Politics

Voting for Dadu, Thatta, Vehari by-polls kicks off

DADU: Polling began for the by-elections to the two Sindh Assembly seats and one Punjab Assembly seat on Monday. According to details, polling is underway in PS-73 Dadu, PS-84 Thatta-1 and PPP-239 Vehari constituencies. Deputy Commissioner Thatta Muh...

Thatta, Dadu, Vehari by-elections today

THATTA: Polling for the bye-elections in PS-84 Thatta-1, PS-73 Jamshoro-cum-Dadu, and PPP-239 Vehari VIII constituencies will be held today (Monday). Deputy Commissioner Thatta Muhammad Nawaz Sooho has declared Monday a public holiday in Taluka Thatt...

MQM to contest polls separately: Rizvi

LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will not make any seat adjustments and contest the upcoming elections separately while MQM MNA Haider Abbas Rizvi has ruled out the possibility of a meeting with Tahirul Qadri and Sharif brothers in the coming d...

MQM's pullout won't make any difference: Shah

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Khursheed Shah Sunday said Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)'s pullout from the ruling coalition will not make any difference. "We had been allies but now we will contest elections separately," Shah said ...

MQM will not be consulted over caretaker setup: Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Oppostion leader in the National Assembly Chuadhry Nisar Ali Khan said Sunday that the MQM would not be consulted over the caretaker setup and their “topi drama” would not be successful. Speaking to the media here, Nisar added that if atte...

‘Palestinians, Kashmiris deprived of right to self determination’

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said Sunday that the Palestinians and Kashmiris had been deprived of their right to self-determination. Addressing a gathering held in the honour of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, President Zardari added th...

MQM provincial ministers tender resignations

KARACHI: Provincial ministers from the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) have submitted their resignations to Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad. Meanwhile members of the MQM who are acting as advisors in the provincial government will tender their resigna...

Zardari, Abbas discuss bilateral issues

ISLAMABAD: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday met President Asif Ali Zardari and discussed bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest here, media reported. On his arrival at Aiwan-e-Sadr, President Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pe...

Senate, NA to meet on Monday

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned Senate and National Assembly sessions on Monday, media reported. Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said Senate and National Assembly will meet separately at 5:00 PM at the parliament house for...

Shahbaz accuses Zardari, supporters of conspiring to derail elections

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday claimed President Asif Ali Zardari and his supporters were conspiring to derail the election process but the attempt to put the nation through these crises would not succeed, media reported. S...

Names for caretaker setup to be finalized within a week: Shah

SUKKUR: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah on Saturday said that names for caretaker setup would be finalized within a week. Talking to media here at dates market on Saturday, the PPP central leader said that the forthcoming ge...

Imran says will defeat Nawaz, Zardari

TOBA TEK SINGH: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan claimed that he would defeat Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari with the help of people’s support even ‘empires’ took their sides. Addressing a party gathering on Saturday, he said that peopl...

MQM, PPP are faking a fight: PML-N

LAHORE: In reaction to Muttahida Qaumi Movement's decision to dissociate itself with the ruling Pakistan People's Party government, Khawaja Muhammad Asif said the PPP and MQM were faking a fight and the latest MQM move is nothing but a bid to hoodwin...

PPP snubs MQM allegations

KARACHI: Commenting over the allegations hurled by the MQM, Pakistan People’s Party leader and provincial minister Sahrjeel Memon said: “ I categorically dismiss all the allegations as these are baseless”. Talking to Geo News, Mr Memon said the PPP n...

Tahirul Qadri, govt team agree on 14-day scrutiny period

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information, Qamar Zaman Kaira Saturday said the nomination of the interim prime minister would be done in consultation with Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran leader Tahirul Qadri. "It has been agreed that the period of electoral ...

MQM decides to part ways with PPP govt

KARACHI: Dejected by the government’s decision to withdraw cases against Lyari’s Aman Committee and its failure to maintain peace in Karachi, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, has decided to part ways with the Pakistan People's Party government in centre...

PPP, PML-Q hold meeting, seat adjustments discussed

LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Q -(PML-Q) held another round of meetings during which they discussed seat adjustments and other issues, media reported. The meeting was held in Model Town at the residence of P...

Zardari govt failed to improve Sindh’s condition, says Nawaz

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Thursday attacked the government saying “President Asif Ali Zardari’s administration” had failed to improve the province’s condition in the past five years, media reported. Speaki...

Caretaker PM to be appointed according to the law: Ashraf

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday said that the leader of the opposition would be contacted soon for consensus on the key decision of appointing a caretaker prime minister. Speaking to reporters during a meeting with Federal L...

Nawaz vows to put an end to ‘daku raaj’ in Sindh

LARKANA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has pledged that he will put an end to ‘daku raj’ in Sindh if he comes into power. Addressing a rally in PPP’s stronghold Larkana, the former prime minister came down hard on the ruling...

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