Politics

Right of vote to expats: ECP short-list seven countries

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday confirmed that concurrence of seven host governments has been received for the conduct of polling for overseas Pakistanis. Foreign Office spokesman, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary while responding to a question at the weekly news...

Rally without permission: Court summons Imran on 30th

LAHORE: A local court has summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on April 30 for taking out rally without permission, media reported. PTI Lahore president Abdul Aleem Khan appeared before District Returning Officer District Session Jud...

ECP stops parties and candidates from personal attacks

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has stopped political parties and candidates from making personal attacks against others during campaigning. The ECP states that personal attacks during campaigning violate the code of conduct and ...

Makhdoom Amin Fahim said that PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would not lead the election campaign due to security reasons.

KARACHI: Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Thursday said that the party chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would not lead the election campaign due to security reasons.Instead he said former Prime Ministers Yousuf Raza Gillani and Raja Pervez ...

ECP urged to stop 'election gatherings in mosques'

PESHAWAR: Declaring Jamat-e-Islami's (JI) holding an election meeting in a mosque a violation of electoral code of conduct, Awami National Party (ANP) Thursday urged Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to take notice of this breach, media reported ...

CEC says elections only option

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Fakhruddin G Ebrahim said Thursday there was no other option but to hold elections. Briefing the media following a meeting at the Election Commission to finalise the security plan, Election Commission Sec...

Voting is an Islamic responsibility: Pakistan Ulema Council

ISLAMABAD: Religious scholars form the Pakistan Ulema Council have issued a Fatwa which declares the non-casting of vote a sin, adding that voting is an Islamic responsibility. The Fatwa further states that women have equal rights to vote, adding tha...

PPP, PTI join hands against PML-N: Shahbaz

JHANG: Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has alleged that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and People’s Party had joined hands against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), media reported....

First Pakistani woman to serve as Australian lawmaker

SYDNEY: A Pakistani-born migrant is set to become the first Muslim woman to serve in Australia's parliament, according to Voice of America. Dr. Mehreen Faruqi, an environmental engineer, was selected by the New South Wales Greens to fill a vacancy in...

ECP to finalize security plan for May 11 polls today

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan will meet today to finalize security plan for the upcoming general election amid growing concerns as violence grips large swathes of the country. Election campaign in Punjab continues smoothly while rest...

ECP issues final list of candidates

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued final list of candidates running for the May 11 polls. 4671 candidates are contesting on 272 general seats of the National Assembly while 10958 competing for 577 seats of provincial asse...

Munawar urges peace lovers to mark ‘Tarazu’

PESHAWAR: Ameer e Jamat e Islami (JI) Syed Munawar Hasan Wednesday said the people of Pakistan are suffering from atrocities and urged the people who want peace in the country to vote for Tarazu – the election symbol of JI, media reported. Addressing...

Imran not to make any alliance with anyone

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan Wednesday said that he would not make any alliance with anyone, as he was already in alliance with the Pakistani nation, media reported. He said that the Punjab chief minister had more fund t...

Pervez Elahi slams Nawaz-league

GUJRAT: Strongly criticizing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and its leadership for its policies during the last five years, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) leader Chaudhey Pervez Elahi said on Wednesday that all the schemes of N-league ...

Elections will be held on time: Caretaker PM

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khosa said Wednesday that election would be held on time following which governance would be handed over to elected representatives. The caretaker prime minister held a meeting with British High Comm...

ECP for May 11 as public holiday

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked the government to announce the polling day of May 11 as a public holiday across the country, media reported Wednesday. According to the sources of ECP, the commission’s demand to have a publi...

CEC urged to take notice of President’s character assassination

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari is being subjected to a vicious character assassination and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) should take notice of it, said the presidency in a letter sent to the CEC on Wednesday here, media reported. The P...

Transfers in KPK police on ECP directives

PESHAWAR: As many as two hundred police officers have been replaced in Khyber Pakhtoonkhuah (KPK) police on the directives of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), media reported. According to a press release issued from the office of Inspector ...

Farooq H.Naek appointed Leader of House in Senate

ISLAMABAD: Senator Farooq Hameed Naek has been appointed as leader of the house in the upper house of the parliament, media reported. According to secretary Senate, caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso nominated Farooq Naek as leader of...

Days of Zardari, Sharifs repression over: Imran

FAISALABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said that politics of repression was going to end in Pakistan, as the PTI would bring in new system that will eventually lead to a new Pakistan. Addressing a public rally here on Wednesday,...

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