran Khan unveils PTI's election manifesto

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan Tuesday said that his party fulfilled all the pledges that it had made to the people of Pakistan. Unveiling the party manifesto here, Imran Khan said that Tehreek-e-Insaf is the first politic...

Libyan Consulate to restart functioning in Karachi soon

Islamabad: The Libyan Embassy in Islamabad has decided to reestablish its Consulate in Karachi, as it has felt immense need of the citizens and people living in the city’s vicinity.The embassy has taken this decision in the largest interest and upon ...

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