Politics

Deadline of degrees verification not ended: ECP

ISLAMABAD: Additional Secretary of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Afzal Khan has said that the deadline regarding verification of academic degrees has not expired. The secretary said that the parliamentarians after receiving a letter from the ...

Polling for LHCBA elections underway

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) elections’ polling is underway, where a hectic activity was witnessed since early morning, as the candidates and their supporters seen canvassing at the polling camps thronged by the voters on Saturda...

MPs degree verification: ECP deadline ends

ISLAMABAD: The degrees of only 27 out of 249 MPs have been verified as Election Commission’s deadline ended on Friday. The ECP on February 7 had set up 15-day deadline for the 249 parliamentarians to get their degrees verified from the High Education...

Khuhro signs Sindh Local Govt Ordinance 1979

KARACHI: Acting Governor Sindh Nisar Ahmed Khuhro signed the Sindh Local Government Ordinance (SLGO), 1979 on Friday after which the old commissionerate system has come back into effect throughout the province, media reported. Khuhro signed the law ...

ECP decision to cut down election expenses, says Kaira

ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Friday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s decision would definitely reduce the election expenses, media reported. Kaira further said that all institutions in the country...

No law required to grant overseas Pakistanis right to vote: CJ

ISLAMABAD: A three member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed hearing of the petition seeking voting rights for overseas Pakistanis. During proceedings, Chief Justice Chaudhry remarked that no legisla...

Two MNAs from FATA join PPP

ISLAMABAD: Two independent members of national assembly (MNA) from FATA joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in presence of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf who said that PPP has turned politics in positive way by its policy of reconciliation, media...

Fake degrees: ECP determined to implement SC judgment

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that it has not withdrawn from the fake degrees' issue, adding that it is determined to implement the judgment of Supreme Court in letter and spirit. In an official statement issued here o...

‘PML-N doesn't need support of any extremist group’

ISLAMABAD: Senator Pervaiz Rasheed hail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said on Friday that his party neither lacks electoral candidates nor it needs support of any extremist group, media reported. According to details, Senator Pervaiz Rashee...

National Assembly will be dissolved on March 16: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said Friday that the national and provincial assemblies would not be dissolved before the end of tenure. Prime Minister Asraf added that the tenure of the National Assembly would expire on March 16. When ...

Sardar Ahmed MQM’s nominee for Opp leader

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has nominated Syed Sardar Ahmed as opposition leader in Sindh Assembly and filed application for it, media reported. This was decided in MQM’s parliamentary party meeting held here on Friday. MQM has also submi...

SPLGO: MQM stages walk out from NA

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) staged walk out from National Assembly against withdrawal of Sindh Peoples Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) 2012, media reported. MQM MNAs staged walk out and chanted slogans against withdrawal of the local...

Egypt parliamentary vote set for April 27

CAIRO: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday called parliamentary elections starting April 27, according to a presidentialdecree.Voting will take place in four stages with the new People's Assemblyinvited to convene on July 6, according to the...

All agree over need to have strong democracy: PM Ashraf

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Thursday said that the country was passing through an extraordinary phase but there is a general agreement for a need to have a strong democratic set up in the country. "Today, Pakistan has an independent...

MQM slams PPP over SPLGO 2012 withdrawal

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Faisal Sabzwari Thursday slammed Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) as Sindh assembly adopted a bill, withdrawing Sindh Peoples Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) 2012. Addressing a Sindh Assembly here, Faisal...

Army supports timely elections: DG ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army has made it clear that the military supports free, transparent and timely elections in the country, media reported. Speaking to media here Thursday, military spokesman, Major General Asim Salim Bajwa said the army would not ...

Govt to review centralized media policy in two days

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said Thursday Pakistan had no option but to win the war against terrorism both for ensuring national and regional security. "If we lose this war, it would be the defeat of the who...

PML-N forms committee for electoral alliance

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N President, Mian Nawaz Sharif has formed a five-member committee tasked to iron out differences within the party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and to engage in contact with other parties for electoral alliance(s). The commi...

Sindh Assembly adopts bill to withdraw SPLGO 2012

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly has adopted a bill to withdraw the Sindh Peoples Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) 2012 and reinstate the local government act of 1979, media reported. The bill, pertaining to the withdrawal of SPLGO 2012 and restoration ...

PTI unveils its much awaited education policy vision

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, Wednesday vowed to introduce uniform education system with one curricula for all and provision of education in mother tongue and Urdu language for primary levels, media reported. "We wil...

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