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LG polls: PML-N initiates projects in 46 UCs

RAWALPINDI: In a bid to woo voters, the incumbent government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has initiated a number…

PPP reluctant to field joint candidate for speaker’s slot

ISLAMABAD: After a do-or-die fight for Lahore’s NA-122 seat, all eyes are now focused on the election for the office of National…

PPP to fight back in 2018 election

LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party Senator Saeed Ghani has said the local elections in Punjab are not his party’s target.

JI to contest LG polls on 95pc of city seats, says Siraj

KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Senator Siraj-ul-Haq said here on Saturday that his party would contest local government…

JUI-F to raise rigging issue in Senate

SUKKUR: Deputy Chairman of the Senate Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, who is the general secretary of the Jamiat…

Rifts within Hyderabad PPP over allotment of party tickets emerge

HYDERABAD: Dispute between party leaders in the Pakistan Peoples Party’s Hyderabad district chapter over allotment of tickets in…

ECP suspends 272 lawmakers for not filing statements of assets

ISLAMABAD: The Elec¬tion Commission of Pakistan suspended on Friday 272 lawmakers, including some federal and provincial…

NA speaker unlikely to be elected unchallenged

ISLAMABAD: Despite the desire and efforts of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will not be reelected…

55,971 in the run for LB polls in Sindh, Punjab

ISLAMABAD: A total of 55, 971 candidates will be contesting the local government elections in Sindh and Punjab scheduled to be…

Sindh urges ECP to delay LG polls by a week

KARACHI: The Sindh government wants to delay the local bodies electoral process by a week and sought the Election Commission of…

Sarwar denies intra-party tangles

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Punjab organizer Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar brushing aside all rumours regarding divisions…

PTI members fear conflicts will cost them LG polls

RAWALPINDI: Internal differences over nominations for local government (LG) elections in December have led to speculations among…

PTI challenges delimitation of constituencies

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) the delimitation of constituencies…

PTI goes to court seeking fresh delimitation in capital

ISLAMABAD: While challenging an order of the delimitation authority, The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has urged the Islamabad…

Denying disputes: I am not leaving MQM: Godil

KARACHI: Rashid Godil joined the Karachi Press Club hall cough. Moments later, he asked for water. “My spinal cord is damaged. We…

Govt ‘considering’ money laundering case against PTI

ISLAMABAD : Member National Assembly Danyial Aziz Friday said the government is considering to file a money-laundering case…

ECP to suspend membership of more than 500 MPs for not submitting asset details

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan is expected to issue a notification today (Thursday) regarding suspension of…

Local self-government: Women less than 2% of general seat candidates

LAHORE: As many as 43 women and 102 non-Muslim candidates in Lahore are contesting local government polls on general seats,…

Implementation of revised delimitation put on hold till 19th

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the provincial government not to notify till Oct 19 the revised delimitation…

IHC restores PM's farmers relief package, nullifies ECP decision

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court restored the Rs341 billion farmers' relief package announced by the prime minister on Sept…

Punjab LB polls: CJ LHC forms full bench to hear candidates' pleas

LAHORE/FAISALABAD: Chief Justice of Lahore High Court (LHC) Manzoor Ahmad Malik on Thursday has formed a full bench to hear pleas…

Parliament watch: After the by-elections, PML-N and PTI prepare for bigger battle

Voters are done with the by-elections held in Punjab last week, but the leaderships of the PML-N and the PTI are busy analysing…

Infighting rages within PML-N ahead of LG polls in Faisalabad

LAHORE: A clash of words has begun within Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ahead of local government elections in Faisalabad.

PM asks PTI to do mature politics

MIRPUR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday advised PTI to practise mature politics in the larger interest of the country and…

Not claiming rigging in NA-122 by-poll until party completes probe, says Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that the party is investigating whether any rigging had taken place…

Ex-MQM leader Saleem Shahzad wants to quit politics

LONDON: Former senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Saleem Shahzad on Thursday expressed his desire to relinquish…

Intra-party polls: Jamaat-e-Islami elects new provincial heads

LAHORE: After an intra-party electoral exercise that kicked off around two months ago, the Jamaat-e-Islami announced its new…

Daniyal serves legal notice to Imran

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Daniyal Aziz has served a legal notice to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)…

PPP accused of harassing rivals

KARACHI: The Shirazis of Thatta and the Arbabs of Tharparker have accused the ruling party in Sindh, the Pakistan People’s Party…

Seeking vote recount PTI’s legal right

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has exercised its legal right by seeking vote recount in the National Assembly…

Ayaz won’t walk tightrope this time

ISLAMABAD: Ayaz Sadiq awaits another contest but this time he will not walk a tightrope as almost all political parties including…

40,000 in run for first LG poll phase

LAHORE: Around 40,000 aspirants are in the run for various local government offices, from chairpersons and vice-chairpersons to…

Independent candidates irked by ‘unsavoury’ election symbols

BADIN: The candidates in the run for local government election as independents have complained against having been allotted…

Scrutiny of nomination papers completed

KARACHI: Nomination papers of 1,849 candidates for the upcoming local government elections in the city on the seats of chairman…

It seems ECP did not consult political parties: IHC

ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the IHC on Tuesday observed it appears the ECP while issuing the order of suspending the Kissan…

Kissan Relief Package case: Islamabad High Court reserves verdict

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict in the Kissan Relief package case, where the government has…

PPP committee to determine causes of poll defeat

ISLAMABAD: The PPP has formed a committee to look into the causes of the party’s poor performance and embarrassing defeat in the…

Imran claims rigging in NA-122

LAHORE: Expressing dissatisfaction over the NA-122 by-election result, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on…

Imran to attend next session of NA

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) says its chief Imran Khan is not observing a boycott of the National Assembly and…

CEC thanks COAS for peaceful conduct of by-polls

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan has written a letter to the Chief of the…