Politics

MQM demands re-election in entire constituency of NA-250

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has demanded of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to conduct re-election in the entire constituency of NA-250. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, the MQM leader and a candidate for NA-...

President felicitates nation on elections

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday felicitated the nation on the holding of elections that marked democratic transition in the country. According to spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar, the President while felici...

Nawaz stresses need to improve ties with India

LAHORE: PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has expressed his wish to revive relations with India from the position they were in 1999, adding that he would like to invite the Indian Prime Minister for the oath taking ceremony of the Pakistan's next prime min...

PTI sit-in continues for second day in Lahore

LAHORE: Demanding a fair reelection in NA-122-125 in Lahore, Pakistan Terhreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters are holding onto their protest demonstrations against alleged massive vote rigging on Monday, media reported. A multitude of young PTI supp...

COAS, CJP take notice of Altaf’s statement:: JI

KARACHI: Jamat-e-Islami leader (JI), Dr Mairajul Huda, Sunday night urged the Chief of the Army Staff, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to take immediate notice of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader...

PTI anti vote rigging protestors hold onto demos nationwide

KARACHI/LAHORE: Demanding a fair reelection in Karachi and NA-122-125 in Lahore, Pakistan Terhreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters are holding onto their protest demonstrations against alleged massive vote rigging, media reported. According to detail...

Separate Karachi if you hate our mandate, Altaf to ‘establishment’

KARACHI: In a reply to allegations pertaining to poll rigging being leveled against MQM in Karachi and Hyderabad, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain said if the ‘establishment’ doesn’t like the mandate of his party, it should go ah...

Obama vows to work with Pakistan as ‘equal partners’: Obama

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama congratulated Pakistan Sunday on its parliamentary elections and said Washington was ready to work "as equal partners" with the government that emerges. Nawaz Sharif, the apparent winner of Saturday's election...

Manmohan Singh felicitates Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Sindh has felicitated Nawaz Sharif whose Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz emerged as the largest party in Saturday’s historic polls. Mr Singh telephoned the former prime minister on Sunday and expressed the h...

N-250 Karachi : Re-polling at over 40 polling stations ordered

KARACHI: It has been decided in connection with the election on National Assembly constituency NA-250 that re-polling will be conducted on more than 40 polling stations, sources told Geo News on Sunday. It is pertinent to mention here that poll...

PPPP wins NA-248 Karachi

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples' Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) won NA-248 Karachi South-10 as their candidate Shahjahan Baloch got 84530 votes, as per unofficial results. His close rival Subhan Ali Sahil of PTI could manage to get 26348 votes. Jamaat...

PML-N respects elected representatives: Pervez Rasheed

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Senator Pervez Rasheed has said that his party would form a national policy to resolve the problems facing the country. Speaking to media, the PML-N spokesman said that the party respected all the ele...

Karzai telephones Nawaz

LAHORE: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, on Sunday, telephoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif and greeted him on his party triumph in general elections, media reported. The Afghan President also expressed well wishes ...

Peaceful election victory of entire nation: ECP Secretary

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission Secretary Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan said on Sunday that the first phase of election had passed peacefully which was the victory of the entire nation. Addressing a press conference, he said that results from 44 constitue...

Manmohan greets Sharif, invites him to visit India

NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday congratulated Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Nawaz Sharif on his "emphatic victory" in historic elections and said he hoped for better relations. Singh wrote on his official Twitter ac...

Saudi royal family’s key personalities greet Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE: Some key personalities of Saudi royal family have greeted Nawaz Sharif on his thumping victory in the May 11 elections, media reported. Sources said that Saudi personalities congratulating Nawaz Sharif have expressed their well wishes fo...

Nawaz, Fazl discuss post-election strategy in KPK

LAHORE: Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman congratulated Mian Nawaz Sharif for Pakistan Mulsim League-N victory on majority of seats. The JUI-F chief telephoned Mr Sharif and said that people had given mandate to the PML-N. Na...

PTI will not create hurdles for PML-N: Qureshi

MULTAN: Vice Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Mukhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that his party would not create trouble for Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N). While talking to media here at Kutchery chowk, Qureshi said that the PTI would ...

Imran welcomes vote but alleges rigging

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday welcomed the high turnout in the country's elections as a step forward for democracy, but alleged that vote-rigging had taken place. His first public remarks, made in a televised st...

JI boycotts polls in Karachi, Hyderabad

In an emergency press conference Saturday, the Jamaat-e-Islami announced that it was boycotting elections in protest against what they called the threatening and scaring of voters in several constituencies of Karachi and Hyderabad. Party chief Sye...

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