Army chief backs efforts towards ‘healing’ alliances – Pakistan
KARACHI: As political parties make their moves to secure alliances and assurances to form governments in the Centre and Punjab after the elections, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has said the nation needs “stable hands and a healing touch to move on from the politics of anarchy and polarisation”. In a statement […]
Imran seems ready to bury the hatchet – Pakistan
• Ex-PM asks leaders to approach independents to form govt in Centre, Punjab, KP• Tells candidates to hold protests in ‘rigged’ constituencies• Gohar says PTI has no fight with anyone, wants to move on ISLAMABAD: As its founder apparently agreed to let bygones be bygones, the PTI on Saturday said it will form governments in […]
Batons, teargas used to disperse PTI protests against ‘rigging’ – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI / PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers on Saturday held protests across the country against, what they termed, rigging in the general election, facing teargas and baton charge in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Karachi and Punjab. About 2,000 workers of the PTI took to the streets in Peshawar on Saturday as they continued their […]
PM defends Pakistan’s political system
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said that voters in the currently held general elections exercised their constitutional rights, and generally, they voted for their favorite candidates despite security challenges. “It is the beauty of a vibrant democracy, and in Pakistan, it is a transformational democracy, also a brave democracy, considering the security […]