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ECP turns down Tehreek-e-Insaf plea
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s plea that the poll body did not…
Parliament watch: Electoral problems persist for want of reforms
All eyes seem to be set on the fierce battle being fought in Lahore by the ruling PML-N and Imran Khan’s PTI over the NA-122…
Independent may leave major parties in the dust in Okara by-poll
Neck-and-neck fight is likely to take place between four candidates vying for NA-144 Okara by-election being held on Sunday, Oct…
Punjab appointed incompetent ROs for LG polls: LHC
LAHORE: Justice Ibad-ur-Rehman Lodhi of the Lahore High Court yesterday took exception to the appointment of inexperienced,…
SC orders LG election in Islamabad on schedule
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to conduct the local government…
Sindh will not object to army’s deployment during LG polls
KARACHI: Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said the Sindh government will have no objection if the…
Opp parties want LG polls under army supervision
KARACHI: Almost all of the opposition parties have demanded that the local government elections be conducted under the…
War of words between PML-N, PTI intensifies
ISLAMABAD: With the ruling PML-N and opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) set to flex their political muscles in the…
Imran accuses PM of tax evasion despite being ‘third richest person in the country’
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan continued his tirade against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, saying that that despite…
Last public show by PML-N, PTI candidates of NA-122 today
ISLAMABAD: Both the principal contestants, aspiring for the National Assembly seat, NA-122 Lahore, show their concluding public…
QWP to rejoin PTI-led KP govt on Oct 12
NOWSHERA: The Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) is poised to rejoin the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on…
NA-122 overshadows contest in NA-144
ISLAMABAD: Away from the public focus and media frenzy, an electoral contest will also be held for National Assembly constituency…
Police build up security for by-polls
LAHORE: Police are taking unprecedented security measures to maintain law and order during crucial by-polls in NA-122 to be held…
PA passes Local Govt Amendment Bill
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Wednesday passed the Punjab Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2015 with a majority of votes after all the…
Minorities out against LB Act
LAHORE: The minorities yesterday staged a demonstration against the Punjab government for passing a ‘discriminatory law’ of Local…
Confusion continues over LG polls schedule
ISLAMABAD: After the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) directions to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce a fresh schedule…
Ex-mayor Farooq Sattar, city chiefs of PPP, PTI & JI file papers for LG polls
KARACHI: Several prominent leaders of various political parties on Wednesday filed their nomination papers for the upcoming local…
PTI rules out alliances for LG polls
KARACHI: Rejecting the prevailing rumours of a possible alliance with other political parties, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)…
LG candidates’ scrutiny begins
LAHORE: The returning officer will start scrutiny of the nomination papers of candidates for the local bodies’ election of Sindh…
‘JI, PTI seat adjustment almost done’
KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf have largely agreed on seat adjustments for the upcoming local…
Bilawal wants Wattoo to expedite NA-122 electioneering
LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has asked the Punjab chapter of the party to enthusiastically carry out election campaign in…
Sana, Abid tussle leaves PML-N in the lurch
FAISALABAD: The PML-N has not fielded any candidate for PP-70, a constituency of Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, due to his…
Prosperity linked with justice system: Imran
OKARA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said Pakistan can only progress by establishing a fair judicial system…
PTI has history of losing in NA-122: Pervaiz
RAWALPINDI: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid said on Wednesday that history of…
No guarantee of fair polls after LHC’s verdict: ECP
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan yesterday warned it cannot guarantee a free and fair contest in NA-122 after the…
Jahangir Khanzada wins Attock by-polls
ATTOCK: Jahangir Khanzada, son of martyred Punjab Home Minister Col (retd) Shuja Khanzada, on Tuesday won the PP-16 Attock II…
PP-16 by-polls: ECP uses Android technology to transfer results from polling stations
ISLAMABAD: In a first, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) used on Tuesday Android technology to transfer results from…
Political wheeling and dealing touches its pinnacle
LAHORE: Political wheeling and dealing in NA-122 reached its pinnacle with candidates striving hard to enlist the support of…
ECP orders removal of banners, hoardings in NA-122
The Election Commission on Tuesday issued orders to the election candidates to remove hoardings and banners within 24 hours from…
NA-122: Candidates deny violation of poll code of conduct
LAHORE: Candidates for NA-122 by-elections Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of the PML-N and Aleem Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)…
PM directs AG to move SC on suspension of Kisan Package
ISLAMABAD: After the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s decision to suspend certain provisions of the Kisan Package, Prime…
LB polls: LHC issues detailed judgment
RAWALPINDI: A Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench, which had struck down the new delimitation of union councils for the…
Khattak accuses ECP of favouring PML-N
LAHORE: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak yesterday accused the Election Commission of favouring the ruling party…
PTI alleges its LG candidate tortured, killed
LAHORE: PTI leaders Mahmoodur Rashid and Chaudhry Sarwar have alleged that the body of a party candidate for councillor from…
No MPA will be allowed to do business: Imran
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Tuesday said that strict action would be taken against those PTI…
NA to resume routine business after NA-122 by-polls
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will come out of ‘suspended animation’ after the by-election to NA-122 Lahore constituency on…
KP PML-N workers to protest ‘indifference of leadership’
PESHAWAR: The rift in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter has deepened to the extent that its…
PTI, allies want Rangers’ security for NA-122, PP-147
Expressing their distrust in the administration and Lahore Police, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its 20 allied parties…
NA-122 by-election: JUI-F, JUP-N support Ayaz Sadiq
With the election campaign in NA-122 in Lahore reaching its peak, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan…
Evidence proves PTI’s US funding: Danial
ISLAMABAD: The government has gathered unimpeachable evidences to prove foreign funding for the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)…