More Balochistan parties decry rigging in ‘worst elections’ – Pakistan
QUETTA: Two of Balochistan’s political parties have decided to launch a protest movement against the alleged election rigging, describing the Feb 8 polls as the worst in the country’s history. Pashtoonkhwa National Awami Party (PkNAP) Chairman Khushhal Khan Kakar and Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) President Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti told separate press conferences on Tuesday that […]
ECP notifies victories of Sharif family, other party members – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued victory notifications of a dozen members of the National Assembly including Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and three other members of his family. As per the ECP’s notification the former prime minister has been declared a returned candidate from NA-130 (Lahore), […]
Shehbaz prevails in race for PM House – Pakistan
• ‘Coalition of the willing’ announce their intention to form govt in Centre• Nawaz gives younger brother blessing to become premier; Zardari tipped to be president; Maryam Nawaz to rule Punjab• Arch-rivals invite PTI to join ruling alliance ‘to heal wounds’• Six-party bloc has 152 general seats in NA, will comfortably cross simple majority mark […]
PDM leaders renew coalition in a bid to form government – Pakistan
Political leaders belonging to the former alliance of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), as well as some new faces, announced their bid on Tuesday night to form the next government in a coalition setup. Last week, the PPP and PML-N began hectic efforts to hammer out some sort of power-sharing formula in the national and […]
PPP to lend support to incoming govt on ‘issue to issue’ basis but not join federal cabinet: Bilawal – Pakistan
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said his party would lend support to the incoming government in the case of important votes — such as the election of the prime minister — and on “issue to issue basis” but would not join the federal cabinet. The remarks come after a two-day-long meeting of the PPP’s […]
MWM welcomes, JI weighs alliance offer from PTI
ISLAMABAD: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) began its consultation on Tuesday on joining the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independents to form a coalition government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), while the Muttahida Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) welcomed the alliance with the PTI. Earlier, in the day, the PTI announced making a government at the Centre and in Punjab with the support […]
PTI to ally with Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen in Punjab and Centre, with Jamaat-i-Islami in KP – Pakistan
The PTI has decided to form a coalition in Centre and Punjab with the Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) as per the instructions of party founder Imran Khan, the party’s Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan announced on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Hasan relayed decisions that Imran, who is incarcerated in Adiala Jail over a […]
Will gladly sit in opposition benches if independents form govt, Shehbaz says – Pakistan
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that his party will “gladly sit in the opposition benches” if independent candidates were able to form a government. The remarks come days after PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said his party was firmly against reaching out to either the PML-N or PPP for a possible alliance […]
Nation ‘accepted’ election results, PM Kakar asserts – Pakistan
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar responds to allegations of rigging in elections at a press conference.—APP ISLAMABAD: Despite the litany of challenges being filed in courts across the country against the Feb 8 general election results, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar believes the nation has “accepted the results”. While addressing a press conference […]
Shahbaz Gill makes ‘reconciliatory gestures’ at PTI rally near White House – World
PTI workers hold a demonstration at McPherson Square near the White House in Washington DC.—Photo by the writer WASHINGTON: Shahbaz Gill, former chief of staff to ousted prime minister Imran Khan, extended an olive branch to the establishment during a Sunday rally near the White House. In a 27-minute speech at the protest rally, he […]