Interior minister calls for revisiting social media laws – Pakistan
• Naqvi stresses need to stem ‘false allegations’• Invokes recent US legislation on TikTok to justify disruption of X (formerly Twitter) in Pakistan• Someone should take responsibility for shutdown, says PTA chairman LAHORE: As disruption of social media platform X stretched into its fifth week, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Tuesday the country needed […]
Lu highlights poll irregularities in House testimony – Pakistan
WASHINGTON: Ahead of his appearance at a Congressional panel on Tuesday, US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu submitted a written statement expressing Washington’s concerns about irregularities in the Feb 8 elections while also emphasising the need to stay engaged with Pakistan to help it navigate through the crises it is facing. Mr Lu is […]
Imran, Qureshi’s lawyer questions Azam’s conduct – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Counsel for PTI leaders Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday raised questions over the conduct of former principal secretary Azam Khan in the cipher case. An Islamabad High Court (IHC) division bench, comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, took up the bail pleas of the former prime minister […]
LHC asks CEC to look into petition of Elahi family – Pakistan
• Police accused of stopping their nomination papers from being filed for PP-32 by-poll• ECP notifies appellate tribunals for Senate polls LAHORE/ISLAMABAD/GUJRAT: Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh of the Lahore High Court asked the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to look into a petition by PTI president and his family members accusing police of not letting their […]
PTI endorses Amnesty’s call for restoration of X – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has fully endorsed Amnesty International’s demand for the immediate restoration of social media platform X, stating that Pakistan has become a laughing stock in the international community due to the unjustified blockage of social media and the chain of oppression against its own citizens. A party spokesperson said that the government’s […]
Aseefa to contest by-elections from Nawabshah – Pakistan
NAWABSHAH: Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, the sibling of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, on Sunday filed her nomination papers to contest the by-election from Nawabshah. Accompanied by her aunt and Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, Mir Sohrab Khan Marri, Aijaz Halepoto, and others, Ms Bhutto-Zardari visited the office of the returning officer (RO) and additional deputy […]
PTI continues to ‘repent’ alliance with seatless SIC – Pakistan
KARACHI: The coalition of convenience between PTI and the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) remains strained due to conflicting statements from leaders of both parties. While more PTI leaders, in retrospect, are calling the alliance a mistake, the SIC head has warned that such statements would damage Imran Khan’s party. Now, PTI leader Walid Iqbal has […]
Caretakers’ candidature for Senate ‘unconstitutional’: PTI – Pakistan
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has cast fresh doubts on the participation of individuals who were members of the caretaker set-up in the upcoming Senate polls, saying that the Constitution does not allow it. However, the government maintains that the constitutional provision in question only applied to the general elections and not the Senate polls […]
PPP sets sight on all 12 Senate seats from Sindh as rivals in disarray – Pakistan
• Murad opines ‘secret ballot’ allows MPAs to vote on their own• MQM-P endorses Faisal Vawda’s candidature• Talks with Muttahida possible, says Ghani KARACHI: While the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) is facing serious issues over distribution of party tickets for the April 2 Senate elections, the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is eyeing on all […]
‘N’ picks outsiders, PTI pushes hawks for Senate polls – Pakistan
• 22 including Naqvi, Aurangzeb submit nomination papers from Punjab• 35 papers filed from Sindh, 42 from KP, 36 from Balochistan ISLAMABAD: Nominations for the 48 Senate seats up for grabs came as a bolt from the blue, with the ruling PML-N supporting “outsiders” and the PTI choosing hawks for the upper house elections scheduled […]