Politics

General Kayani, President Zardari discuss security situation

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani met President Asif Ali Zardari in the night between Thursday and Friday, sources said. The meeting came after military commanders discussed security plan for the upcoming general electio...

ECP takes notices of unnecessary security to Sharif bothers

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday took notice of additional security, being provided to Sharif bothers and ordered withdrawal of it, media reported. Taking notice of the media reports about the unnecessary security to Pakista...

SHC to resume hearing on MQM appeal

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court is due to hear the appeal filed by Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) over Karachi’s new delimitation of constituencies, media reported Friday. The MQM had requested to halt the printing of voter lists of those controversial...

Sindh government overhauls bureaucracy

KARACHI: In a major overhaul of the bureaucracy, the Sindh Government has ordered the appointments and transfers of Secretaries and Commissioners following directives from the Election Commission of Pakistan. According to the notification Mohammad Wa...

PML-Q leader Jan Jamali joins PML-N

QUETTA: Former deputy chairman Senate and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid e-Azam (PML-Q) Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali has joined Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), media reported. Mir Jan Jamali announced this while addressing a press conference...

Nawaz’s nomination papers for NA-120 accepted

LAHORE: The nomination papers of PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif for NA-120 have been accepted by the Election Tribunal here on Friday. The appeal against Sharif’s nomination papers was dismissed by the Election Tribunal headed by Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh...

ECP orders provincial government to replace IG KP

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ordered the provincial government to replace IG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akbar Hoti. The ECP had received complaints regarding Hoti that several of his close associates were candidates in the upcomin...

Election tribunal summons Musharraf on April 16

PESHAWAR: An election tribunal on Thursday issued notice to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf , directing him to appear before it on April 16. The orders came as the tribunal setup by the Election Commission conducted hearing into an application...

Foreign election observers want to visit Pakistan: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed foreign observers from different countries to show them impartiality in the forthcoming general elections scheduled for May 11. Foreign Office (FO) Spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry in his weekly briefing here on Thursda...

PTI announces Dera Ghazi Khan candidates

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) on Thursday announced its three candidates for National and seven candidates for Provincial assembly from Dera Ghazi Khan, media reported. Addressing a press conference here at local hotel, secretary lega...

Sindh: ECP orders to reshuffle 65 top bureaucrats

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ordered transfers of top 65 Sindh bureaucrats including Chief Secretary and Home Secretary, media reported Thursday. According to ECP, the orders to reshuffle Sindh’s top bureaucrats were issued ...

Nisar’s nomination papers accpeted

RAWALPINDI: The nomination papers of PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan have been accepted from NA-53 while an appeal against his nomination papers from NA-52 was dismissed An appeal had been filed against the rejection of Chaudhry Nisar’s nominati...

LHC unhappy over not presenting defaulters’ record

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday expressed resentment over not presenting record of defaulters, media reported. The LHC full bench was hearing case on implementation of article 62 and 63 of the constitution. The counsel for Election Commis...

MQM files plea to defer printing of voters’ lists

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has filed a petition in Sindh High Court (SHC), seeking deferment in the printing of voters’ lists of 11 constituencies, media reported. It is contended in the plea that printing of voters’ lists in these const...

Bangladesh arrests editor of top pro-opposition daily

DHAKA: Bangladesh police arrested the editor of an influential pro-opposition newspaper on Thursday after he was accused of sedition and inciting religious tension in the Muslim-majority nation. The arrests follow a nationwide crackdown on the opposi...

Fazl unhappy over PML-N’s 'non-seriousness'

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is not serious in talks for an electoral alliance, media reported Wednesday. However, the Maulana said that JUI-F doors were still open fo...

Election 2013: Tribunal to decide Dasti's fate

LAHORE: Former MNA, Jamshed Dasti, whose conviction in the fake degree case was overturned by LHC Multan bench will be released Thursday as his sentence also stands suspended, media reported. Dasti was convicted by a district and sessions judge last ...

ZA Bhutto rejected India's nuke technology offer: WikiLeaks

NEW DELHI: One of US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks says that in 1974 the late former prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi, had offered her then Pakistani counterpart, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, to share nuclear technology but the latter turned it ...

Jamshed Dasti released from Multan jail

MULTAN: Former member parliament Jamshed Dasti has been released from Multan central jail, media reported. Large number of his supporters showered rose petals on him and warmly welcomed him outside the jail. The Lahore High Court Multan bench had dec...

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...

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