Politics

Akhtar Mengal addresses rally in Balochistan

QUETTA: Balochistan National Party chief Akhatr Mengal arrived here on Sunday after four and half years and addressed a public rally in the provincial capital. The Baloch leader said that there should be no illusion that decisions could be enforced u...

Raja Pervez Ashraf’s nomination papers rejected

RAWALPINDI: Nomination papers of Raja Pervez Ashraf, former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party leader, have been rejected for NA-51 Rawalpindi constituency, media reported.He was accused of misappropriating funds and indulging in nepotism.The...

ML-Q announces its election manifesto

LAHORE: Muslim League-Q Sunday announced its election manifesto here, media reported. ML-Q leader S. M. Zafar in a news conference making a formal announcement of the election manifesto here, said that his party has made its manifesto keeping in view...

Nawaz Sharif nomination papers accepted in Lahore

LAHORE: Candidature of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif for Natonal Assembly constituency NA-120 has been approved. The Returning Officer on Saturday reserved ruling over the objections to Mr Sharif’s nomination. The RO on Sunday appro...

Scrutiny process to continue even after elections: ECP

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday said that the scrutiny of the declarations made in the nomination papers would continue even after the elections and those found to have deceived would be declared disqualified ever after winnin...

RO approves Sheikh Rasheed’s candidature

RAWALPINDI: Rejecting objections against nomination of Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed for NA-55 Rawalpindi, the Returning Officer on Sunday approved him to contest the election. Habib Wahabul Khairi, a citizen, objected to his nomination paper that Sheikh Rash...

Chaudhry Nisar nomination papers for NA-53 rejected

ISLAMABAD: The nomination papers of Pakistan Muslims League-Nawaz stalwart and the former opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan have been rejected for NA-53, media reported. His candidacy was rejected during the scrutiny ...

Women Professionals Form Body for Political Representation

Women lawmakers, civil society members, media professionals, and government staff have formed a movement to back women's rights in the upcoming presidential election, beginning with a proposal to parliament on securing gender quotas for women candida...

Musharraf nomination for Chitral accepted, rejected in Karachi

KARACHI: Candidature of Pakistan’s former strongman Pervez Musharraf for a Karachi constituency was rejected while his candidacy for a Chitral National Assembly constituency was accepted on Sunday, media reported. According to reports, the nomination...

PPP’s Imtiaz Safdar Waraich candidacy rejected

GUJRANWALA: A Returning Officer on Saturday rejected nomination papers of Imtiaz Safdar Waraich, former state ministers for interior affairs and ex Pakistan People’s Party Punjab President, for NA-98 Gujranwal. His candidacy was rejected over an obje...

Musharraf nomination for Karachi NA-250 rejected

KARACHI: Candidature of Pakistan’s former strongman Pervez Musharraf for a Karachi constituency has been rejected, media reported. According to reports, the nomination papers of the former military dictator, who returned to Pakistan on March 24 to ta...

Hina Khar decides not to contest on general seat

KARACHI: Former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has decided not to contest on general seat in upcoming elections, media reported. Sources said Hina’s father Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar would run for general seat from her constituency, however, she wo...

15586 polling stations to be set up in Sindh

KARACHI: As many as 15586 polling stations will be set up for the upcoming general elections on 61 National Assembly and 130 provincial assembly seats in Sindh. According to the Election Commission Sindh, 4501 polling booths would be set up in the fi...

ECP completes scrutiny of approximately 20,844 nomination papers

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has to conduct scrutiny of approximately 3,250 remaining nomination papers on last day today (Sunday), media reported. The commission has received a total of 24,094 nomination papers, which is a re...

Protecting democracy judiciary’s constitutional duty: CJ

TANDO ADAM: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Saturday said it is the lawful and constitutional responsibility of the judiciary to safeguard the democratic system any misuse. “To fulfill its role, the judiciary enjoys backing of lawyers, civil...

HRCP sees systematic sabotage of democratic process

KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over systematic attempts to exclude candidates from elections and to sabotage people's ability to elect candidates of their choice or to hold them to account. In a ...

No alliance with any party: Imran

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said Saturday that his party would not form an alliance with political party. Imran added that the PTI did not have a militant wing and that change in Pakistan could only come through electi...

ECP receives record 24,094 nominations

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received a total of 24,094 nomination papers, which is a record in Pakistan’s election history. The ECP finally completed receipt of nomination papers from 425 returning officers (ROs) across t...

NA-56 Rawalpindi: Imran Khan’s nomination papers accepted

RAWALPINID: The nomination papers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan have been accepted from NA-56 Rawalpindi. Nomination papers of Hanif Abbasi, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate in NA-56, have also been accepted. A Returning Off...

Presidency dismisses Shahbaz Sharif’s claims

ISLAMABAD: Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar dismissed allegations leveled by Shahbaz Sharif that the Presidency was behind any move to get him declared as loan defaulter and thus ineligible to contest elections. In a statement issued here on ...

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